Ian Rankin has donated his literary archive, including correspondence with authors like J K Rowling, Iain Banks and Ruth Rendell, to the National Library of Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 15:07:11 UTC ]
On Thursday, May 30, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., join Penguin Random House in the Librarians' Lounge (Booth 557) for a meet and greet with some of the publishers' hottest authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will host an inaugural library conference, with speakers including Ann Cleeves and Arts Council England c.e.o. Darren Henley. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pedr ap Llwyd, chief executive and librarian of the National Library of Wales, shares his thoughts on the Welsh book trade and the library's future plans. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here we go again, tumbling down the shaft and into a bizarro world in which school libraries lock out students who need them most. L.A. Unified elementary school libraries are on the chopping block once again, and library aides, many of whom could lose their jobs, are screaming for justice. Some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Library has welcomed 38 authors onto its inaugural Emerging Writers Programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award is back for a second year, following Liverpool Central Library's win of the inaugural prize in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Modern Library Torchbearers series is an ongoing collection of trade paperbacks meant to "honor a more inclusive vision of classic books" beginning this May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Susan Orlean cracked open her book and bent toward the microphone. “Covers burst like popcorn,” she said, reading from her book about the mysterious 1986 fire at downtown L.A.’s Central Library. “Pages flared and blackened and then sprang away from their bindings, a ream of sooty scraps soaring... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Feminist Library is only £5,000 short of its crowdfunding target for its move to Peckham with just days left to go. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library is considering opening a new facility in Leeds, alongside plans to expand its existing reading rooms in the area. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Big UK publishers need to lobby councils over the importance of their libraries in a “last ditch stand” to save the service, campaigner Tim Coates has claimed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
UK publisher Jessica Kingsley, Espoo City Library in Finland and the Fang Suo Commune bookshop in China were amongst the winners of this year’s International Excellence Awards at London Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since the destruction of the University of Mosul's library, momentum is building for Book Aid International's efforts to coordinate and enable publishers' contributions to rebuilding. The post London Book Fair: Publishers, Book Aid International Champion Rebuilding Iraqi Library appeared first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
ALA officials said the president's budget proposal was discouraging, but the bipartisan support in Congress over the past two years gives library supporters "reason to hope.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
To help parents make more time for family bedtime stories, the National Literacy Trust has partnered with transport network Uber to launch a “mobile library” scheme starting next month in London and Manchester. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dolly Parton, the country music legend and longtime philanthropist, is bringing her literacy charity for children to Ireland, the Irish Times reported Thursday. Parton announced that her Imagination Library, which mails free books to children each month from their birth until their fifth... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 36 organizations from around the world have spoken out against a library book scanning program known as "controlled digital lending," dubbing the practice "systematic infringement." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The lengthy list of Youth Media Awards from the ALA includes the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for young readers' content translated into English. The post American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards Include Daciūtė’s ‘Fox’ in Translation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
“We couldn’t imagine a more ideal person to serve as National Library Week honorary chair,” said American Library Association President (ALA) Loida Garcia-Febo, in a statement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]