September 23, 2013

The Brooklyn Book Festival was held this past weekend on a crisp, sunny fall day. Thank you to all who stopped by the booth! Below you’ll find a few images… Read more »

Booksellers & bookselling

Ask a bookseller---Book Court's Bonnie Chau — Melville House
Customer threatens Northshire Bookstore for displaying the Qur’an — Kait Howard
Isis Books & Gifts changes signage, dodges blind wrath of ignorant brick-throwers — Simon Reichley
Barnes & Noble takes penultimate step to exiting Queens — Liam O'Brien

Libraries: are they better with wine? Or much, much worse?

Sal Robinson

There is a lot of chatter about new forms and uses for libraries in and out of Library Land these days. The strange part about it is that it’s often… Read more »

It’s a Boy’s Boy’s Boy’s World

Julia Fleischaker

Earlier this year, NPR ran a story about the white, white world of children’s books, “As Demographics Shift, Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White.” It cited a report by the Cooperative… Read more »

Gun rights advocates fear textbook will turn their children into gunless pansies

The Second Amendment is perhaps the most contested passage in all of American literature; unsurprisingly a reader’s interpretation will often have more to do with their own political views than… Read more »

Vermont college offers a scholarship to minority children’s & YA authors

Nick Davies

Last week, Vermont College of Fine Arts announced via a press release that it will offer a scholarship to young authors of color to some students who enroll in the… Read more »

Melville House Books

Melville House at the Brooklyn Book Fair 2013

Claire Kelley