ArticlesGorgeous carved book landscapes by Guy Laramee.
Salvador Dali illustrates Alice in Wonderland.
Feeling both betrayed and excited: former librarian and independent bookstore advocate, Nancy Pearl, presents Book Lust Rediscoveries, a series published by Amazon.com (ew.).
Amazing idea of the week! Weller Books is doing a huge "book drop" around the city to advertise their grand re-opening. Read about it here.
Absolutely beautiful covers for the e-book versions of Michael Chabon's works by designer Connie Gabbert showcased on The Casual Optimist.
Obviously this travel bookcase is what I'll be taking on my next vacation. Ms. Crowe - is this how you do it?
"We all read in the Yellow Trolley Bus" in Bulgaria. This cool public library housed in an old trolley bus on a deserted city street is right up there with the Book Barge in the UK for its unique idea and brilliant execution.
Read this article about book landscaping.
Digital Rights Showdown! Harper Collins vs. Open Media
Blogs
Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves (with pictures!)
The PageTurn, the website/blog by HarperCollins's School and Library Marketing team.
Book Lists
Book Dirt offers "8 Famous People You Never Knew Wrote Mysteries". I know I'm putting Hugh Laurie's on my TBR.
Book-to-Screen
I'm in love with Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, the main character in the Raylan Givens series by Elmore Leonard, in the TV show Justified:
Children's Books
Cinder (a debut YA novel about Cinderella as a cyborg) author, Marissa Meyer, writes about reimagined fairy tales in "Twice Upon a Time in Hollywood"
Brain Pickings' article of the week: "Seven Nonfiction Children's Books Blending Whimsy and Education". My favorite is a tie between The First Book of Jazz by Langston Hughes and The Serif Fairy by Rene Siegfried.
Publisher's Weekly reports on Chicken House - the children's publishing company begun by the man who discovered JK Rowling's Harry Potter in the UK - expanding to the Netherlands in "Chicken House Goes Dutch".
ContestsIt's that time again! (I say that like I've done this before. I haven't.) "It is time to announce the contestants, judges, and brackets for the original, one-and-only, full-combat, oddly-predictive-of-the-Pulitzer-Prize, eighth annual TMN Tournament of Books, coming March 2012, presented by Field Notes." Don't know what I'm talking about? Check it out here.
Libraries
Moment of silent appreciation for the Kansas City Public Library.
Teaching
"The Learning Network" at The New York Times has some fantastic suggestions for encouraging book discussions, particularly between multiple classrooms in "Reading With Strangers: Ways to Study Literature Collaboratively"
Videos
Despite the bizarre choice in music, this video is a cute montage of library scenes from movies and T.V. shows:
I want to go to Salt Lake and find a book!!! Can you imagine going to work one morning and dozens of brand new books along the way? Awesome. I can't imagine ever having read as many books as Nancy Pearl has. Ever. And finally, that Marissa Meyer article just made me feel like I would really like her in real life :) Thanks for a great round up of articles!
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ReplyDeleteRight on, man.
Oh I do enjoy Friday round-up.
Thanks for linking to me! I'm pleased to be in such good company.
ReplyDeleteOoo ooo ooo! I actually own The Gunseller by Hugh Laurie!! Of course I haven't read it yet, because I'm pathetic, but I found it in my library's used bookstore for $2. And I picked it up thinking "It can't be the same guy as House..." and it was! LOL.
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