The first of several hearings on last year's Capitol attack kicked off this week with a big audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-06-11 15:44:30 UTC ]
James Burrows, who directed "Cheers," "Friends" and "Frasier," among many other television series, looks back on his career. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
“In a perversion of all laws of the universe, I’m about to read my father a story before bedtime.” Séamas O’Reilly on reading his memoir to the man who taught him to love books (and skipping over the hardest bits). | Lit Hub Memoir Lousy at first impressions: When tomatoes made their debut in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-11 10:30:34 UTC ]
The best YA book deals are sponsored by the audiobook edition of We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo. `the audiobook edition of We All Fall Down by Rose... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-11 10:30:00 UTC ]
After honoring its 2022 winners, the United Arab Emirates' Sheikh Zayed Book Award issues a call for 2023 submissions. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Opens Its 17th Round of Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-06-10 23:06:06 UTC ]
Taking many in the British publishing community by surprise, Costa Book Awards is discontinuing its long-running program. The post In England, Costa Book Awards Is Closing After 50 Years appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-06-10 19:12:26 UTC ]
As we’ve noted over and over again, the hottest new book trend sweeping the country is to ban them and/or burn them if they don’t align with your weird, paleoconservative, theocratic prejudices. Not great! But as ever is the case with this strange nation, when one group of Americans starts doing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-10 17:01:27 UTC ]
Today, actress, producer and Web3 innovator, Mila Kunis and media entrepreneur and superhero creator, Sharad Devarajan announce the launch of a multi-platform global entertainment universe, Armored Kingdom Media, Inc. Co-founded by technologist Lindsey McInerney and producer and actress Lisa... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-06-10 15:35:00 UTC ]
As part of its summer programming, the New York Public Library is giving away 500,000 free books to kids and teens this summer! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-10 15:19:28 UTC ]
Liam Francis Walsh’s graphic novel “Red Scare” revisits a chapter in American history when the fear of being labeled a communist led to rampant conformism. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-06-10 14:04:58 UTC ]
Genuinely classic and canonical short stories with twist endings are hard to find. For the ‘twist’ to be a true surprise, it needs to appear to come out of nowhere while also being completely credible, so we as readers don’t feel cheated. It should also be a twist in the […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-06-10 14:00:35 UTC ]
Coffee company announces ‘difficult decision’ to end the prizes, sparking a chorus of disappointment across the books industryThe Costa book awards, after running for half a century, have been abruptly scrapped. The coffee shop chain has said the 2021 awards, which were announced in February... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-10 13:00:18 UTC ]
The Costa Book Awards, which was founded in 1971 and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2005, is no more. Today, Costa Coffee announced that the 2021 Costa Book Awards, held in February 2022, would be the last iteration of the prizes. “We are incredibly proud to have played a part in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-10 12:34:21 UTC ]
Linda Villarosa offers data as well as vivid anecdotes to illustrate the biases that patients of color face. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-10 12:00:45 UTC ]
James Kirchick applies the "secret city" trope to D.C.'s LGBTQ community, then mostly sidelines their voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-10 12:00:41 UTC ]
Two economic historians examine the evidence and conclude that immigrants are more a benefit than a burden. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-10 12:00:12 UTC ]
Angela Garbes thinks the pandemic offers a chance to change our approach to mothering and caregiving. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-10 12:00:09 UTC ]
As the 2021–2022 school year comes to a close, we asked a number of school librarians to reflect on the year that was. We learned that even though this past year was a return to in-person learning for most schools across the country, it was rarely a return to normalcy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Librarians are facing the ongoing stresses of the pandemic, the rise in book challenges and banning, and other obstacles through advocacy and collaboration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
At the U.S. Book Show, a panel of library leaders weighed in on Covid-19, diversity, literacy, e-books and more Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]