Outdoor bookstores? Yes, please.
Outdoor reading is one of those pleasures that most of us are only afforded in the warm months of the year. As soon as the cold weather arrives, we’re forced… Read more »
Rachel Smitley
R.L. Stine at McNally Jackson
The crowded downstairs space at McNally Jackson Books in New York City on Thursday October 30, 2014 was a mismatched crowd of 20- and 30-somethings, and young elementary school children… Read more »
One man’s journey to commemorate the greatest bookstores in the world
New York City has seen a run of independent bookstore moves and closings this year, a state of affairs that seems to be coming from the ever increasing rent in… Read more »
A Call to Action for publishers from the Royal National Institute of Blind People
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has made a call to action for book publishers across the UK to make their books more accessible for blind, visually impaired,… Read more »
Ebola has made a 1995 New York Times Bestseller very relevant
News about the Ebola crisis is everywhere. You turn on your computer, phone, television, radio, whatever, and you are bombarded with information about the spread of the disease. Many of… Read more »
Williamsburg dive bar is home to mostly-secret writer’s workshop/literary social club/email list
Walk into a dive bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on any given Sunday and I bet you aren’t expecting to find a group of men and women, from all walks of… Read more »
Cartoon Network launches imprint with Penguin Books for Young Readers
Remember reading books when you were a kid and wishing that someone would turn them into a cartoon or movie so you could see what the characters really looked and… Read more »
Artist Kevin Weir creates creepy GIFs from vintage photos found in the Library of Congress
The lately beloved, but actually very old Graphics Interchange Format — aka GIFs, for the less tech savvy — is taking on a new and fairly creepy shape. Artist Kevin Weir’s… Read more »
Grandson convinced Maya Angelou to collaborate on a hip hop album
In a new album titled Caged Bird Songs—you can guess which book inspired this—Shawn Rivera and Roccstar will sample Maya Angelou’s voice. The producers initiated the project before Angelou knew about it, but she agreed… Read more »