Colleges and universities often have a hard time effectively showcasing their special collections for the general public. The University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences has solved this challenge with an easy-to-use digital platform called Recollect.
By Bill Anderson, Kari Bingham-Guiterrez, Barbara Hoffert, and Lesley Williams
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (St. Martin's) is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. In the latest from the New York Times best-selling Hawkins, Camden McTavish long ago rejected his inheritance from his adoptive mother, an Heiress kidnapped as a child and widowed four times, but returns home to North Carolina when his uncle’s death raises disturbing questions about his mother’s past.
“Reading is of course the best part! Writing is the hardest—but it’s also a fun bit of a puzzle to figure out how to make meaning and get across a succinct impression of an entire work in just 175–200 words.”
The 2024 Philip K. Dick Award nominees are announced, along with the finalists for the Story Prize. Bobby Finger wins Crook’s Corner Book Prize for The Old Place. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins. Keanu Reeves is collaborating with author China Miéville on a new novel, due out in July. Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, based on the novel by Cixin Liu, gets a new trailer. And a Florida county school district bans the dictionary, among 1,600 other titles.
Guitar players, established luthiers, and aspiring guitar-builders now have a foundation-level reference resource for all facets of the guitar. In his new book, Bill Foley describes the historical development of ancient stringed musical instruments like the cithara. He also provides detailed scientific lessons about sound frequencies, harmonics, and guitar engineering.
Katherine Hall Page and R.L. Stine are named 2024 Grand Masters by the Mystery Writers of America. Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola—The Untold Story by Benjamin Black wins the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing. The audiobook of Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths wins the Listening Books Members’ Choice Award. New best sellers arrive. Sci-fi novelist Terry Bisson has died at age 81.
PBS Books has launched the national PBS Reader’s Club, featuring inaugural pick Horse by Geraldine Brooks. The Writers’ Prize, formerly known as the Rathbones Folio Prize, announces its shortlist, including titles by Zadie Smith and Paul Murray. Jeremy McCarter is named literary executor of playright Thornton Wilder’s estate. The publication of Salman Rushdie‘s forthcoming Knife postpones the trial of Rushdie’s alleged attacker. Plus, Ann Patchett booktalks her two freshly banned titles, while Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One franchise heads to the metaverse.
Librarian Westerbeke’s debut is highly recommended for anyone who enjoys armchair travel and stories that open wide to embrace every experience, even the sad ones.
Ferdia Lennon's debut novel, Glorious Exploits, is a starred fiction selection. "Irish-born Lennon’s distinctly modern voice adds levity and wit to this highly recommended narrative about the tragic aftermath of war and the tragic beauty of the human condition." The Kamogawa Food Detectives, by Hisashi Kashiwai, is another starred fiction selection. "Readers will take delight in Kashiwai’s exquisite meals and the culinary history that accompanies them." In horror, The Angel of Indian Lake, by Stephen Graham Jones, is a starred title. "Jones has given the world a gift, an epic tale for the ages, both a violent, high-octane slasher and a frank, thought-provoking indictment of the U.S., past and present."
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