As a summer project—and with a lot of assistance from my son Harry—I’ve started a tumblelog called “pages” that you can check out here. The main purpose of this new tumblr is to reproduce images culled from our collection of rare and collectible books. I want to virtually curate our books as a way to [...]
Dear readers and book lovers, it’s been five years since I launched Cornell Booksellers with my sister Christine. Perhaps the worst possible time to get into the book business, but never mind, it’s been a wonderful adventure so far. However, five years is long enough to lead one to reflect on the path taken thus [...]
For a couple years now, Neil Gaiman (rock-star writer of fantasktika and virtually his own internet meme) has been promoting the concept of turning Halloween into a gift-giving holiday. This year a Twitter campaign has been launched with his participation as All Hallows Read. I think this is a really wonderful idea. As Mr. Gaiman has alluded to [...]
Sunday October 16th of this year will be the 31st Annual Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fair: Cornell Booksellers will not be mounting a display, but we will be attending to assist the excellent Bytown Bookshop with their table. (And I may sneak in a couple of choice books in the lining of my trench, Times Square style.) Hope [...]
Once more unto the breach, dear friends: Cornell Booksellers will be stationed in the dealer’s room of CAN-CON 2011 next weekend from September 9th to the 11th at the Travelodge Ottawa Hotel & Conference Centre, 1376 Carling Avenue. Please come down and say hello and buy a book. Please. CAN-CON is a small local convention that [...]
Life affords many opportunities to learn from your mistakes and we certainly learned some valuable lessons on the 14th about organizing a book sale. Taken as a whole, the sale was fairly successful ( at least on a personal level I did better than break-even), almost against all odds. To begin with, the weather was bad for [...]
We’re still pleased to announce that Cornellbooksellers.com will be once again teaming-up with the Bytown Bookshop for an event on May 14th, but due to unforeseen circumstances there is a slight change in the program: No brats, but all else remains the same. Thanks for your attention and carry on.
We’re pleased to announce that Cornellbooksellers.com will be once again teaming-up with the Bytown Bookshop for the 1st annual Books, Beer & Brats sale. BBB is a casual, bazaar-style book sale in the basement of the Montgomery Legion, 330 Kent Street in Ottawa on May 14th, from 11:30am until 6:30pm. There will be books starting [...]
I don’t usually write about what might be considered entertainment news, but I’m a big fan of director Christopher Nolan‘s films in general, and thoroughly enjoyed his Batman movies. This morning, various sources, such as the LA Times, have announced the casting of Catwoman and Bane (the excellent Tom Hardy) in Nolan’ s upcoming The Dark Knight [...]
It’s been an eventful and wonderful start to a new year. On January 1st, 2011 I finally married the lovely and patient Michelle at an intimate & excellent French restaurant in the heart of Ottawa—steps from Parliament Hill in fact—surrounded by loved ones. There was good food, good company and a warm glow: The next [...]
