Ink
Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written Word
A rich and imaginative discovery of how ink has shaped culture and why it is here to stay.
Ink is so much a part of daily life that we take it for granted, yet its invention was as significant as the wheel. Ink not only recorded culture, it bought political power, divided peoples, and led to murderous rivalries. Ancient letters on a page were revered as divine light, and precious ink recipes were held secret for centuries. And, when it first hit markets not so long ago, the excitement over the disposable ballpoint pen equalled that for a new smartphone—with similar complaints to the manufacturers.
Curious about its impact on culture, literature, and the course of history, Ted Bishop sets…
$22.00
June 6, 2017
TED BISHOP is a professor of English literature and film studies at the University of Alberta. His first book, Riding with Rilke, was a Canadian bestseller and was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Ink
Ted Bishop
Riding with Rilke
Ted Bishop
The Art Thief
Michael Finkel
Hand Drawn Victoria
Emma FitzGerald
The Prophet's Camel Bell
Margaret Laurence
Where We Ate
Gabby Peyton
Leaving Good Things Behind
Darren Calabrese
Lost in the Valley of Death
Harley Rustad
On Foot to Canterbury
Ken Haigh; read by John Nelles
Letters of Note: New York City
Shaun Usher
A Rising Tide
DL Acken and Emily Lycopolus
Dirt
Bill Buford
Old World Italian
Mimi Thorisson
Hand Drawn Vancouver
Emma FitzGerald
The BC Wine Lover's Cookbook
Jennifer Schell; Foreword by John Schreiner
Parking the Moose
Dave Hill
The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries
Davin de Kergommeaux and Blair Phillips
The Furniture Handbook
Frida Ramstedt
Style for Everybody
Kim Appelt
Grace
Grace Coddington
The Measure of a Man
JJ Lee
Glimmer
Warren Berger
An Anthology of Blackness
edited by Terresa Moses and Omari Souza; foreword by Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall
Making Home
edited by Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Christina L. De León, and Michelle Joan Wilkinson
Supersonic
Lawrence Azerrad
Disorder: Chris Ashworth
Chris Ashworth
The Beauty of Games
Frank Lantz
Phenomena
Camille Juzeau
Greubel Forsey
Michael Clerizo
Nonlinear
Kevin G. Bethune; foreword by John Maeda
The Sewing Book
Alison Smith