Sarah Bennett

1 week ago | kerrang.com | Emily Garner |Sarah Bennett

Are PRESIDENT the new (or new-new) Sleep Token? Well, yes and no. They’re mysterious and masked, of course, with a hell of a crossover fanbase already – many Download-goers crammed at the front of the festival’s Dogtooth Stage are sporting the merch of last night’s headliners. But, as this first-ever live appearance – or inaugural presidential rally, as they call it – confirms, the band are very much their own proposition. More to the point, they’re already ace.

Mar 14, 2025 | thebookcollector.co.uk | Sarah Bennett

Our New Editor: David Pearson This week, we can share some great news – we have a new editor! Many of you will already know David Pearson, who has spent the last 40 or more years enjoying the rare book world, with 35 years working in various major research libraries in the UK. He started his career in Durham, and went on to the British Library, the National Art Library at the V&A, the Wellcome Library and Senate House.

Mar 6, 2025 | slate.com | Sarah Bennett

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Now that Joann, formerly known as Joann Fabrics and Crafts, has officially entered big-box hospice after 80 years, with all 800 locations nationwide set for big going-out-of-business sales, people are publishing stricken eulogies for a store that was (especially in rural areas) so much more than a retail establishment.

Feb 24, 2025 | kerrang.com | Emily Garner |Sarah Bennett

February 24, 2025Words:Emily GarnerPhoto:Sarah Louise BennettHaving already dipped his toes into the rock and metal world over the years – from covering Metallica to bringing out AC/DC’s Brian Johnson at St. James’ Park – Sam Fender has revealed that he’s “desperate” to make punk-inspired album in the future.

Sep 11, 2024 | thebookcollector.co.uk | Sarah Bennett

'I came into bookselling through a route taken by many specialist dealers, approaching from knowledge of my subject rather than experience of the trade. In my youth I wanted to be an urban designer, and studied town planning at university. I was doing academic research when I met Peter Inch. We were both very interested in books and wanted to find something to do in common. In the early 1980s we set up Inch's Books and traded from offices in York.