Tarida Anantachai, director of inclusion and talent management for North Carolina State University Libraries, was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work rethinking how to approach recruitment and hiring through a more inclusive, diversity-focused approach. LJ recently spoke with Anantachai to learn more about her work in this area.
Join us October 24 for our Library Journal Day of Dialog virtual event! Spanning a variety of genres, this free, day-long program will offer an in-depth look at the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2024. You’ll hear directly from top authors as they discuss their new titles, inspiration, process, and more.
It started in Fall 2021 as COVID-19 restrictions in New York City waned and the renovated Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in midtown Manhattan had been open a few months after a lengthy pandemic delay. Friday Fright Night was an all-ages Halloween event. Just the typical stuff during regular library hours—little kids in costume, teens handing out candy, fake spiderwebs everywhere.
The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 36th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Deadline to submit: October 23, 2024
By Jeff Ayers, Jen Funk, Valerie Osborne, and Starr Smith
The Waiting by Michael Connelly is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
“What is most important is that you create a safe space that is fun. There will always be kids who feel like, ‘Oh, this is not cool,’ but you're also going to make space for kids who do think that it's cool, who just want another place to have fun with their friends.”
Naomi Shihab Nye wins the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award for lifetime achievement, and Evie Shockley wins the Academy of American Poets Fellowship. The shortlist has been unveiled for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Kate McKinnon will host the 75th National Book Awards. Plus an interview with Karl Ove Knausgaard and Page to Screen.
Alice McDermott wins the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for her novel Absolution. The Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist is announced, along with the winners of the British Fantasy Awards and the Prix Utopiales. The Waiting by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey, Bob Woodward, Debbie Macomber, and David Rosenfelt. People’s book of the week is The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman. Al Pacino’s memoir, Sonny Boy, arrives. Plus, M.K. Oliver’s buzzy forthcoming debut novel, A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage, will get the series treatment at Hulu.
Percival Everett’s James and Adam Higginbotham’s Challenger: A True Story of Heroismand Disaster on the Edge of Space win Kirkus Prizes. A shortlist is released for the Laurel Prize for environmental and nature poetry. Plus, interviews with Randy Newman, Emily Witt, and Colin Kaepernick, a new memoir by Pope Francis, and new title bestsellers.
In Too Deep by Lee Child & Andrew Child leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Benjamin Stevenson, Bethany Joy Lenz, Robert Dugoni, and Jeff VanderMeer. People’s book of the week is The Time Keepers by Alyson Richman. Memoirs by Alexei Navalny and Shirley MacLaine arrive.
November’s LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage. Ken Follett’s forthcoming historical epic Circle of Days will examine the mysteries of Stonehenge. James Patterson launches a new Substack, Hungry Dogs. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for top holds title The Waiting by Michael Connelly. Riku Onda’s crime novel The Aosawa Murders will get a limited series adaptation, and Phaedra Patrick’s The Little Italian Hotel will be adapted for TV. Plus, the Kirkus Prize winners were announced last week.
Sergio De La Pava's Every Arc Bends Its Radian is a starred fiction selection. "This fantastical, spectacular, riveting tale is incredibly well-written, and it gives off a vibe that is fiercely intense and consuming. An existential detective thriller from an engaging writer and thinker." First-Time Caller, by B.K. Borison, is a starred romance. "A wonderfully tender and sexy story full of swoon-worthy lines and perfect moments that will elicit smiles, sighs, and tears and keep readers thoroughly invested in the happily-ever-after." And The Secret of the Three Fates, by Jess Armstrong, is a starred mystery. "Fans of Armstrong’s debut and other gothic mysteries will appreciate this haunting, intriguing novel."
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