As quarantine continues, we’re all noticing that we respond to lockdown differently. While many spend each day providing care, food and other necessities, those of us privileged enough to be 'stuck at home' are seeing our friends’ and family members’ behaviour change under the new conditions: for every extrovert sibling climbing the walls, trying to come up with excuses to go to the supermarket for a change of scenery, there’s the indoor kid sitting cross-legged under the table, drawing a complicated map of a world that exists only in their head. While one bored teenager starts a 4am livestream of his first attempt to make sourdough, another is enjoying her regular sleep pattern, having re-read Anne of Avonlea before bed.Countries, too, are responding differently. New Zealand’s government – having already assured its public that the Easter Bunny is a key worker – are taking a pay cut in solidarity with their workers, while in other countries public figures are donating money towards research, charities are helping out those affected by the virus, and individuals are setting up neighbourhood mutual aid groups or doing a hundred laps of their back garden to raise millions for public health services. Meanwhile, organisations worldwide continue to come up with new, imaginative responses to the lockdown. In this week’s newsletter, the British Council looks to colleagues in Jamaica and Cuba to discover how their arts scenes have kept audiences going through quarantine, while... Continue reading at 'British Council global'
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Reese's Book Club is getting a weekly podcast, starting June 24th: Bookmarked by Reese’s Book Club, hosted by Danielle Robay. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Anyone who works in a library, in particular an academic library, knows that knowledge is not neutral. The own-the-snowflakes cry of “facts don’t care about your feelings” is not merely rude: it is untrue. A library is not just a repository of knowledge: it is a repository of certain kinds of... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Nerd out over reading even more with these fun, cute, and clever book club stickers. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Middle grade books for Pride month, a new picture book from a Grammy-winning singer, and more from the world of kid lit. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Because it's Friday and we're owed an ounce of joy--adaptation news for THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, Dua Lipa's book club expands, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Another win for freedom to read legislation on the West Coast this week, as Oregon’s state House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1098 on Monday, a bill that will protect access to books in school libraries. It’s great news: books can no longer be banned solely because they discuss... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Studios accuse AI firm of ‘piracy’ and seek injunction over alleged use of copyrighted charactersDisney and Universal sued an artificial intelligence company on Wednesday, alleging copyright infringement. In their lawsuit, the entertainment giants called Midjourney’s popular AI-powered image... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Midjourney allegedly pirated the libraries of Disney and Universal to generate and distribute ‘endless unauthorized copies’ of their famed characters. Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the... Continue reading at Fast Company
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Oprah's latest Book Club pick is her 115th and brings the return of one of her favorite writers. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned is offering funding for libraries to develop teen programming around the freedom to read. Here's how to apply. Continue reading at Book Riot
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This bestseller could have faded into obscurity, but it collected accolades with an entertaining story and sharp social commentary. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Judge Omar Weslati helped start a library for students in Bir El Euch, Tunisia. Other libraries soon followed. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Everand, the online e-book and audiobook subscription service and subsidiary of Scribd, has acquired the social reading and book club app Fable, which has three million users and hosts more than 100,000 book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In the novel “Peachaloo in Bloom,” the selfishness belongs to one man. In the picture book “The Wanting Monster,” it belongs to us all. Continue reading at The New York Times
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There's the latest novel by poet Ocean Vuong, an indie, coming-of-middle-age Indigenous tale, a look at the cost of patriarchy, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-06-03 12:30:00 UTC ]
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The best books of the summer, bestselling books and indie bookseller favorites, what's happening in libraries and politics, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
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In June, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “Mrs. Dalloway,” Virginia Woolf’s classic novel about one day in the life of an London woman in 1923. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is coleading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2025-05-30 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Riding a wave of growing enthusiasm for reading, many bookstores and libraries have expanded their programming to let grown-ups in on the literary fun. Continue reading at The New York Times
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The following story was chosen by Ottessa Moshfegh as the winner of the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. The prize is awarded annually by Selected Shorts and a guest author judge. This story will be performed by an actor this spring. To hear more great short stories performed... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-05-28 11:10:00 UTC ]
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