October 12, 2016

Sajia Darwish, extraordinarily just a junior at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, has opened the Baale Parwaz Library (BPL) in a public school in her home country of Afghanistan. It’s… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

Phillip Roth left a substantial part of his estate to the Newark Public Library — Athena Bryan
Chicago Public Library sees a 240% increase in returned books since abolishing late fees — Stephanie DeLuca
Bisbee, Arizona, has the best small library in the United States — Ryan Harrington
Thief jailed for stealing over £80,000 worth of library books — Nikki Griffiths

Penguin Random House UK is dealing with their lack of diversity #WriteNow

Simon Reichley

There has been plenty of discussion about the embarrassing lack of diversity in publishing this year. Sadly, solutions have been hard to come by. Penguin Random House UK—that nation’s largest… Read more »

Consult your lawyer before you sell that signed Neil Gaiman: a California collectibles law update

Kait Howard

Last week, we wrote about California booksellers concerned that a new state law regulating the sale of signed memorabilia could inadvertently affect their businesses. In a series of blog posts,… Read more »

Saluting two fallen bookstores

Ryan Harrington

These are restless times for revolutionary bookstores. Last week we wrote about In Other Words—the feminist bookstore and community space portrayed as Women and Women First in Portlandia—discontinuing its relationship with that… Read more »

Melville House Books

College student opens a new library in Kabul

Julia Fleischaker