Call or swing by your local comic book shop and add these great books to your pull list. Here are 1 new comics to read in April 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-04-05 10:30:00 UTC ]
Critic Michael Dirda explores book compilations and how they can steer readers to great books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-02 17:00:36 UTC ]
How might a literary prize disrupt the literary prize culture? Perhaps by reversing the structure: announcing the winner first, then the shortlist, followed by the longlist – making it clear the most important aspect of a prize is its depth and breadth: building from one great book towards a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-03 20:44:21 UTC ]
To survive in the age of Amazon, B&N CEO James Daunt said bookstores "need to look good and have great books and passionate booksellers" in an interview with BISG executive director Brian O'Leary. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
With most schools and libraries closed across the country closed, parents are left scrambling in a lot of ways: distance ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-06-19 10:39:09 UTC ]
A great lineup: books about Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Willie Mays, Alice Marble and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-05-19 14:00:00 UTC ]
You've read Nic Stone's YA novel Dear Martin and are looking to read more like it? These are a few great books like Dear Martin out there in the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-31 10:41:39 UTC ]
If you're stuck at home and bemoaning the absence of libraries from your life, don't fear! Here are some great books available on Hoopla right now. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-03-24 10:40:03 UTC ]
For those on your gift list who enjoy listening to great books, here are five narrated by top stars of stage and screen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
When you can't choose from the plethora of great books out there, take this quiz to find an excellent children's book for your next read! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-24 10:33:04 UTC ]
Friends, Romans, readers of great books: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has landed on Coachella weekend and there will be too much do in El Lay this weekend beyond the return of “Game of Thrones.” I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at The Times, with your weekly dose of cultural... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
We’ve narrowed it down to four books. Now help us pick the one book we’ll all read this summer! Summer is the perfect time to unplug and lose yourself in a good book. The best books change the way we view the world, how we interact with others, and maybe even the direction of our lives. And... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Serious debate, discussion, and great books and authors await librarians at the upcoming 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Words Without Borders: 'Put in the time to seek out great books by women and underrepresented writers,' one of a quartet of women translators says. The post Women Translators on Women in Translation: ‘Translations Are Already a Hard Sell’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even as flowers sprout from the ground, great books are also popping up all over the place. Which ones are most worth your time? Amazon editors have selected a list of the books they say are the best to be released in March. Here are the picks, with thoughts from Amazon senior editor Chris Schluep. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This article is part of A Year of Great Books, a Slate Academy. Laura Miller and John Dickerson will discuss Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov on the Year of Great Books podcast in January. To learn more, read Laura Miller’s introduction to the series, or visit Slate.com/GreatBooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our members have spoken! The third selection in Slate’s Year of Great Books is My Ántonia, Willa Cather’s novel about a Bohemian family’s pioneering life in the American West. (See the complete voting results here.) And to help celebrate, Penguin Classics is giving Slate Plus members a chance to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The people have spoken: The first title we’ll be reading for the Slate Academy series A Year in Great books will be The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne. And we’ll let you in on a secret: This was our favorite choice of the four as well. Join us as we explore... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why must library patrons wait for weeks to read the latest bestsellers when there are so man more great books to discover? The post Can Curation Help Libraries Break Out of Frontlist Dependency? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Man Booker winner Marlon James says he was turned down 78 times before getting published, and his long search for recognition is not unique. Find out how much you know about the history of literary rebuffs with our quiz on the great rejected books1. Whose novel was rejected as “Overwhelmingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]