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This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library 

This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library 

Jess deCourcy Hinds Describes an All Too Familiar Scene

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 26, 2022

Japanese bookstores are closing at a much faster rate than here in America.

Japanese bookstores are closing at a much faster rate than here in America.

By Jonny Diamond | October 25, 2022

How Traveling Booksellers Spread Literature Throughout Ancient Greece

How Traveling Booksellers Spread Literature Throughout Ancient Greece

Irene Vallejo on Publishing and Distribution in Antiquity

By Irene Vallejo | October 18, 2022

Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

By Jonny Diamond | October 7, 2022

Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own

Elizabeth McCracken Traces the Life of a First Edition... Her Own

On the Books We Can Part With, and Those We Can’t

By Elizabeth McCracken | October 4, 2022

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

New York City’s Best Bookstore Storefronts: An Illustrated (Incomplete) List

From Corner Bookstore to Drama Book Shop and More

By David Dodge and Joel Holland | October 4, 2022

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“Get Big Fast.” How Amazon Accelerated the Commodification of Literature

By Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow | October 3, 2022

Hundreds of authors signed a letter in support of libraries' digital rights.

By Corinne Segal | September 29, 2022

Dozens of libraries in England and Wales may become "warm banks" for people who need shelter.

By Corinne Segal | September 28, 2022

Is this the weirdest American book-banning yet?

Is this the weirdest American book-banning yet?

By Jonny Diamond | September 26, 2022

It's official: Book-banning attempts aimed at libraries are way up this year.

It's official: Book-banning attempts aimed at libraries are way up this year.

By Corinne Segal | September 16, 2022

Strand Bookstore’s $1,500 Bottega Veneta tote bag sucks and I hate it.

Strand Bookstore’s $1,500 Bottega Veneta tote bag sucks and I hate it.

By Jonny Diamond | September 13, 2022

Rachel DeWoskin on Registering Voters (Right Now!) and the Connection Between Writing and Democracy

Rachel DeWoskin on Registering Voters (Right Now!) and the Connection Between Writing and Democracy

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 8, 2022

Is climate-change making it too hot for many of the nation’s libraries?

Is climate-change making it too hot for many of the nation’s libraries?

By Jonny Diamond | September 6, 2022

Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called <em>Hitler</em> 77 years overdue.

Area man named Bob Jablonski returns library book called Hitler 77 years overdue.

By Jonny Diamond | September 2, 2022

Nora Roberts donated $50,000 to save the Patmos Library.

Nora Roberts donated $50,000 to save the Patmos Library.

By Corinne Segal | September 1, 2022

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