Unite Against Book Bans—the national initiative launched by the American Library Association (ALA) in 2022 to help readers, libraries, publishers, and other institutions in the fight against censorship—last week launched a free collection of book résumés “to support librarians, educators, parents, students, and other community advocates in their efforts to keep frequently challenged books on shelves.” Separately, OverDrive subsidiary TeachingBooks last month announced the launch of a new Book Résumés Toolkit at ALA’s LibLearnX conference in Baltimore.
The American Library Association and the Sustainable Libraries Initiative have teamed up to create a National Climate Action Strategy for Libraries to be released later this year. Both organizations have been working to raise awareness in the profession for the need to act with urgency to create communities of practice that can help library workers understand the issue and that can provide the practical approaches to manage the predicted impacts and systemic nature of climate change.
Access research from the International Monetary Fund looking at the intersection of law and economics. Scroll through resources on financial stability and international monetary law, including tax law, anti-money laundering, digital currencies and more. IMF eLibrary offers more than 25,000+ titles and statistical datasets going back to 1946 and other Essential Reading Guides.
C.J. Box’s latest Joe Picket book, Three-Inch Teeth, tops holds this week. Three LibraryReads and seven Indie Next picks publish this week, including People's book of the week, After Annie by Anna Quindlen. The 2023 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer Award shortlist is out, and the 2024 Prix Bob Morane finalists are announced. Oppenheimer, based on American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird, continues its awards streak, winning the Darryl F. Zanuck Award.
The final ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards is announced. The winners of England’s PEN Translates Awards, for books in translation, are announced. Interviews arrive with Jared Cohen, John Keene, Sigrid Nunez, and Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Plus Page to Screen.
The finalists for the inaugural Libby Book Awards (sponsored by the library app) are announced; the winners will be voted on by library workers. The longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is announced. U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is among Time’s 2024 Women of the Year. CBC reports that calls to ban books are on the rise in Canada.
“We’re seeing attacks on books and the librarians who select them based on excerpts taken entirely out of context. These résumés bring back the context and show the impact and educational value the books have through the words and accolades of those who have read them in their entirety. They’re something community advocates can pull from when they speak out at board meetings in defense of their freedom to read these books.”
Finalists for the 44th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are announced; Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley will receive the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Claire Dederer will receive the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose for Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. In September, Richard Osman will publish We Solve Murders, the first novel in a new crime series.
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Nicole Deese's The Roads We Follow is a starred Christian Fiction selection. "Deese’s (The Words We Lost) latest is a beautiful story of faith, family, and the power of forgiveness. This second installment in the 'Fog Harbor' series can be read as a stand-alone and will appeal to women’s fiction readers as a Dolly Parton–esque tale of hard-won fame. Suggest to fans of Charles Martin and Amanda Cox." Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves, by Tamsin Mather, is a starred sciences title. "Readers will easily imagine they are along for the ride in this crucial contribution to the geology of volcanoes. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, this marvelous, earnest work is impressive and might motivate some readers to study volcanoes as a profession." And Comic Books, Special Collections, and the Academic Library, edited by Brian Flota and Kate Morris for the Association of College and Research Libraries, is a starred reference title. "Fascinating reading for comic book fans and newcomers alike. Essential for any librarian or other scholar working with comic books, comic strips, manga, or graphic novels."
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