Prison Banned Books Week: October 25-31 2023 (pen.org)
CARESSING OLD MEMORIES (www.amazon.com)
I grew up in the aftermath of the great depression in the rural area of north Florida. God blessed me with loving parents that instilled in me the values of honesty and kindness to others. They both came from large families that were survivors of the depression. It was their examples of pride, hard work, and ability to find a...
2023 Hugo Awards (www.thehugoawards.org)
Ghosts of the past (a.co)
Frederick Marini is a retired school educator and retired District School Media Director / Librarian PreK–12. He has a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin –Madison and a MS degree from UW LaCrosse. He has served on numerous local, regional, and State Boards and committees.
Full-Text Search in the Largest Online Libraries, Open Access to Them, and AI Operating Their Data (lemm.ee)
In 2023, several largest online libraries have simultaneously started to introduce search through the entire text of all books in their collections, going beyond just titles, descriptions, and book metadata....
First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo computer science student (scrollprize.org)
Scrolls count as books, right?...
Men Who Don’t Know Women: On Unlearning the Lessons of “Dick Lit” (lithub.com)
Currowan: a Story of Fire and a Community During Australia's Worst Summer (slrpnk.net)
Currowan: a Story of Fire and a Community During Australia’s Worst Summer...
Novelist Salman Rushdie's memoir on 2022 stabbing to be published next year (www.reuters.com)
Readers' Most Anticipated Books of October (www.goodreads.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/742102...
Readers' Top 66 Horror Novels of the Past Three Years (www.goodreads.com)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/742101...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, read by Stephen Fry. Free download (archive.org)
Books That Should Be Friends: 5 Perfect Book Pairings (bookriot.com)
This got me wondering - do you pair up books like this?
TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold (www.economist.com)
Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson (www.goodreads.com)
Though some of you might already be familiar with the Cosmere, to those who aren't I think this would be a fantastic introduction, if you like fantasy....
Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction (www.aljazeera.com)
Novels from Canada, Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom that explore families, communities and a world in crisis make up the six finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction....
Zeal, Wit, and Fury: The Queer Black Modernism of Claude McKay (lareviewofbooks.org)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/612037...
"In light of the announcement that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms Barrymore's invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony." (www.bbc.com)
Shame - Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie - 1983 (pdfhost.io)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/452228...
On The Road - Jack Kerouac - 1957 (pdfhost.io)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/413449...
Do you like reading books like this? Too politicial? (lemmus.org)
University presses taking a stand against book bans and attempts to censor libraries -- up 813% in the past two years. (www.cambridgeday.com)
FantasticFiction - A Website that allows you to sign up and follow your favourite authors, get notifications etc (www.fantasticfiction.com)
Don’t know if people know of this site or not but just in case you don’t, it’s pretty damn good. All they require is an email address (I used an anon one with no issues). You can follow up to 100 authors and get alerts when new stuff is announced and published....
Found in a library book (oaklandlibrary.org)
Things found in library books.
First attempt at a Little Free Library, going live 9/9! (lemmy.one)
