Happy Women’s Month! 5 great reads by women, about women
Happy Women’s Month! Get inspired by these incredible books by women, about women. —– A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star by Sanam… Read more »
Apple attempts to halt publication of book containing “company secrets”
Tom Sadowski, former head of the Apple App Store for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, has written a book about his time at Apple (including meetings with CEO Tim Cook, according… Read more »
New app brings The Canterbury Tales to life
A team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have brought The Canterbury Tales to life with what’s sure to become every English major’s new favorite app. Ellen Gutoskey, reporting… Read more »
BookBar launches program to connect readers to book clubs
UPDATE: Publishers Weekly reports that after backlash over use of the word “tribe,” the name of the venture has been changed to BookClubHub. Our friends over at BookBar, an indie bookstore… Read more »
Brooklyn Library names Mary Mattingly as 2020’s Artist in Residence
Every year the Brooklyn Public Library hosts an Artist in Residence to connect local artists to the library and its patrons. According to the library website, the program offers library… Read more »
773 UK libraries have closed in last decade
In just ten years nearly a fifth of the UK’s libraries have closed, reports Alison Flood for the Guardian. Correspondingly, “the number of paid librarians has also plummeted” (from 24,000 to… Read more »
Protests against Amazon scheduled for Cyber Monday
In response to worsening conditions for Amazon employees as demand for speedier delivery increases, protests are being organized for Cyber Monday. The newly formed Athena Coalition has joined over 40… Read more »
Trump promotes son’s book while accusing Biden’s son of profiting from father’s influence
In an unsurprising move, President Trump has publicly endorsed his son’s (Donald Trump Jr.’s) new book, “a violation of ethics rules if it had come from any federal employee other… Read more »
Nobel prize for literature once again descends into controversy
After a year with no Nobel prize in literature (read about the Swedish Academy’s sexual abuse and financial misconduct scandal here), expectations were high. Two awards would be given: one… Read more »
False alarm: EU tariffs will not affect books
After much panic, good news: the Trump administration’s newest round of tariffs on EU goods will not include books. Publishers Weekly reports that the confusion was born from a line… Read more »