Why a classic still needs an editor
A public-domain text is free. A readable edition still has to be made.
From the journal
Reading the shelf.
Notes, essays, short pieces from the booksellers. Updated when there's something to say — never on a schedule.
The difference between a file and an edition
Most digital books are transferable. Fewer of them feel finished.
How we choose what belongs on the shelf
Selection is not a hunt for prestige. It is a test of whether the book can still speak clearly now.
The case for the small press, made in numbers
Three years of receipts, and what they say about who's actually publishing the work that lasts.
Why we don't carry books we haven't read
A diary of how the shelf gets curated, and why it's a small one on purpose.
A short note on patience and the long sentence
On Cusk, on Sebald, on the way a long paragraph teaches you how to wait.