Suggestions for readalikes and watchalikes for fans of Welcome to Sanditon.
Q&A: Jay Bushman, Co-Creator of Welcome to Sanditon
By on May 16, 2013 2 Comments
In Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, Sanditon, a group of people set out to build their own town on the English seaside. Welcome to Sanditon is a modern, multiplatorm adaptation of the novel from the team behind the wildly popular Pride and Prejudice–based videoblog series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Jay Bushman was the transmedia producer and a writer for the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and is Welcome to Sanditon’s showrunner and creator.
Burlesque, Fairies, and The Rozz-Tox Manifesto | What We’re Reading
By on May 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
This week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading risqué histories and local ones, media criticism and discussions of gender, and oh, yes, a few novels here and there.
Fringe Politics: Hate and Extremism | Collection Development
By on May 3, 2013 4 Comments
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) states that since the year 2000 the number of hate groups in the United States has increased by 69 percent. A new report released by the center in March 2013 shows that the number of patriot and militia groups has skyrocketed from 149 in 2009 to an astonishing 1,360 in 2012. The SPLC is an excellent resource for identifying trends in far-right fringe groups (ironically, there is a video on the American Family Association’s website that suggests the SPLC is itself a fringe political group). SPLC is the go-to resource for those looking to get a basic understanding of fringe political movements in the United States.
Magazine Vital Signs: Best Magazines of 2012
By on May 2, 2013 Leave a Comment
The best magazines launched in 2012 include one sport magazine, a travel magazine, two in the lifestyle genre, an art journal, and five literary magazines. None this year are strictly online; all are available in print.
Beta Testers Weigh In On Hoopla
By on April 29, 2013 2 Comments
Hoopla, Midwest Tape’s pay-per-circulation media streaming service for public libraries, has been in beta-testing mode for close to two months, and early reports of both the service overall and its mobile applications have been positive.
Steve Jobs, Harry Houdini, and Beyoncé | What We’re Reading
By on April 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
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.
What To Brew, Mix, & Serve | Wyatt’s World
By on April 29, 2013 Leave a Comment
Classic cocktails, true brews, twists in tequila, slushes for a change? Every glass has a plot.
Don DeLillo Wins First Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
By on April 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
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.
Pulitzer Prizes 2013: Yes, There Is a Fiction Award and Much More
By on April 16, 2013 Leave a Comment
Despite the anxiety, was there really any doubt that the Pulitzer Prize board would pick a fiction winner this year? Not after the hugely negative response to last year’s decision to forgoan award, which had people challenging the Pulitzer process itself. What really rankled was the idea that somehow contemporary fiction did not measure up. Now here comes [...]
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