UK Libraries Receive £125 Million in Additional Funding
By Matt Enis
Following years of declining investment, the United Kingdom’s public libraries will receive a significant boost, with over £125 million ($160,466,000) in new funding for regional museums and libraries throughout the country, according to an official announcement published October 12.

Father Columba Stewart on Digitizing Endangered Manuscripts, Provisional Metadata, and Hope
By Lisa Peet
Father Columba Stewart has spent the past 15 years working to digitize documents at risk of theft, damage, and destruction due to war, regime change, or climate instability in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and South Asia.

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A Conversation with Afia Atakora, Author of Conjure Women

Penguin Random House spoke with author Afia Atakora about her novel Conjure Women, a dazzling debut that sweeps across eras and generations to tell the story of a mother and daughter with a shared talent for healing—and the conjuring of curses.

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Best of the Buchmesse | Highlights from the Frankfurt Book Fair
By JL Morin and Stephan Theo
Award-winning authors and the movers and shakers of the publishing world came together for this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Here are a few highlights.

 

Librarians: Get Tech Woke (with Books)
By Cicely Lewis
When I decided to incorporate more tech in the library, it made sense to connect it to my Read Woke initiative.

Library Tourism, Elijah Cummings's Library Life, Fictional Librarians | Around the Web
By LJ
This week, we internet-travel to ten of the world’s most beautiful modern and old school libraries; learn to be a library tourist; and gaze at a Maine library’s community-made mosaics.

Halloween Comicfest 2019
By Lori Henderson
A list of this year's all ages comics available for Halloween Comicfest 2019.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. HBO's Watchmen seems to delight fans in its debut. Entertainment Weekly looks at fall books and films. The British Fantasy Awards are announced.

LJ Movers & Shakers 2020: Call for Nominations
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 50 or more up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others. Let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. The submission deadline for the Class of 2020 is November 11, 2019.

Page to Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Watchmen, Castle Rock, and Looking for Alaska lead a lengthy list of adaptations this week. The candidates for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award are announced, Ismail Kadare wins the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and Ali Wong continues to get buzz.

“The People Who Helped Me the Most Were the Librarians” — Rep. Elijah Cummings
By SLJ
Congressman Elijah Cummings, who died on October 17, recalls the time he spent as a child at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Secret Service, by Tom Bradby, is one of three starred mysteries this week. "Bradby’s journalistic and screenwriting background is fully evident, as the story is well researched, compellingly complicated, and perfectly paced. Fans of Stella Rimington and Olen Steinhauer will love this offering." Gigi Pandian's latest entry into the "Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt" series, The Glass Thief, is another starred mystery. "Charming and eclectic characters populate this Indiana Jones-esque adventure, which comes highly recommended for fans of locked-room mysteries in the manner of Agatha Christie and Elizabeth Peters." Like Flies from Afar, the first title to appear in English by Argentinian writer K. Ferrari, is another starred mystery. "This amazing mix of crime novel and detective story—think Jim Thompson—is even more of a nightmare—think Kafka—stunning in its power and originality. It should entice foremost crime noir aficionados, with potential to break out to a wider audience." And in his starred nonfiction title, Movies (and Other Things), Shea Serrano "knows how to craft a think piece, and his perspective is illuminating. With essays on Get Out, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Booksmart, this is also a timely read to be enjoyed by film buffs and general audiences alike."

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