June 20, 2016

Ah, summer. The season of cold brews, killer barbecue, and beach reading. Which, in turn, means it’s also the season of booklists. Lots and lots of booklists. Well, we don’t… Read more »

Bookshelves

Shelf Wars: Ashley Tisdale buys 400 books to 'style' her home and Twitter explodes — Nikki Griffiths
Theories abound after anonymous return of Darwin's notebooks — Tom Clayton
"Wot, No Books?" Milton Keynes library saved after protesters check out its entire stock — Tom Clayton
Belgian publisher donates over a thousand books to railway station libraries — Tom Clayton

Syrian refugee opens a bookstore and publisher in Istanbul

Julia Fleischaker

Samer al-Kadri is one of 3 million Syrian refugees now living in Turkey. A year ago, he opened Pages, the first Arabic-language bookstore in Istanbul, and he even has plans to… Read more »

Woody would’ve wanted it this way, or, this song is whose song?

Some have called Woody Guthrie’s classic 1940 song This Land is Your Land America’s alternative national anthem—but that doesn’t make it public property. In fact, the rights to the This Land… Read more »

How do you write a woke kid’s book?

Liam O’Brien

It’s deceptively difficult to write a good children’s book. For every jamoke who thinks that the smaller the page count, the less talent is required, there’s an uninspired and boring… Read more »

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Syrian refugee opens a bookstore and publisher in Istanbul

Julia Fleischaker

Woody would’ve wanted it this way, or, this song is whose song?

Ryan Harrington

How do you write a woke kid’s book?

Liam O’Brien