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November 14, 2023

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LJ Reference 2024
By LJ
Check out features on cartography, digital archives, and reference services, as well as notable titles, new databases, database updates, and Q&As with publishers, leaders of academic presses, members of RUSA, and more in Library Journal's latest annual reference supplement.
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Magic Words (and More): Magic and Illusion at UT Austin and the American Museum of Magic | Archives Deep Dive
By Elisa Shoenberger
Magic tricks may be momentary, but the annals of performance magic leave a record, commenting on and reflecting the political, cultural, social attitudes of their day. Two collections, the University of Texas at Austin Harry Ransom Center’s Magic and Illusion collection and the American Museum of Magic’s Archives and Library, hold a wealth of information about magic and performers, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries.
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SFF Genre Preview | Forthcoming Titles for 2024
By Kristi Chadwick
From romantasy to retellings and from flying creatures to interstellar travel, the sweep of SFF continues to forge new reading pathways that expand the genres while reconfirming time-honored tales.
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Talking with River Mumma Author Zalika Reid-Benta | SFF Q&A
By Kristi Chadwick
Canadian SFF author Reid-Benta discusses her thought process when crafting stories, connecting with her characters, and what is next in her writing plans.
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Accessibility and Inclusion Remain an Issue at Children's Book Events
By Margaret Kingsbury
Disabled authors and attendees struggle to participate in events lacking accommodations.
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“Performance does not exist in a vacuum. Theater, magic circus, vaudeville, dance, and opera are responding to what is happening in society broadly.”

 

–From: Magic Words (and More): Magic and Illusion at UT Austin and the American Museum of Magic | Archives Deep Dive

 

Historical Fiction | Prepub Alert, May 2024 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Joyce Carol Oates, Jeff Shaara, Helen Simonson, and Alison Weir mine history and offer new stories.
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Pop Fiction | Prepub Alert, May 2024 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Beach read season kicks off with new titles by Mary Kay Andrews and Kevin Kwan, while John Grisham and Alexander McCall Smith have series returns.
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Read-Alikes for Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros | LibraryReads
By Kimberly McGee, Jessica Trotter, and Jessica C. Williams
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
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Best Books Countdown 2023: Week Two
By Melissa DeWild
Our Best Books reveal is getting closer! To celebrate we are highlighting some of our 2022 picks. This week we are delighted to showcase a particular in-house favorite.
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The Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
The Pacific Northwest Book Awards shortlist is announced, along with shortlists for the Nature Writing Prize, the Foyles Books of the Year, and the DRF Writers Award. Luis Mateo Díez wins Cervantes Prize. Earlyword’s November GalleyChat spreadsheet is out now. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, while Time explores how Rebecca Yarros’s novels became a “romantasy Booktok phenomenon.” Plus, Shakespeare’s Folio turns 400.
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20 Best-Selling Parenting Books | The Most Sought-After Titles by Public Libraries
By LJ Reviews
Mary Louise Kelly, Virginia Sole-Smith, and Michelle Icard are just some of the names topping the charts.
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Winners of the Goldsmiths Prize, Walcott Prize for Poetry, and Cundill History Prize | Book Pulse
By Sarah Wolberg
Benjamin Myers wins the Goldsmiths Prize for his novel Cuddy. Mosab Abu Toha wins the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry for Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza. Tania Branigan wins the Cundill History Prize for Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution. The winners of the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards are announced. The longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize for issue-driven fiction is also announced.
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Jean-Baptiste Andrea Wins Prix Goncourt | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
Jean-Baptiste Andrea wins France’s Prix Goncourt for his novel Watching Over Her. Finalists for the Barnes & Noble Book of the Year are announced. The 2022 Endeavour Award shortlist is announced. Barbra Streisand’s memoir, My Name Is Barbra, gets reviews and buzz. Interviews arrive with Stephanie Land, Shannon Sanders, Philip Norman, and Sigrid Nunez. Entertainment Weekly shares an excerpt from Stephen King’s forthcoming story collection, You Like It Darker, due out in May. And Wall Street Journal stops publishing its best seller lists.
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REVIEWS 

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Sarah-Jane Collins' debut Radiant Heat is a starred mystery. "The claustrophobic atmosphere of a raging wildfire is handled well. Fans of Jane Harper’s Australian novels will want to try this debut featuring an unreliable narrator." The Warsaw Sisters: A Novel of WWII Poland, by Amanda Barratt, is a starred Christian fiction selection. "Barratt (Within These Walls of Sorrow) is a superb researcher, making readers feel as if they are living in World War II Poland fighting for freedom, for life, and for love of family. This is a hard but important read that will tug on heartstrings." And Yulin Kuang's debut novel How To End a Love Story is a starred romance. "Readers looking for a contemporary romance with a passionate and grand love story, characters that leap off the page, and an original storyline will relish screenwriter and director Kuang’s debut novel."

 

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