News & Notes – 2/26/2022

February 26, 2022 News & Notes 4


News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff

Bookish News

Worth Reading/Viewing

  • Lies Librarians Tell (Book Riot) I went into this article warily, wondering where it was going with a title like that. I loved it.
  • The Reading Statistic That Changed My Life (Book Riot) Hint – it has to do with reading before bed.
  • Death on the Nile and addressing racism in Agatha Christie (BBC) I am a lifelong Christie fan—she was brilliant at constructing clever, baffling plots—but there’s no denying that many of her books reflect attitudes we find both uncomfortable and unacceptable today. Colonialism, racism, antisemitism, distrust/dislike of foreigners and a sense of British superiority were not uncommon among Britons of her day. Those attitudes can be found in her books, both in the narrative and, more obviously, in the words and actions of her characters. Did she share these biases, or was she critiquing them through her writing? After reading this article, I think it may be a bit of both.
  • A Case for Collecting Agatha Christie Cover Art (Messy Nessy Chic) Specifically, the 1960s and ’70s paperback covers by Tom Adams, whose cover art often made use of symbolism, surrealism, and/or collage.
  • The Science and Recent History of Bookstore Design (Book Riot) A thoughtful article with several good links.

For Writers & Bloggers

Cool, Fun, and Awesome

Conan Doyle Meets Gilbert and Sullivan in this mash-up of Sherlock Holmes and “I Am the Very Model of A Modern Major General.” (above)

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4 Responses to “News & Notes – 2/26/2022”

  1. Mia @ Genre Books and Me

    I love that bookish quote and could say “and let’s add another hour before bedtime so parents can read when their kids are asleep without falling asleep”. Lol. My kids are grown but I remember this dilemma, trying to keep my eyes open to read but falling asleep when I hit the pillow.

    I enjoyed the Lie A Librarian Tells. I think that whatever a child reads has merit if it gets them hooked on reading. Despite the opinion of the librarian, teacher, or parent, the only opinion that matters is the student’s, if it gets them to read.
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    • Lark_Bookwyrm

      I remember those years, too… though somewhat differently, since Robin had difficulty getting to sleep and I spent a lot of nights snuggling them to the soft sounds of an audiobook, which seemed to help them drift off (eventually.)

      That was a good article, I agree. You never know what will spark a child’s interest in reading, and it’s good to encourage them rather than discourage them by being negative about their reading choices.