McKee shares the secrets of Elmer success after lifetime achievement win

David McKee’s now-revered picture book Tusk Tusk was once banned in a number of libraries in the UK, the illustrator said after celebrating winning this year’s BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 16:44:34 UTC ]

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Engadget Podcast: Motorola's 2024 Razrs make a compelling case for foldables

Motorola is still trying to reclaim the glory of its original Razr phone with its latest foldables. The new Razr and Razr+ are more stylish than the previous models, and at $700 and $1,000 respectively, they're surprisingly affordable for devices with massive folding OLED screens. In other news,... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-28 11:30:27 UTC ]
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City budget deal allocates $2B for housing, restores library funding

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has reached a deal with the City Council on a budget that undoes at least some of the cuts he had previously imposed and adds new funding for housing construction, according to City Hall and a person familiar with negotiations.The mayor’s office announced... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-27 23:09:36 UTC ]
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Antstream will be the iPhone’s first official game streaming app

Months after Apple opened the App Store to game-streaming apps, the iPhone is about to get its first one. Retro gaming platform Antstream will arrive on iOS on June 27. Cult of Mac first reported on the news. Antstream Arcade offers over 1,300 retro games from old-school platforms like Atari... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-21 20:46:18 UTC ]
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Key funding questions separate Adams, council as city budget deadline nears

New York City’s improving fiscal situation seemed to foretell an easier path to passing the coming year’s budget, but the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams still disagree on key issues with days left before the deadline to reach a deal.The council’s push to reverse cuts to cultural institutions,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-21 17:26:40 UTC ]
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Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

If you search for translated books all of them won’t come up in a library catalogue search. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-06-11 17:09:25 UTC ]
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ALA 2024: Trevor Noah, Taraji P. Henson to Feature at ALA Annual Conference in San Diego

Amid ongoing attacks on libraries and the freedom to read, a strong professional program and an excellent slate of speakers will showcase the power of libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Love Letter to Libraries and the Freedom They Represent

It's a book in a library that helps a young girl break free of the repressive and conservative world her parents raise her in. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics Thrive in Libraries Through Digital Lending

Comics Plus and other digital lending platforms are a growing area for the discovery and circulation of graphic novels in libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Easy Ways to Support Your Public Library Right Now

Which of these easy ways to support our libraries are you knocking off the list first? Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-05 11:30:00 UTC ]
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Arm CEO: Apple ‘woke up the industry on the art of the possible’

As Qualcomm-powered Windows on Arm PCs begin appearing here at Computex, ushering in a generation of AI-infused Copilot+ laptops, it seemed appropriate to interview a major player in the push. No, not Qualcomm. (We’ve already spoken to them.) Instead, I mean Arm, the semiconductor... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-06-03 18:35:42 UTC ]
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Brutalist Plants: this pocket picture book is perfectly formed, but puts style over substance

Fashions in architecture are, more or less, generational. So, the reappraisal of brutalism – a once-reviled style of architecture – is now virtually complete Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-06-03 15:33:22 UTC ]
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Book Review: 3 New Picture Books by Amy Hest, Illustrated by 3 Different Artists

Picture book writers whose works look different from one another because they’re illustrated by different artists are less apt to be on your radar. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-05-31 09:04:00 UTC ]
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Why it’s so hard to lend a book to a friend, according to the internet.

I spent a few days in DC over the long weekend for a wedding. Walking around leafy and well-appointed Capital Hill, I overheard a conversation between two older folks, as their dogs warily sniffed each other, about how people were taking and selling books from the little free libraries around... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-30 18:46:20 UTC ]
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The Morning After: Sony apologizes for fabricated ‘interview’ with Last of Us studio head

Last week, Sony published a seemingly innocuous round of interviews that centered the company’s nebulous “creative entertainment vision”. Neil Druckmann, head of the Sony-owned game studio Naughty Dog, was one of those — but his interview wasn’t quite what it seemed. Druckmann, who headed the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-05-30 11:15:49 UTC ]
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Arm’s new Cortex X925 takes on AI, and could land in PCs

Arm has confirmed that it will be offering its next-gen Arm compute platform, called Arm CSS for Client, at Android smartphones. Executives also mentioned that they could be used for PCs as well. The announcement follows an earlier report that indicated that Arm might expand its... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-05-29 22:44:57 UTC ]
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The Internet Archive has been fending off DDoS attacks for days

If you couldn't access the Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine over the past few days, that's because the website has been under attack. In fact, the nonprofit organization has announced that it's currently in its "third day of warding off an intermittent DDoS cyber-attack" in a blog post.... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-05-29 03:59:50 UTC ]
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The Real Story of Why Disney+ Changed Its Logo: A ‘Different Time of Night’

Disney's logo and branding are a tale as old as time--but even classic stories need a new chapter every now and again. In March, Disney+ unveiled its full Hulu integration for bundle subscribers, combining the Disney+ and Hulu libraries in one application. This came with... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-05-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries rule, cops drool: Today’s the birthday of both NYC’s libraries and police.

Today is a double anniversary in New York City. On May 23, 1845, the New York Police Department was founded, and 50 years later on May 23, 1895, the New York Public Library was established. Today, over a century and a half later, these two city institutions are not getting equal slices of their... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-05-23 16:59:57 UTC ]
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Surface VP sitdown: How is AI going to change Microsoft’s PCs?

Microsoft Surface was the brand of devices Microsoft launched to lead the way into the PC market, showing its PC partners what could work in new categories of devices. Now it’s evolving into a new generation, led by AI and Copilot+ laptops. So what does this mean for Microsoft, Surface,... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-05-23 14:14:58 UTC ]
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Obituary: Florence Minor

Florence Minor, best known for numerous picture book collaborations with her husband, illustrator Wendell Minor, died on May 21 after a battle with ovarian cancer; she was 74. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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