Here’s what some of the Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading.
Spanish Flu, Beethoven, and The Ladies of Grace Adieu | What We’re Reading
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Q&A: Nigella Lawson | April 15, 2013
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Nigella Lawson is a British food writer (Nigella Kitchen) and television personality (Nigella Bites; The Taste) whose warm, personal writing style and obvious delight in the pleasures of the table have made her an international star. Her ninth book, Nigellissima, is a celebration of Italian food and flavors. In your introduction to Nigellissima, you mention [...]
King Arthur, a History of English, and Rabies | What We’re Reading
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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.
Audie Award Finalists Announced
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The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2013 Audie Awards, which recognize excellence in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. A selection of categories are below; the complete list can be found on the Audies site. Audiobook of the Year AMERICAN GROWN Michelle Obama Read by Michelle Obama, Jim Adams, Charlie Brandts, [...]
Will Librarians Still Use Goodreads?
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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 [...]
Q & A: Jessica Soffer
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LJ talks to Jessica Soffer about her debut, Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots.
James Beard Foundation Award finalists
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Cookbook and food writing finalists for the James Beard Awards.
Tarzan Complete Strips, TMNT Micro Series, Weasley Turns Superhero, BTTF Delorean Restoration, Audies Nominations | Geeky Friday
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The Oscars will be presented this Sunday with the usual craptacular pomp and nonsense. Woopty doo. Once the Academy began nominating more than five titles for Best Film without also nominating the respective directors it was the last nail in the coffin and proved that ticket sales and TV ratings are more important to the [...]
APA Announces 2013 Audies Nominations
By on February 21, 2013 1 Comment
Douglas Brinkley’s Cronkite, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Chester Himes’s A Rage in Harlem, L. Ron Hubbard’s Trouble on His Wings, and Elton John’s Love Is the Cure are among the diverse range of 142 audiobooks contending for the 2013 Audie Awards® in 28 categories, which the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced February 19. “It is always [...]
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