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A Library Writer’s Blog: CFP: Call for Contributors to the BizLibratory Blog – Business and Social Science Librarianship
A Library Writer’s Blog Have writer’s block? Hopefully this resource will help librarians identify publishing and presentation opportunities in library & information science, as well as other related fields. I will include calls for papers, presentations, participation, reviewers, and other relevant notices that I find on the web. If you find anything to be posted,…
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The Vanishing White Male Writer – Compact Magazine – March 21, 2025
It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list. In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six. And then the…
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What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries ‹ Literary Hub
What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries “A just world starves fascism of the nutrients it needs to thrive.” By Josh Cook, February 4, 2025 Source Links: What Publishing Can Do About Trump: Preserve the Independence of Our Bookstores and Libraries ‹ Literary Hub
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Moving or ending…
It was fun, thanks for the site and business plan (WORDPRESS), and good luck with your fight. I will keep a free blog here, or move to another site. I am retired, and can no longer afford this hobby news blog. Thank care, keep #resisting, DrWeb
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READING THE STARS: The Whitman Authorized Editions of the 1940s | Now See Hear! | Library of Congress
By Cary O’Dell, July 20, 2022 Today, movie stars are easily accessible to us: on TV, by way of streaming services and, of course, via the internet, usually even via that star’s very own Twitter and Instagram. In fact, celebrities—of every conceivable stripe–are so omnipresent that it seems hard to imagine, or remember, a time…
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Blog #4 | Jack McDevitt | Science Fiction
Writing workshops have always been fun. They allow me to spend time with people who would lo Source: Blog #4 | Jack McDevitt | Science Fiction
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How Books Designed for Soldiers’ Pockets Changed Publishing Forever – Atlas Obscura
Prior to WWII, Americans didn’t think much of softcover books. Source: How Books Designed for Soldiers’ Pockets Changed Publishing Forever – Atlas Obscura
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New York Public Library launches imprint to publish books inspired by its collections | Books | The Guardian
Excellent effort, no reason libraries cannot be publishers.. even local smaller libraries can do it, self-publish, etc. Seeing the Lions at NYPL (Patience and Fortitude –not sure which is in the photo below) never fails to uplift my heart and soul, and if you’d like to know more about them, check out here: The Library…
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MH Abrams, Norton anthology founder, influential critic, dead at age 102 | Books | The Guardian
MH Abrams, an esteemed critic and teacher who helped shape the modern literary canon as founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature and joined the elite himself by writing one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed works of criticism, has died. He was 102. Abrams’ death was confirmed on Wednesday by the president…
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The Case For Libraries
Publishers are running out of space. Not in their headquarters, some of which are larger and more imposing than ever, but in retail. The number of booksellers has been dwindling since the demise of Borders, and the largest book retailer today is Amazon, which has no physical space at all. via The Case For Libraries.
