Would you be more likely to buy a thriller by someone called ‘Alison Potter’, or by someone called ‘Ali Knight’? An interesting consideration of how writers choose pen names.

The Symbolism Survey, undertaken by a high school student in the 1960s.

Beautiful book bindings at the National Library of Sweden.

Cats: the natural enemy of the book and book-related activities.

This has been a dream of mine since early childhood: detailed instructions on how to make a secret door in your bookcase.

On my Christmas wish list: the Chromatic Typewriter.

‘Reader, I marinated it’: your favourite authors as recipe writers.