2019 National Book Awards Celebrate Unity
By Barbara Hoffert
On November 20, the National Book Foundation offered five book awards and two lifetime achievement awards in an evening that celebrated what books can accomplish.

Everything Old Is New Again | Sf/Fantasy Preview 2019
By Marlene Harris
In the popular imagination, fantasy and sf embody the opening crawl of Star Wars. Fantasy is the "long time ago" and sf the "galaxy far, far away." Both genres seem to be returning to those roots, with surges in epic fantasy and space opera.

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2019 LJ Digital Humanities Survey of Academic Libraries

A new white paper showcases the survey results and provides insights on the current state of digital humanities (DH) in academic institutions and the support that campus libraries provide. Learn about technologies used, academic departments engaging with DH, the role of the library, funding, and more.

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Library Denied Access to New York Times Online
By Amy Rea
Politics spurred a library budget and spending decision in Citrus County, FL, in October, when the Citrus County Commission withdrew a motion for the Citrus County Library’s request to purchase a digital New York Times subscription.

Massachusetts Library Gives Teens Time To Talk
By Marlaina Cockcroft
A suggestion from a teen patron has turned into a popular program that allows teens to discuss social issues important to them at the Waltham, MA, Public Library.

Movers & Shakers: Now more time to nominate!
By LJ
Movers is moving! In 2020, Library Journal’s annual Movers & Shakers reveal is moving out of March and into the May issue. A plus: that means there is more time to identify the top crop of this year’s leaders who are advancing the library field. We’re extending the deadline to December 2. Innovators in all types of libraries are enthusiastically welcomed. We are particularly interested in making sure that those working behind the scenes and on issues of equity and inclusion are well represented.

The Cookmobile, Library Stickers, Twitter Fights, & Stasi Records | Around the Web
By LJ
Each week, the hardworking editors of LJ scour the web for the best library and book news and views. This week saw an uneven Twitter battle, Brooklyn Library's Cookmobile, at least two top ten lists, and library stickers galore!

A School-Public Library Partnership Creates Boundless Potential | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller
Partnership is a crucial tool for achieving all kinds of goals, but it can be hard to see fully realized. Look no further than the burgeoning collaboration under way in Hartford, CT, where the school district and the public library are hitting their stride in their work together in service of the people of that city.

How To Build An Escape Room on a Shoestring Budget
By Erin Holt and Howard Shirley
An escape room is an engaging and educational program for teens, even on a limited budget.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
The Rise of Magicks: Chronicles of The One, Book 3, by Nora Roberts, leads holds this week. More best-of booklists for the decade, year, and week are out. The Walking Dead, Frozen 2, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker all make news.

Page to Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Frozen returns to the movies and The Irishman finally opens in wide release. The Washington Post picks the best books of the year. There are reports on the public memorial for Toni Morrison.

"But Where Are You Really From?" Julissa Arce On Writing for and About Latinx Youth in the Trump Era
By Julissa Arce
The author of Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream discusses being questioned and othered throughout her life—and how that shaped why and how she writes for young people.

National Book Award Winners
By Neal Wyatt
The National Book Awards are announced. Twisted Twenty-Six, by Janet Evanovich, leads six new titles onto the bestseller lists. The Grammy Award nominations for Best Spoken Word Album are out.

Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Lateral Cooking: One Dish Leads to Another, by Niki Segnit, is one of this week's starred cookbooks. "It’s taken seven years for Segnit to write the follow-up to The Flavor Thesaurus, but it is well worth the wait.... A joy for any serious cook." In graphic novels, starred graphic novel Lupus, by acclaimed Swiss cartoonist Frederick Peeters, "examines the complexity of human relationships—among friends, lovers, parents and their children—in this moving and unpredictable sf epic.... utilizing stunning swaths of negative space and thick fields of inky darkness that imbue nearly every panel on every page of this volume with dynamism and pathos." Another starred graphic novel, Will Dinski's Holy Hannah, "borrows heavily from the life of charismatic cult leader Jim Jones and the tragic events at Jonestown to create commentary on social media and the dangers of group think, illustrated in a deceptively simple cartooning style that makes the inevitable tragic ending truly jarring." And in fiction, Nancy Bilyeau's "fast-paced, engrossing" starred title Dreamland "gives readers an up-close and personal view of New York’s Gilded Age, from the flash and glamour of the decadently wealthy to the hardscrabble conditions of newly arrived immigrants."

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