• A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the ‘British Schindler’
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “Nicky & Vera,” Peter Sís tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia as World War II loomed.
  • Mellon Foundation to Fund Diversity Programs at Library of Congress
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from NYT > Books
    The library will start an initiative, called “Of the People: Widening the Path,” with the help of a $15 million grant.
  • Christina Crosby, 67, Dies; Feminist Scholar Wrote of Becoming Disabled
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from NYT > Books
    After a bicycle accident left her paralyzed, she wrote a memoir, “A Body, Undone,” which refused to draw tidy lessons about overcoming hardship.
  • Lauren Oyler’s ‘Fake Accounts’ Captures the Relentlessness of Online Life
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Oyler’s debut novel is about a smart, irascible narrator who is steeped in the concerns and tone of social media.
  • Book Review: ‘We Need to Hang Out,’ by Billy Baker
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “We Need to Hang Out,” Billy Baker dissects the perils of isolation and the very real struggle to connect.
  • 'Utterly original' Monique Roffey wins Costa book of the year
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    The Mermaid of Black Conch takes £30,000 award for 2020’s most enjoyable book, acclaimed by judges as a classic in the making Monique Roffey has won the £30,000 Costa book of the year award for her sixth novel, The Mermaid of Black...
  • Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    The new online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction probes the speculative corners of the lexicographic universe.
  • An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Richard Osman’s TV shows and a best-selling novel are defiantly mainstream, and he is comfortable with how uncool that might make him.
  • ‘Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty,’ by Maurice Chammah: An Excerpt
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    An excerpt from “Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty,” by Maurice Chammah
  • Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    “Let Me Tell You What I Mean” collects 12 prescient essays from 1968 through 2000.
  • Does It Make Sense to Call Anyone ‘Normal’?
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “Nobody’s Normal,” Roy Richard Grinker describes a centuries-old quest to define normalcy — and the enduring stigma that came from it.
  • What Really Happens Inside a Crime Lab?
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “Blood, Powder, and Residue,” Beth A. Bechky offers an ethnography of the world of criminalists, who sort through the evidence from crime scenes.
  • P.O.V.: You’re Geppetto, Missing Your Wooden Son From Inside the Belly of a Fish
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Edward Carey’s “The Swallowed Man” revisits the 19th-century Italian classic from the father’s perspective.
  • How to Return Kindle eBooks Purchased from Amazon for a Refund
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from The eBook Reader Blog
    One of the nice things about Amazon is they make returning items easy, and their customer-friendly return policy extends to Kindle ebooks as well. In most cases you can easily return a purchased Kindle book from Amazon for a full refund...
  • The Musée d’Orsay and Stanley Kubrick: What ‘Lupin’ Is Made Of
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    The creator of this Netflix series shares the people, places, films and sounds that inspired him in crafting the heist show. At the top of the list: the star, Omar Sy.
  • Book Review: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them,’ by Maurice Chammah
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    “Let the Lord Sort Them,” by Maurice Chammah, relates the history of capital punishment in America, and why it is on its way out.
  • New Wacom pen is the first to work with all Chromebooks
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Not all Chromebook devices come with stylus pen support though that shouldn’t come in the way of you exploring your creativity to the fullest potential. The new One by Wacom pen tablet will allow for pen input on just about any...
  • Illustrator Michaela Goade Becomes First Native American To Win Caldecott Medal
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com
    She won the prestigious award for her work on “We Are Water Protectors,” a celebration of nature and condemnation of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  • I enjoyed researching the bloody history of childbirth - then I had a baby | Anna North
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    My new novel is about a midwife’s daughter in the old American west. The peril pregnant women underwent, then and now, became all too vivid once I became a parent Childbirth in the 19th century was a dangerous affair. Women routinely...
  • Supernote A5X 10.3 Digital Note – Hands on Review
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    The Supernote A5X is one of the best 10.3 inch digital note taking devices (e-note). It provides a total distraction free writing experience with advanced note taking functionality. The company has made great strides in enhancing the...
  • ‘No Heaven for Good Boys,’ by Keisha Bush: An Excerpt
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    An excerpt from “No Heaven for Good Boys,” by Keisha Bush
  • Did an Alien Life-Form Do a Drive-By of Our Solar System in 2017?
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    “Extraterrestrial,” by the Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, makes the case for intelligent life in outer space — and for evidence that it may have visited us not long ago.
  • How to Pay for College (and Not Lose Your Shirt)
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    “The Price You Pay for College,” by Ron Lieber, is a comprehensive guide to navigating an often treacherous process.
  • 'Hip-hop was a gateway': Johny Pitts on tuning in to books as a minority author
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    The new host of BBC Radio Four’s Open Book considers how best to reach neglected minorities with literature The architect Louis Kahn once wrote that “a city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks...
  • Book Review: ‘The Copenhagen Trilogy,’ by Tove Ditlevsen
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Tove Ditlevsen’s memoirs, collected in “The Copenhagen Trilogy,” are bracing accounts of her childhood, writing career and struggles with addiction.
  • New & Noteworthy, From the Science of Life to Annie Oakley
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    A selection of recent titles of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
  • Meet a Family Who Spent 9 Months Traveling the Globe, Pre-Plague
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “We Came, We Saw, We Left,” Charles Wheelan shares the highlights — and lowlights — of exploring the world with three teenagers.
