Duthie Books

02/09/2010

Well, today's the day. When we close the store tonight, it'll all be over.

Thanks for all your support over the years. And especially in the last few weeks. It's been overwhelming.

We hope the future is full of good books for everyone.
And other good things too.

02/08/2010

Celia is blogging on the history of Duthie's - check it out.

The Robson Street store reopened in 1968 in a new store handsomely designed by Ron Thom. A fourth store opened at 1032 West Hastings Street. “Duthie Books has bifurcated,” read the announcement.Two distinguished B.C. ...

02/08/2010

We like stories about the ending of eras. Makes us feel better.

With the death of JD Salinger last week, a remarkable era in US literature came to its end. Mark Lawson reflects on the passing of an unrivalled generation

02/03/2010

The duck is not alone, and he's literate.

"Always be drunk ... Get drunk militantly. Just get drunk."

02/03/2010

Lame.

What is it with Amazon.com and weekends? It was Easter weekend when gay- and lesbian-themed books disappeared from the site. It was a Friday in July when George Orwell's "1984" was erased from the Kindles of some customers who'd purchased...

02/02/2010

Finally, Booker is giving 1970 the honours it deserves.

Sam Jordison: Some will be cynical, but the Lost Booker is a great chance to discover a different literary era

02/02/2010

If we were ever going to order more books, we'd totally be getting this.

As his 12th novel, The Pregnant Widow, comes out, he tells Stephen Moss he fears his decline as a writer and is still wounded by the critics

01/30/2010

oooh, it's busy in here...

01/28/2010

RIP J.D. Salinger

Mr. Salinger, the author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” turned his back on success and adulation.

01/28/2010

Author's signatures - strangely compelling.

I have a long-standing fascination with handwriting and typography. The shape of letters and the visual appearance of sentences can contribute just as much meaning to a reader as the words themselves; a fact that the advertising industry is quick to capitalize on.

01/27/2010

I love the Vroman's blog, and highly recommend it to you. Links to articles like this one are why.

Finally having got a hold of the beautiful latest issue of Fence, I was struck–[before being struck by the words of the pieces, as usual, and by their new colored layout on the page in this issue ...

01/27/2010

Just to be clear: we are, and always will be, opposed to the clobbering of Oscar Wilde.

In 1998, a Canadian comics fan sent letters to 10 illustrators asking for them to send him a sketch of their favorite literary figure, either a fictional character or a real-life author. After getting a few back -- including one...