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The survivors: Canberra's restaurant rebels who are still standing

One Braddon diner broke all the rules, and the city listened.

The Canberra Times · Jul 28

Newly released letters reveal JD Salinger’s wariness over ‘second-rate reviewers’

Exclusive: Author asked to remove reference to his ‘Jewish-Irishness’ from book jacket of The Catcher in the Rye

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26

Rare typescript of The Little Prince to go up for sale

One of only three of its kind, it features handwritten notes and corrections by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and the first appearance of one of the beloved story’s most famous lines

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

One of the world's rarest cricket books to be offered for sale in UK

LONDON: A first edition of one of the world's rarest books on cricket from the library of eminent cricket commentator and collector John Arlott is eyeing a world record when it goes on sale at the Firsts Rare Book Fair in London next month, priced at GBP 225,000.

The Times of India · Apr 27, 2023

Businesses back Garema Place upgrade but call for better collaboration

'We need government to be more interested and concerned,' one owner said.

The Canberra Times · Apr 9, 2023

Rare copy of Othello shows a cast list involved in real-life murder drama

A 1655 edition of Shakespeare’s tragedy names members of an acting troupe, one of whom was slain in an eerie echo of the play

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

Rare first edition ‘Emma’ becomes most expensive Jane Austen novel ever sold

Copy of novel sold for £375,000

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022

Rare signed edition of The Catcher in the Rye on sale for £225,000

JD Salinger did not want his friends cashing in, so inscribed copy of classic novel is one of the hardest titles for collectors to acquire

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022