  • This Parenting Book Actually Made Me a Better Parent
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    I got by with my kids on instinct (and Google) until the pandemic hit. A friend’s recommendation made a quiet revolution in my home.
  • Under the Most Difficult Circumstances, Kindness Prevails
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    In “No Heaven for Good Boys,” Keisha Bush delivers a powerful coming-of-age novel inspired by a world she observed while living in Senegal.
  • The Religious Roots of Our Free Enterprise System
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Benjamin M. Friedman’s “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism” reaches back centuries to discover the theological foundations of America’s economic system.
  • New interactive audiobooks are the latest innovation
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Audiobooks are all about listening to someone else reading aloud the book for you. That is nice and offers an immersive feel to comprehending a book. Things seem set for a change though, what with publishers finding newer ways to engage...
  • The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen review – a tortured life turned into art
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    A welcome, posthumous translation of a magnificent 1968 novel about the mental sufferings of a children’s author Here is a book whose time has come, first, because it fits the openness of conversations about mental health today, but also...
  • A Black Literary Trailblazer’s Solitary Death: Charles Saunders, 73
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from NYT > Books
    His speculative fiction was built on Black heroes and African themes. He died alone and unrecognized, but friends are trying to make amends.
  • With mortality a high risk for pregnant and postpartum Black women, new Southland center opening Feb. 1 aims to improve maternal health
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books - Chicago Tribune
    Navigating health care as a woman of color can be as complex as it is fragmented. A new facility hopes to make that easier in the Black community.
  • Watch as Lisa See shares the stories behind 'The Island of Sea Women'
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
    How novelist Lisa See brought Korea's fearless women divers to life in "The Island of The Sea Women."
  • YouTube star and ‘Dance Moms’ alum JoJo Siwa, a hero to young girls, comes out as gay with her usual kid-in-a-candy-store exuberance
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books - Chicago Tribune
    Siwa, 17, is popular with young girls. Members of the LGBTQ community hailed this as a big moment for her millions of followers.
  • Spotify now has audiobooks on their platform
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Spotify is going beyond music and experimenting with hosting digital audiobooks. The new section is available now and is called Audiobooks: Hear the Classics. All of the content are apart of the public domain and include titles such as...
  • Book Sales Rose 5.2% in the United Kingdom
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    In the United Kingdom, book sales increased by 5.% and more than 200m print books were sold last year. Nielsen Book Scan found that BookScan estimated that print books generated £1.76 billion, making it the first time the annual print...
  • ebook sales were up 5.1% in November 2020
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Ebook revenues were up 5.1% in November 2020 as compared to November of 2019 and the format generated $87.9 million. On a year-to-date basis, ebooks were up 15.2%, coming in at $1.0 billion for the first eleven months of 2020. Digital...
  • Will Digital Libraries Take Over Public Libraries?
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    With an increase in the use of the internet, digital libraries have become the new normal. This has made education accessible for many of those who could not visit public libraries if they lived in far-flung areas. There is still a...
  • How to prevent injuries when shoveling snow and walking on ice
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books - Chicago Tribune
    A Marquette professor of exercise science offers tips on how to keep from hurting yourself if we get a real dose of snow and sleet this weekend.
  • Tae Keller Wins Newbery Medal for ‘When You Trap a Tiger’
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from NYT > Books
    “We Are Water Protectors,” illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom, won the Caldecott Medal.
  • Tencent Music consolidates its audio entertainment business with Lazy Audio acquisition
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Tencent Music, a division of the China-based internet giant Tencent announced it has acquired Lazy Audio in a deal worth 2.7 billion yuan or $416 million. For the uninitiated, Lazy Audio is another Chinese entity that specializes in...
  • Meet Amanda Gorman's mentors: The teachers who nurtured the inauguration poet
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
    Amanda Gorman captivated the world with her poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration.
  • ‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from NYT > Books
    Mark Harris’s biography tells the story of the writer and director who formed a beloved comedy duo with Elaine May and directed movies including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate.”
  • Column: CPS should be making remote learning decisions based on safety, not fear that families will flee Chicago
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Books - Chicago Tribune
    Mayor Lori Lightfoot is worried school instability will send families packing. But the only concern right now should be staying safe in a pandemic.
  • Book sales defy pandemic to hit eight-year high
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    Despite shops being closed for much of 2020, figures show Britons bought books in volume – although many authors continued to struggle More than 200m print books were sold in the UK last year, the first time since 2012 that number has...
  • The BookTube Spin
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from Stuck in a Book
    Look, I’m not on BookTube – where people talk about books on YouTube, for the uninitiated. Nobody needs to see my shoddy camera angles and poor editing technique. But I do enjoy watching a few of the channels, and taking
  • 'Let Me Tell You What I Mean': New essay collection affirms Joan Didion's mastery
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
    "Let Me Tell You What I Mean," a newly gathered collection of 12 essays, organized from 1968 to 2000, affirms Joan Didion's mastery of the form.             
  • 25 Great Book Reviews From the Past 125 Years
    Monday, January 25, 2021 from NYT > Books
    To celebrate the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we’re dipping into the archives to revisit our most thrilling, memorable and thought-provoking coverage.
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