October 03, 2012 » MobyLives! Archives

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University of Iowa president makes badly-timed joke, librarian calls him out — Chad Felix
Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter organizes four-day marathon reading of War and Peace — Ena Brdjanovic
French Booksellers Association releases reading list meant to shed light on Paris attacks — Kait Howard
Uproar over publication of Haruki Murakami's high school library records — Liam O'Brien

Rowling and a religious controversy

Ellie Robins

The most boring book in the world has sparked a religious controversy. Sikh leaders in India have spoken out against passages in J.K. Rowling’s A Casual Vacancy in which a… 2 / Read more »

Classic book covers redesigned to promote literacy

Thanks to this post on Flavorwire, I found out about an international project to promote literacy through redesigned covers of classic novels. Belgian design firm beshart has launched an effort to… Read more »

Please, no more thought leaders

Ariel Bogle

How valid is the work of high profile journalists, sometimes so-called “thought leaders”, taking large checks to inspire executives at Johnson & Johnson? David V. Johnson in the Boston Review… Read more »

Happy Birthday, Jan Morris

Sal Robinson

Jan Morris keeps promising that this is her last book. But this time, she means it. The 86-year-old author of over forty books, including the Pax Britannica trilogy, a whole… Read more »

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October 3, 2012

The library ebook debate: ALA vs AAP

Claire Kelley