How to lose that icky post-Black Friday feeling: BINC, a charity for booksellers
Our national retail binge—Black Friday, etc.—is over, and now, perhaps, purged of our desire, we respond to the other impulse that comes on strong at this time of year—charitable giving, and… Read more »
Three Cups of Tea author’s charity rebounding after scandal
If your bestselling book gets exposed as a sham built on lies, it’s hard to know how quickly the public will forgive. Especially when, as is usually the case, there’s… Read more »
Shuttered Milwaukee publisher donates its books to children
Milwaukee-based children’s book publisher Little Bahalia Publishing has been struggling for financial viability, and made the difficult decision to close down on February 28. They have, however, managed to find… Read more »
Famous authors (except Martin Amis) promise immortality via charity auction
“Crowd” is the prefix of the moment. Crowdfunding. Crowdsourcing. Crowdediting. Crowded House. Which is probably because it takes less time to say than “tragedy of the commons.” All of these… Read more »
Charity brings books to the homeless in Portland
A nonprofit group in Portland, Oregon has taken it upon itself to bring literature to the homeless, Kirk Johnson writes for the New York Times. Street Books, founded in 2011… Read more »
Minnesota charity collects books for Africa
‘Tis the season for charity and good will and all those warm, fuzzy feeling. Maja Beckstrom wrote a piece for the St. Paul Pioneer Press this weekend about a local… Read more »
Librarians to party at Brooklyn’s Biblioball
For the sixth year running, the Desk Set — Brooklyn’s social group for local librarians — will be holding the Biblioball. A party with live music, burlesque acts, and more… Read more »
Food for Fines library program in Syracuse
A library in Syracuse has launched a “Food for Fines” program to allow patrons to pay off overdue book fines by bringing in nonperishable food. The Onondaga Free Library is… Read more »