Spokane Eliminates School Librarians, Continuing Trend of Disappearing School Libraries
“The district may not value or understand what I do as a school librarian, but the students sure do. More than anything, I’m devastated for them....
Announcing the 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday, and while none of them probably have an actual line about how to pronounce “Pulitzer” like...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 16th, 2019
Sponsored by Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while...
Notre Dame Is Never Lost
As any French Romantic knows, there is no love more profound, or more sacred, than that between man and a building. This was certainly true for...
“Dear Scarlet” Is a Graphical Memoir of Postpartum Depression
As someone who has written extensively about mothering and mental health in Asian America and in Asia, and the outsized impact of maternal mood disorders on...
7 Incendiary Books About Fires
My obsession with fires and burns comes from the accident that happened when I was 10, during our last winter in Korea. School had just let...
Young At Heart: 25 Children’s Books About Grandparents
Grandparents are special. They dry our tears, always have a hug, and give us unending chocolate. In the best scenarios, they support us and adore us,...
5 YA Poetry Audiobooks Read By the Author
Poetry is meant to be read aloud. The words and rhythms come alive when they’re spoken, which is why we are so fortunate to be living...
On Creating Bookshelves For An All-Digital Public Library
So, I work for the first all-digital public library system in the country. Our library branches house no physical books; instead, our resources are housed on...
Booksellers at Used Book Sales — Can You Not?
Friends, we have to talk about something serious. I need to get something off my chest. As I do every April and October, I recently headed...
