Category: Bookish Events
Melanie Pitman
December 24, 2016
Authors, Autobiography, Book Lists, Book Lovers, Book News, Bookish Contests, Bookish Events, Drama, Faves, Human Interest, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Native American, New Releases, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Reading, Relationships, TBR
Hey, you hoseheads! Break out the stubbies, hold onto your touques, and turn the volume up on the ghetto blaster! January is almost here, and so is the annual …
This is such a joyous time of year for many, but often times, our seniors are left without anyone to spend the holidays with. As patrons of our history, …
With the holidays coming up, parties are on everyone’s mind. But you can only host so many traditional holiday parties before guests will probably stop coming. If you love …
In case you didn’t know, The Book of Mormon is an actual book–not just a successful Broadway musical. In fact, recently The Book of Mormon was named the fourth …
There are tons of reading challenges on the internet right now, complete with hashtags, barometers, countdowns, and everything else you can think of for the journey. Pop Sugar, Bustle, …
The brilliant article by Andra Watkins about bringing libraries back into our communities includes the quote “Libraries are community service powerhouses.” Libraries are more than storerooms for books: they have …
Weddings are one of the most special and personalized ceremonies there are. If you and/or your fiancé’ are planning a wedding, why not check out these 10 ideas to …
On a recent trip, I was told to check out the “read and return” program that some airport bookstores have. I had never heard of it, and I was …
Five months ago, the Fort Worth city council made a monumentally tragic decision: they decided to fire Browser the cat, employee at the local public library. Browser was adopted from …
Melanie Pitman
November 10, 2016
Author Spotlight, Authors, Book Lovers, Book News, Bookish Events, Genre, History, Music, Reading, Relationships, TBR
Monday evening, at roughly 10pm EST, Jack Rabinovitch announced the winner of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize and a beaming Madeleine Thien graciously accepted the honor. Her novel, Do …
Welcome back to our Bibliotourism feature! This is where we share with you some of the world’s top destinations for book lovers. Today we are heading to the Pacific …
For most American children, books are easy-to-come-by resources; libraries are in neighborhoods and schools for simple browsing or borrowing, tablets and e-readers are purchased as gifts, and local bookstores are …
Have you ever gone to a huge book sale? What exactly happens in book sales? This is a first-person account of what a book sale is really like. It is …