131 Actionable Ideas from Ten Books I Wish I Had Read Ages AgoIt’s a 12 min read, and it contains a wealth of wisdom and great advice. My advice? Schedule a re-reading of this article every month, just to make sure it’s always fresh. Amongst my favourites:Try as many...

This Lewis Carroll-worthy book wonderland is the Admont Abbey Library in Austria The question remains: do they offer retreats for a couple of weeks?

What’s your favourite reading nest? Here are 5 of the best for small flats. A reading nest is all about a fragile equation between comfort, light and ease of access. You want a lot of the first and second, and ideally very little of the third.

Aerial photographs of typical Parisians, by Florian Beaudenon: reading, writing, painting, which Parisian would you be? My flat would definitely be the sophiticatingly messy third one with books everyone. Except, on a Kindle. Note to self: buy more real books for...

#reading Fascinating piece by George Packer: Is Amazon Bad for Books? (via @TheNewYorker)