| Movers & Shakers 2024 By LJ Over the past 22 years, Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers awards—this year sponsored by TLC—have offered a compelling snapshot of what’s up and coming in the library world, as well as how it has changed. Our 2024 Movers cohort represents a range of innovative, proactive, and supportive work; they are imaginative and kind and brave in a world that needs those qualities—and the results they produce—very much. |
| As May 1 Deadline Looms, ALA Urges Library Advocates To Ask Members of Congress for LSTA, IAL Support via #FundLibraries By Lisa Peet With today's May 1 deadline for signatures on House appropriation letters, the American Library Association (ALA) is urging all library supporters to act immediately, using the #FundLibraries campaign tool, to ask their members of Congress to cosign Dear Appropriator letters supporting the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program for FY25. ALA’s #FundLibraries page lets users fill out a request to their elected officials, as well as check to see whether their members of Congress have signed on. |
SPONSORED BY TLC 50 Years of Library Innovation
TLC celebrates the visionary behind it all: Annette H. Murphy. Her unwavering dedication, pioneering spirit, and profound love for libraries have left an indelible mark not only on TLC but on the entire library profession.
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| Connecticut Bills Aim to Establish More Favorable Ebook Licensing Terms for Libraries By Matt Enis A pair of bills making their way through the Connecticut state legislature both aim to set parameters on the licensing terms and contracts for ebooks and e-audiobooks that libraries will be able to accept from publishers and aggregators. The bills are the legislature’s most recent attempt to make publishers offer ebooks and e-audiobooks to the state’s libraries on more favorable terms. |
“LJ’s 2024 Movers & Shakers are developing programming for patrons with disabilities, providing a place to land after school for teens, creating and restoring balance to their boards, connecting libraries with federal funding, helping design sustainable facilities, teaching community members how to archive their collections, and more—the 50 individuals profiled here demonstrate 50 different ways to move library values forward.” –From: Movers & Shakers 2024 |
| Titles About Taiwan | Travel and History By Whitney Bates-Gomez and Joshua Wallace An indispensable guide for readers traveling to Taiwan and a book recommended for anyone interested in China-Taiwan-U.S. relations. |
| PEN America Cancels Literary Awards Ceremony | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene PEN America cancels its 2024 literary awards ceremony, originally set for April 29, due to controversy over its stance on the war in Gaza. The LA Times Book Prizes are announced. Yoko Ono is honored with the MacDowell Medal. The 2024 Age Book of the Year Award shortlists are announced. Actor Josh Brolin announces a new memoir, From Under the Truck, which arrives in November. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley will star in the film adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. Plus, Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom will be adapted for film. |
| Winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize Are Announced | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize are announced. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad wins the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Sid Marty wins the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection Oldman’s River: New and Collected Poems. The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the ballot for the 2024 Aurora Awards. The Booker Prize is urged to consider a name change over its link to slavery. |
| The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson Tops Holds | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson leads holds this week. Also getting buzz are titles by Jeneva Rose, Danielle Steel, Rachel Khong, and Catherine Mack. Three LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung. And crime writer CJ Sansom has died at the age of 71. |
| Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Longlist Is Revealed | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year is revealed. Oakland, CA, poet laureate Ayodele Nzinga receives a Rainin Arts Fellowship. Abrams ComicArts is launching a new adult-geared manga imprint, Kana. Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti will rerelease their BookTok-beloved self-published “Zodiac Academy” romantasy series under their new publishing company Dark Ink. Plus interviews with Robinne Lee and Salman Rushdie and new title best sellers. |
WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA |
| The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions, by Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown, is a starred parenting title. "A much-needed guide with both insight and practical takeaways. It fills a void in the literature about the distinctive hardships and adversities Black students face in the college admission process. There’s much wisdom in this book for all parents too; it encourages families to examine both personal values and resources when seeking possibilities in education." In fiction, Liz Moore's The God of the Woods is a starred selection. "Moore’s novel is wild yet delicate, with complex characters and an immersive reading experience that will draw audiences. Its explorations of class, crime, and family dynamics, in addition to Moore’s incredible storytelling, will appeal to readers of Lisa Jewell, Tana French, and Lucy Foley." And Sturge Town: Poems, by Kwame Dawes, is a starred poetry selection. "Like one of his heroes, Bob Marley, Dawes changes not just the way readers look at the world but the lens through which they see reality. His is a transcendent vision, filled with tenderness, curiosity, and compassion for what has been and what might be." See All Reviews››› |
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