March 27, 2015

The New York Public Library holds a public forum to discuss the Mid-Manhattan and 42nd Street Library renovation projects

Claire Kelley

The New York Public Library held a public forum last night to discuss the renovation plans for the Mid-Manhattan and 42nd Street Libraries. As the controversial Central Library Plan was… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

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

Scott Bonner, Ferguson Library Director, will receive the ALA Lemony Snicket Prize

Kirsten Reach

Scott Bonner is not only the director of the Ferguson Municipal Public Library, but in December, he was the only full-time employee. He kept the library open during a tough… Read more »

The Princeton Review and Taylor Swift are never ever ever getting back together. The split came after it was revealed that Princeton Review, which preps students for college admissions tests,… Read more »

“Damn the torpedoes and full steam ahead”: O/R Books to relaunch Evergreen Review

Taylor Sperry

Legendary countercultural quarterly Evergreen Review is due to be resurrected by O/R Books, the publisher announced yesterday. Launched by the late Barney Rosset, the former publisher of Grove Press, in… Read more »

Pulp Drunk exhibit celebrates the art of Mexican pulp novel covers

Julia Fleischaker

At the same time that the US was perfecting the art of the pulp book cover, the same thing was happening in Mexico. The Ricco/Maresca gallery in New York’s Chelsea… Read more »

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