| OverDrive to Launch New Hub, Other Features | Digipalooza 2023 By Matt Enis OverDrive will soon debut several new features including OverDrive Hub, a portal designed to enable staff in a variety of roles to work with their library’s digital branch, the company announced during the “Forward Together: The Future of Your Digital Branch with the OverDrive Hub and Libby” panel at OverDrive’s biennial Digipalooza conference in August. |
| National Native American Heritage Month | 10 Books To Add to the Collection and Share with Readers By Liz French In 1990 Congress officially passed a joint resolution signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, designating a National American Indian Heritage Month. Since 1994, this monthlong celebration, often referred to as Native American Heritage Month or National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, has been observed during the month of November. With a mix of literary fiction, mystery, history, and even a cookbook, this booklist recognizes the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples and marks their cultures and accomplishments. |
| Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Code Red by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills leads holds this week. Titles by James Patterson, Jill Duggar, Lauren Groff, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Mick Herron also get attention. Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk arrives with buzz. The National Book Foundation will honor Rita Dove with a medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and LitHub announces the shortlist for 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award. |
SPONSORED BY F1000 Preparing for the Future of Open Access Publishing The OSTP memo has important, and far-reaching, implications for how universities and other institutions share their research findings with the public moving forward. While it will advance the future of open-access publishing significantly, it also will impose many challenges on the academic community. Read more>>> |
| Winners of Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Fiction Are Announced | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg The Ned Kelly Award winners, celebrating the best in Australian crime writing, have been named. The winners of the Davitt Awards, recognizing the best crime and mystery books by Australian women, are announced. The same effort that promotes book bans is spurring some libraries to leave the ALA over its defense of books. |
| Reese’s Book Club Chooses Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon | Book Pulse By Sarah Wolberg Reese Witherspoon chooses Nina Simon’s Mother-Daughter Murder Night as her latest book club pick. The winners of this year’s Anthony Awards, for outstanding mystery books, are announced. Winners are also out for the 2023 Dragon Awards, for SFF novels. The longlist has been announced for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize, honoring the best Canadian novel, graphic novel, or short story collection. |
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Bryan Washington's Family Meal is a starred fiction selection. "A group portrait that strikingly captures both pain and healing; highly recommended." Also in fiction, Denene Millner's One Blood is "A bracing and important read with insights into adoption and motherhood, ending with the heartening words, 'She wasn’t afraid. She was doing her best. She was free.'" And Sarah Morgan's The Book Club Hotel is another starred fiction selection. "Fans of Christina Lauren, Debbie Macomber, Susan Wiggs, Jenny Colgan, or Mary Kay Andrews will want to put Morgan’s lastest on hold immediately." See All Reviews››› |
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