Wonder Book Blog
Many of these of the stories I've recorded here since July 2017—51 of them now!—are completely true. Some completely fictional. Some are a mix. This one is mixed. I will leave it to you to surmise what is real and what is fantasy below. I... Read More
The Daedalus of Greek mythology was a mechanical, architectural and engineering genius on the scale of Leonardo da Vinci... But this story is about the mythic Daedalus Books. It is much more modern and, I hope, is mostly factually correct. But there's a great deal... Read More
Many of us make New Year's resolutions. They're famous for being broken or not acted on at all. On December 31, 2013 I made a resolution to start a daily journal. Our "MOVE" was just starting to build steam. ... I thought the process should... Read More
Smitty — "Thank God I am an old maid with no issue." ... Bernie — The earliest email I can find from Bernie is from October 2007 but from what you read below he had been coming in for some years before... Read More
It has been about twenty years since I first visited Ireland with Allen and Pat Ahearn of Quill & Brush. They were good friends and of Irish descent. They'd been to the country before and knew some booksellers there. They agreed to accompany my young... Read More
The world of bookselling and booksellers has changed dramatically in the last 30 years or so. But not so the printed book. Old, new, soft, hard, rare, illustrated, kids...books are virtually unchanged. They have endured. They abide in spirit and reality. But some things have... Read More
