Blog - Canterbury Classics

June 6, 2023

We've compiled a list of gorgeous classics any book-loving father is sure to enjoy this Father's Day. The perfect way to show dad how much you appreciate him—by gifting the joy of reading. Classic Westerns Classic Westerns is a collect...

The Bloomsbury Group and Pride Month: Connections, Advocacy, and Progress

June 5, 2023

By Brian Boone The Bloomsbury Group is a collective of early 20th century writers that produced some of the most important and prominent authors of all time. Some of them made great strides for LGBT representation, depiction, and rights — decad...

Nine Things You Didn’t Know About Walt Whitman

May 31, 2023

Poet. Advocate. Ahead of his time. Walt Whitman was an extremely fascinating and complex guy. • Born in 1818, the second of eight children that survived to adulthood, Walt Whitman’s father pulled the boy out of school when he was 11 to earn m...

6 Truths to Sleuth About Sherlock Holmes

May 17, 2023

By Brian Boone He’s one of literature’s greatest characters, conceived by one of the English language’smost popular and enduring authors. And Canterbury Classics has him for you in Word Cloud and Leather-Bound editions! You should definitel...

3 Canterbury Classic Pulitzer Prize Winners

May 12, 2023

We book nerds get very excited in May — it’s that magical time of year when writers of all kinds — journalists, novelists, poets, and playwrights — receive the highest award in American letters for significant individual literary works. Many...