A six-year-old girl wrote a book to help other children accept themselves just the way they are
Do those “30 Under 30” lists of successful young people make you feel less than accomplished? Well, that’s nothing compared to Bri’Yonna Sealy in Blakely, Georgia, who has published her… Read more »
Bookstores are trying to turn Arizona into a blue state
One of the biggest challenges of the upcoming 2020 election will be turning red states blue. In Arizona, bookstores want to help. Changing Hands Bookstore, which has locations in Phoenix… Read more »
Ebook piracy is bad for everyone
Stealing is, for the most part, bad. That’s pretty much a universal value we all learn when we’re very young. But thanks to the Internet’s ability to provide us with… Read more »
To Kill a Mockingbird will be performed at Madison Square Garden
First, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird made its Broadway debut. Now, the production will grace the stage at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden. For one night only,… Read more »
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “they”
As 2019 comes to a close, we have even more “Word of the Year” news to report: Merriam-Webster dictionary has announced “they” as their Word of the Year, specifically because… Read more »
Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year is “climate emergency”
Drumroll please: Oxford Dictionary has announced its word of the year and it is … “climate emergency.” Oxford defines “climate emergency” as “a situation in which urgent action is required… Read more »
Famed waterproof bookstore in Venice suffering from recent flooding
Last week’s flooding in Venice caused dramatic damages throughout the city. Currently in a state of emergency, the highwater mark reached 6 feet, 2 inches, the worst the city has… Read more »
New book argues that Englishwomen were writing literature as far back as the eighth century
For as long as these things have been tracked, it’s been believed that the first writing by an English woman dates to the later middle-ages. But as reported by Allison… Read more »
Chicago Public Library sees a 240% increase in returned books since abolishing late fees
Three weeks ago, the Chicago Public Library system did away with late fees. Since then, hundreds of overdue books have been returned, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times.… Read more »
Dame Judi Dench is funding a museum’s £650,000 bid for a Charlotte Bronte manuscript
Dame Judi Dench is putting her money to good use: she’s funding the Bronte Parsonage Museum’s attempt to purchase a rare book written by Charlotte Bronte when she was a… Read more »