Updike collectors take note: The extensive collection of Michael Broomfield (of Broomfield & De Bellis bibliography fame) is for sale, item-by-item, from Clouds Hill Books in Montclair, N.J. Whether you’re looking to add an item to your collection, buy something … Continue reading →

For this entry we need to thank writer Sherman Alexie for calling it to our attention. Alexie gleefully (and deservedly so) posted, “There are only three writers who have work in both A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker [edited … Continue reading →

Library of America has just published the fifth and final volume in the John Updike: Novels series: John Updike Novels 1996-2000, containing In the Beauty of the Lilies, Gertrude and Claudius, and Rabbit Remembered. Not available in bookstores until March … Continue reading →

Scholars can study what Ernest Hemingway was reading and what influence it might have had on his fiction because all of his books remain at the Finca Vigia in Cuba, which is now a museum. After Updike died, his extensive … Continue reading →

Book collector Herb Yellin founded Lord John Press in 1976 in order to publish special limited editions of authors’ works, including a great many by John Updike. Although he died in 2014, Yellin’s extensive collection of Updike books is now … Continue reading →

Fans of John Updike know that his books, especially signed ones and first editions, continue to be highly collectible and available from numerous dealers. But in Cape Town, South Africa? Yep. Rare Collections of Cape Town is currently selling 72 … Continue reading →

Writer-artist-blogger Tim Lemire just published “Yours, John Updike,” a fun piece about signed books, recalling a time in high school when he visited a friend’s house and saw shelf-upon-shelf of books written by John Updike—all of them signed, though his … Continue reading →

Herb Yellin, who published multiple Updike poems and short stories as part of his Lord John Press offerings, turned up on eBay as a collection of 438 foreign language editions of Updike’s signed 1st editions that are being offered for … Continue reading →

Somewhere in a Guardian article about a recent auction of Sylvia Plath miscellany there’s a comparative mention of the value of author typewriters, and Updike’s name comes up: “. . . a proof of The Bell Jar, complete with her … Continue reading →

With their website under construction, Clouds Hill Books of Village Station, N.Y. has emailed their John Updike – Fall 2017 List to people on their mailing list. We post it here as a courtesy to those who collect Updike. Since we notice … Continue reading →

Cloud Hill Books of New York City is selling a collection of inscribed and signed Updike first editions from the library of Theodore Vrettos and his wife, Vassile. Darren of Cloud Hill Books writes, “The Vrettos were residents of Peabody, … Continue reading →

We received the following note and accompanying materials from Michael Updike, who notes that the bags that Paul Moran famously hauled away from his father’s Beverly Farms curbside contained much more than trash, and offers an important donation if Moran … Continue reading →

At one time Paul Moran said he wasn’t interested in the money, but just wanted to find a good home for the Updike materials he famously scrounged from the author’s curbside in Beverly Farms. That time has apparently passed. Now he’s … Continue reading →

Like Updike’s main witch in The Witches of Eastwick, artist Debbie Ritter makes small figurines—not women, like Alex’s “bubbies,” but authors and characters from literature. Her company is UneekDollDesigns, and you can buy dolls of authors like Lewis Caroll, Virginia … Continue reading →

The Guardian Books Blog recently posted an item on “Raiding John Updike’s Rubbish—a trashy pursuit.” As the headline implies, the writer thinks that “a reread of the Rabbit books might be a better way of sneaking a peak into the mind … Continue reading →

Boston Globe writer Alex Beam today posted an article-column titled “John Updike’s trash is everyone’s treasure,” in which he recounted the story of The Other John Updike activist-archivist Paul Moran’s habit of hauling off bags of trash from Updike’s curb and … Continue reading →

Ever since Paul Moran began sharing Updike ephemera on a blog called The Other John Updike Archive (the link to which you can find on our home page), Updike scholars have been wondering where he got the materials—with many speculating that … Continue reading →

Yesterday blogger Ariel S. Winter (We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie) posted an item titled “John Updike on Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Stories,” with illustrations of The Young King and Other Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde, which was introduced by John Updike. … Continue reading →

Updike aficionados were no doubt wondering what effect, if any, the Adam Begley biography would have on Updike studies and all things Updike, and one apparent result of the upsurge in Updike publicity is an inflated price of Updike collectibles. Case … Continue reading →

This past April, Heritage Auctions of New York City featured one of only 26 signed and lettered copies of Updike’s ribald poem “Cunts,” which is subtitled “(Upon Receiving The Swingers Life Club Membership Solicitation).” There were no bids, and the … Continue reading →