News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Tomie dePaola, beloved and prolific author-illustrator of children’s books, died March 30, 2020, at the age of 85. The cause of death was “complications… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! Last Week Our second week of staying home went reasonably well. Mr. Bookwyrm will be working… Read more »
COYER is now year-round! That’s right! Michelle and Berls at Because Reading have decided to make the COYER (Clean Out Your E-Reader) Challenge a year-round challenge, with special events throughout the year. They have just rolled out COYER Quarantine Edition, which will run through August 31. The basic, all-year COYER… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Award-winning playwright Terrance McNally died March 24, 2020, at the age of 81, from complications of COVID-19. He was a lung cancer survivor, and… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! Last Week Our first week of staying home went all right. Mr. Bookwyrm had some technical… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff In light of the coronavirus and the impact it is having on all of us around the globe, I’m expanding News & Notes to include virus-related… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! Last Week It’s been a week of uncertainty, worry, and change for most of us here… Read more »
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 Proposed Tennessee Bill Threatens Librarians with Fines or Jail Time (I Love Libraries) Overdrive drops automatic hold checkout, offers “hold redelivery” (Overdrive) The Coronavirus… Read more »
Concerns about the novel coronavirus continue to spread. We’ve seen China, Italy and other countries impose widespread quarantines and lockdowns in an effort to contain the new coronavirus. In the US and elsewhere, schools and universities are closing, events are being cancelled, and people are cancelling travel plans and skipping… Read more »
The Sunday Post is hosted by the wonderful Kimberly, the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, recap the past week, take a look ahead, and showcase our new treasures—I mean books! Last Week Yesterday, we went to Raptor Hill Falconry for a private “Raptor Experience,” and it… Read more »
