April 27, 2006 The Lost World of Friese-Greene

In the mid-1920's, pioneering film-maker Claude Friese-Greene travelled from Land’s End to John O’Groats chronicling British life in colour. The British Film Institute has restored the film and it's being shown on BBC2 on Tuesdays. It can also be watched on your computer, at least until May 1, at the link above, but ONLY if you are in the UK. :o( Thank you to Elizabeth in Chester for this information.

Wait, good news!

Here is a link to the archives which seems to be open to all. You can view archives of his film via an interactive map.

April 26, 2006  Happy birthday Jerri C. and get well soon!

It is also World Penguin Day. Here is a fun penguin site. This isn't really bookish information, although some of us (including one of our best book scouts) have penguin book collections. And of course, we do have a copy of "Mr. Popper's Penguins" in stock. :o)

April 24, 2006  Elizabeth Goudge born on this day in 1900

Our Elizabeth Goudge site has a link to our books in stock, a bibliography, and a link to a short essay written by someone that met the author in 1973.

April 23, 2006 St. George's Day
Saint George is the Patron Saint of England.

Today is also William Shakespeare's birthday.

April 22, 2006 Henriette D. Avram, Modernizer of Libraries, Dies at 86

Henriette D. Avram was a systems analyst who four decades ago transformed millions of dog-eared catalog cards in the Library of Congress into a searchable electronic database.

April 21, 2006  Happy 80th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II
This page of the official web site of the British monarchy has lots of birthday celebration pictures and a place for you to send your own birthday greeting to the Queen.

April 20, 2006 Lennon book sells for £126,500
A John Lennon schoolbook containing an illustration of the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll was sold at auction last night for more than £125,000. The poem was the inspiration for the Beatles' song "I am the Walrus".

April 8, 2006 Anglophile Books suffers second catastrophic hard drive loss in two years.

The hard drive crashed while it was backing up data to a new external hard drive and the new drive was damaged as well. The new drive was purchased to protect our data so it seems a bit of an irony that it seems to have caused the crash. It has taken us a few weeks to recover hence the slight pause in new arrivals and "Anglophile Bits" additions.

April 17, 2006  Miss Read (Dora Saint) born on this day in 1913

Our Miss Read site has a link to our books in stock and an informational bibliography.

April 15, 2006  Dame Muriel Spark dies
Scottish-born novelist Muriel Spark, best known for her book "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," has died in Italy at the age of 88 and was buried in Tuscany today.

April 13, 2006  J.K. Rowling to talk about Girlguiding (aka Girl Scouts in the US)
Rowling, a former Guide, will take part in a new series of interviews by Girlguiding Scotland which features "100 Inspirational Women". The series begins May 1st. A Sunday Times article also mentions the upcoming series. The author D.E. Stevenson was also an active member of this organisation. Thank you to Jerri C. for sending us this J.K. Rowling information.