This week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are dipping into some classics (both new and old) of the horror genre, taking behind-the-scenes looks at today’s technology, and looking at historical figures with new eyes.
Author Q&A: Hanan al-Shaykh’s New Shahrazad
By on April 26, 2013 Leave a Comment
“Many thought that One Thousand and One Nights were folklore, tales, and that’s it—not a treasure. These stories were told so people could learn lessons about humanity, even from bad deeds or omens.”
Don DeLillo Wins First Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
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The Library of Congress announced Thursday the creation of a new lifetime achievement award in literature as well as its first recipient—novelist Don DeLillo.
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction Shortlist Announced
By on April 22, 2013 1 Comment
ALA announced its shortlist for the second annual Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction on Monday, April 23rd, naming three nominees in both fiction and nonfiction.
Spanish Flu, Beethoven, and The Ladies of Grace Adieu | What We’re Reading
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Here’s what some of the Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading.
King Arthur, a History of English, and Rabies | What We’re Reading
By on April 15, 2013 2 Comments
It’s National Library Week, and here’s what some of the Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading. A lot of books come across our desks, of course, but we also find time to visit libraries and bookstores, too.
Adult Fables and Literary Essays | Classic Returns
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April’s Classic Returns feature new English translations of The Fabliaux, Tacitus’s stern Annals, and a slim retelling of One Thousand and One Nights alongside Müller’s Anne Frank: The Biography, Merton’s Selected Essays and a rarely seen bilingual collection of Proust’s poetry.
Will Librarians Still Use Goodreads?
By on April 2, 2013 5 Comments
Its no news that Goodreads has become, for many collection development and readers’ advisory librarians, an important tool in finding and evaluating new books. What it will become in the wake of Amazon’s purchase of the site last Friday is still unclear. Founded in 2006, Goodreads boosts over 202 million active users and provides one [...]
“The story is our escort”: Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
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There will be many essays in the coming days and weeks assessing the immensity of what Chinua Achebe, whose death was reported today, achieved in his lifetime, and what the global literary community has lost. Though the Nigerian author was not an exceptionally prolific writer—his most famous work, 1958’s iconic Things Fall Apart, is one [...]
Fiction: Q & A Matt Bell | February 2013
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LJ’s Molly McArdle talks to Matt Bell about his latest release, In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods.
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