April. 13, 2006
We are Kiva 'loaners' and invite you to join us in changing the world one loan at a time. Here is the Anglophile Books portfolio. We would like to add a customer Kiva page to our web site. If you are willing to share a link to your Kiva portfolio please contact us.

Spring 2007 Already?? We find that life has intervened and our blog has been severely neglected. We'll try to do better...:o}

Sept. 21, 2006   Stonehenge Sold

On this day in 1915 Stonehenge was sold at auction to Mr. C .H .Chubb for £6,600 as a present for his wife. Mr Chubb presented it to the nation three years later 'as his wife didn't think it suited her.' ;o)
 
 

Sept. 20, 2006   British phone books dating back to 1880 to go online
The books run from 1880 (when phone directories were introduced) to 1984, when BT was privatized. The service is being run by British Telecom and the genealogy website ancestry.co.uk to aid families and social historians research the past.

Sept. 19, 2006  Happy Birthday Hermione Granger

Sept. 19, 2006   "Goats Cheese Salad ... tomatoes, onions, goats, cheese." 
Author Lynne Truss has opened a web site  that is collecting funny examples of wrongly used commas and apostrophes such as the one above (which apparently is not for the vegetarians among us).

Sept. 18, 2006  Dr. Samuel Johnson born on this day in 1709

Sept. 16, 2006 Shakespeare's birthplace sold
On this day in 1847, the United Shakespeare Company bought the house in which playwright William Shakespeare was born at Stratford Upon Avon in Warwickshire for £3,000. It became the first building in Britain to be officially preserved.

Sept. 16, 2006  Mayflower Day; Sailing to the New World
On this day in 1620, 102 men, women, and children set sail  for America from Plymouth in their ship 'The Mayflower', captained by Myles Standish.

Sept. 15, 2006   Agatha Christie born on this day in 1890
We have in stock several books by this author that are not yet listed on the web site. Please contact us for a current title list. 

During 'Christie Week' in south Devon, a sale of personal items from Greenway House, one of her favourite holiday homes, raised £300,000. Only 10% of Christie's collection was up for auction, the remaining 90% will stay at Greenway House. Half of the proceeds of the auction will go to the National Trust to help open the restored Greenway House to the public in 2008. 

Sept. 15, 2006 Prince Harry born on this day in 1984

Sept. 15, 2006  "Battle of Britain" Day
On this day in 1940, the largest concentration of enemy aircraft ever seen came across the English coast from all directions. Within two days of intense fighting Hitler realized that an invasion of Great Britain was impossible.

Sept. 14, 2006   The Man Booker Prize for fiction shortlist announced
Have you read any of the six titles on the shortlist? David Mitchell, the bookmakers favourite, failed to make the final six authors vying for the £50,000 award as did Peter Carey, previous two-time winner. The winner will be announced Oct. 10. The Book Standard has short reviews of most of the nominated titles.

Sept. 13, 2006 Roald Dahl born on this day in 1916

Sept. 13, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologically by arrival date. 

Our last Anglophile Books book tote bag was sold today. Thank you to all that purchased them; they are now collector's items! :o)

Sept. 8, 2006   Storybook England
Thanks to Jerri C. for sending us this delightful link. We could spend hours (when we are not working of course, ahem...) exploring this site that features some of our favourite children's authors and their wonderful books. 

Sept. 3, 2006  WW2 People's War

Between June 2003 and January 2006 the BBC asked the public to share their memories of World War Two. This fascinating archive created from their contributions has 47,000 stories and 15,000 images. Anglophile Books has  WWII fiction and non-fiction books available.
 
 
 

Aug. 27, 2006   The Joy of  Reading
A wonderful article about introducing children to the wonder of books and the joys of reading. As one that doesn't have children, I've noticed that cats don't seem to get past the babies and toddlers stage mentioned in the article with very occasional forays into the books as tunnels, preschooler realm.

Aug. 24, 2006 A.S. Byatt born on this day in 1936

Aug. 22, 2006   The 2006 Quills Awards nominees announced
The Quills celebrates the best books of the year in nineteen popular categories, ranging from romance to biography to graphic novels. Maya Angelou, Diana Gabaldon, Frank McCourt, Elizabeth Peters, and Lauren Willig are among those with books nominated this year.  A link to vote for your favourites, as well as information about the awards and the nominated books located at the date link above. The awards will be presented on October 10 and the ceremony will be broadcast by NBC in the US on October 28.

Aug. 20, 2006  Happy Birthday, Holly H. !

Holly has been a good friend and customer of Anglophile Books since 1998. She has written several book recommendations for us. The date link will take you to the books we currently have available that Holly thinks fellow Anglophiles will enjoy.
 

We'd love to share your book recommendations too. Please send us short blurbs or recommendations of  any books you notice while browsing the web site.

Aug. 20, 2006 Happy Birthday, Tom J. and Susan K. !

Aug. 19, 2006  Children's book centre celebrates its first birthday
Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books, is housed in a Grade II-listed former Victorian granary  in Newcastle. It aims to explore and celebrate children's literature by collecting and preserving the original artwork and manuscripts of Britain's modern writers and illustrators.

Aug. 17, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed alphabetically by author with shopping cart access (recommended) or chronologically by arrival date.

Aug. 16, 2006   Georgette Heyer born on this day in 1902
For those that missed it earlier, here is an excellent article written by Jerri Chase Comparing  the Lives and Works of Dorothy L. Sayers, D.E. Stevenson and Georgette Heyer with Angela Thirkell  It is available on the web site with her kind permission.

Aug. 12-28, 2006   Edinburgh International Book Festival
You know we would love to go to this. Have you ever been? The web site has podcasts available which is some consolation for those of us that can't attend. 

Aug. 9, 2006   P.L. Travers born on this day in 1899

Aug. 4, 2006   The Domesday Book on-line
One of Britain's oldest public records, and the foundation document of The National Archives, is the 920-year-old census known as the Domesday Book.  You can now access it at this informative site which also offers a fascinating glimpse into 11th century England. 

Aug. 2, 2006 Anglophile Books adds new book treasures
The newest books can be viewed chronologically by arrival date or (recommended) alphabetically by author (with shopping cart access). 

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