Altered books @ TSCPL  
September 27 – November 7, 2008
              
Click here to view photos of this year's entries.
Now in its 2nd year, the altered books project at TSCPL invited participants to …

The New York Times has an article in their Real Estate section today about the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the role it has helped play in the revitilization of a Minneapolis neighborhood.

I had the opportunity to visit MCBA last year and was really impressed with their Open Book building. The building is owned by 3 non-profit groups who joined forces to create a book and literature mecca. Want to learn letterpress printing or how to make paper? Take a class at MCBA. After class, head on upstairs to the Loft Literary Center to attend a writing class or hear an author talk. Milkweed Editions, also in the Open Book building, is an independent non-profit literary publisher.

And the winners are...

Best in Show
"Casino Royale" by Kelli Smith

Runner-up
"Millions of Cats" by Karen McCain and Nancy Kaul

Most Book-Like
"The Chocolate …

Looking for some books you can really sink your teeth into?

Join us for the 9th International Edible Book Festival on Friday, April 4, 5:30-8:30pm, in the Marvin Auditorium.

Book Artists and Poets podcasts
Audio files of interviews with book artists and poets. Hosted by Steve Miller, coordinator of the MFA in the Book Arts Program at The University of Alabama.

Book …