| Reasons to Love Libraries | Editorial By Hallie Rich It’s April, which means that in addition to celebrating spring’s arrival, I’ll be joining libraries across the nation in celebrating National Library Week. |
| North to the Future: Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks | Archives Deep Dive By Elisa Shoenberger It sounds like a story from Jack London or Jon Krakauer: In 1966, two men traveled down the Yukon River in Alaska by canoe to recover papers from abandoned cabins. Paul McCarthy and H. Theodore “Ted” Ryberg were concerned that the generation of former gold miners who came to Alaska in the late 19th century were dying off, and they wanted to preserve that piece of Alaska history. Those explorations would prove pivotal to the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives formally founded by McCarthy in 1965 at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. |
| LJ Talks to Cyndee Landrum, Acting Director of IMLS By Lisa Peet The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the appointment of Deputy Director for Library Services Cyndee Landrum as Acting Director, effective March 21, following the conclusion of former Director Crosby Kemper’s four-year term. Landrum will lead the agency until a new director is nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. We caught up with Landrum to hear her take on the past four and a half years, and what her new role will entail. |
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| Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Amor Towles, Mary Kubica, Brandon Sanderson, and Sarah Adams. Seven LibraryReads and nine Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan. The Hugo, Astounding, and Lodestar Awards finalists are announced. Plus, Washington Post explores how new mysteries featuring autistic women challenge old stereotypes. |
| Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The Publishing Triangle announces the finalists for its annual awards. Sabrin Hasbun’s forthcoming memoir Wait for Her: A Family Memoir Between Italy and Palestine wins the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Librarian and LJ reviewer Marlene Harris and LibraryReads win RUSA’s CODES Louis Shores Awards. EarlyWord publishes a round-up of the March 7 GalleyChat. Plus, Page to Screen. |
| Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Are Announced | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The finalists for the Lambda Literary Awards and the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction are announced. Fantasy novelist James A. Moore has died at age 58, and Kate Banks, a children’s author who wrote about grief, has died at 64. |
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners are announced, including books by Ned Blackhawk, Teju Cole, and Monica Youn, plus a lifetime achievement award for Maxine Hong Kingston. Paul Yoon wins the Story Prize for The Hive and the Honey. Shortlists for the Dublin Literary Award, James Tait Black Prizes, Australian Book Industry Awards, and Dinesh Allirajah Prize are announced. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline. Cynthia Erivo will narrate the audiobook of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Anguish and Anarchy. Hoopla launches a new BingePass featuring TV content from UK gardening icon Monty Don. |
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Emily P. Freeman's How To Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When To Stay and When To Walk Away is a starred self-help selection. "This well-written volume encourages users to ask the tough questions in their lives. Best suited for self-help, pastoral, and spiritual counselors." In how-to, Clare Albans's The Modern Embroidery Handbook is a starred title. "This book’s easy-to-follow images are a big plus for readers to learn how to execute basic or more advanced embroidery stitches. For all levels." And MeatEater’s American History: The Long Hunters (1761–1775), by Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb, is a starred audiobook. "In this audio original production, podcaster, conservationist, and writer Rinella (host of the MeatEater podcast; Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars) and conservationist Newcomb (host of the Bear Grease podcast) tell the stories of the 18th-century frontierspeople known as the Long Hunters.... Compelling storytelling, animated narration, and well-researched information combine to create a superb listening experience for anyone interested in early American history." See All Reviews››› |
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