School bus driver bans reading, because books are dangerous
It’s no secret that books are dangerous, and that they pose a threat young students. For every student whose life is saved by a book, there are dozens more innocent… Read more »
Did Ronald Reagan hate reading?
The CIA, like other intelligence communities around the world, has long formulated psychological and political profiles of world leaders in order to prepare Presidents for meetings and foreign affairs decisions.… Read more »
Two-year-old becomes an internet sensation thanks to her public library
A video showing Texas two-year-old Elizabeth Christensen naming the parts of the body has gone viral. She learned to identify the liver, lungs, intestines, brain, heart and stomach in an anatomy… Read more »
Pew report finds that Millennials use libraries as much as their elders, and read more
A Pew report pulling together years of research found that American millennials (defined as ages 16-29) use libraries as much as their elders (but are less engaged), and are more… Read more »
Children read stories aloud to cats, in spite of cats’ best efforts
Children in Berks County, Pennsylvania are battling for literacy against local felines. A program called Book Buddies allows kids in first through eighth grade to practice reading at the Animal… Read more »
One woman spends a year reading a book for each nation
Last month on Publishing Perspectives, Olivia Snaije interviewed and profiled Ann Morgan, a woman who—from January 1 to December 31 of 2012—“set herself the challenge to spend one year reading a… Read more »
Poll shows ereaders lead to more reading, online sharing
A poll conducted by USA Today and Bookish found that 40% of adults now own an ereader or tablet. A steep increase in ownership, the paper notes that it is more… Read more »
Reading as performance
The Quiet Volume, an installation art exhibit about the reading experience, is up this week at NYU’s Bobst Library and the Schomburg Center. The brainchild of Ant Hampton and Tim… Read more »
As someone with a terrible memory for faces I was oddly comforted (and slightly disturbed) to read this New Scientist article (via The Rumpus) which suggests that the human ability… 4 / Read more »