2016 Haiku Contest Winning Poem On Sale Now!
Last year Landmark Books partnered with Squirrel Cane Press to offer our first ever Haiku contest. For those who are unsure what a haiku is, here is the definition from the Academy of American Poets: A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. We had few expectations when […]
Landmark Books Fights Censorship
Banned Book Week 2016 is a week worldwide event that celebrates the freedom to read anything you want. In the United States it is supported by the American Library Association and is usually the last week of September. This year the dates are September 25th through October 1st. During this week we help draw attention […]
Learn To Clean And Maintain Your Typewriter
For those who love their typewriters, you know they need to be cleaned and maintained. And that means more than just changing the ribbon. On September 10th at noon I will demonstrate how to clean a typewriter and also what you need to do to maintain your machine. I have listed some of the basics […]
Paul Stebleton To Read At Michigan State
We will be closed Tuesday June 2nd as Landmark Books owner Paul Stebleton will be part of a group of writers who will be reading at Michigan State University. He will take part in the spring symposium from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. He will be reading at 9:00am along with writers […]
The Lindbergh Connection At Landmark Books
Who was the most famous Detroiter born in 1902 on this day in history? If you answered Charles A Lindbergh you can go to the head of the class. Working in relative obscurity until 1927 when he flew non-stop from Roosevelt Field in Garden City on New York’s Long Island to Le Bourget Field in […]
Landmark Books Celebrates The Birth of HAL
On this day in 1997 the super computer HAL from “2001 A Space Odyssey” becomes operational according to the book and screenplay. So today we want to wish that loveable computer a happy birthday. If you have never read the book we have copies in the shop, see why it is considered the finest creation […]
Landmark Books Wants You To Read Kipling
Today we celebrate the birth of a true literary giant, Rudyard Kipling. He was born on this day in 1865, in Mumbai, India. Five years later he was sent to England for schooling in Southsea, Portsmouth. He returned to India in 1882 and took a job as assistant editor of a small paper called the […]
Landmark Books Buys, Sells and Services Typewriters
So we’ve been in the new location for three weeks now and I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone we do service old manual typewriters and also sell ribbons. In an effort to keep print alive we do our best to help those who love their typing machines. If we don’t have what […]
Get Your Dickens On At Landmark Books
On December 19th, 1843 one of the most famous and influential Christmas books ever written was published in London, England by a small published named Chapman & Hall. The book was called “A Christmas Carol” and it was written by Charles Dickens. The story deals with themes of poverty and wealth and evils of greed […]
Looking For A Used Book, Check Out Landmark Books
As we prepare to bed down for the long winter ahead, some wonder what might be worth reading. If you are like me, disenchanted with many modern authors, I look to the past to seek out something to read. Turning back the clock 30 years to 1984 here are the New York Times Best Sellers […]