• Bookstores and Libraries

    The Hub

    Volunteer-run, makeshift libraries are popping up at Indian protest sites.

    By Emily Temple  February 26, 2020
    Nostalgia

    I Just Watched You’ve Got Mail for the First Time and You Guys, It’s Bad

    By Emily Temple  February 26, 2020
    The Hub

    Not a Cult, a new bookstore in Los Angeles, puts authors of color at the forefront.

    By Melissa Ximena Golebiowski  February 21, 2020
    The Hub

    Compassion fatigue is taking its toll on librarians.

    By Julia Hass  February 19, 2020
    Book Collection

    Inside the ‘Vibrant Intellectual Ecosystem’ of Larry McMurtry’s Home Library

    By Nina Freudenberger and Sadie Stein  February 18, 2020
    Bookselling

    Booksellers! Apply for an International Bookselling Fellowship

    By Literary Hub  February 12, 2020
    The Hub

    Again, a proposed federal budget would stop funding libraries, and again, it probably won’t happen.

    By Corinne Segal  February 11, 2020
    True and Correct Rankings

    50 Fictional Booksellers, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  January 29, 2020
    Travel

    What are the 10 best American cities for booklovers?

    By Jonny Diamond  January 27, 2020
    The Hub

    In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. Yes, really.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 24, 2020
    The Hub

    Exclusive: watch the trailer for The Booksellers, a new documentary about rare book dealers.

    By Emily Temple  January 23, 2020
    The Hub

    Do you even love books if you haven’t collected all of these independent bookseller cards?

    By Jonny Diamond  January 21, 2020
    The Hub

    A new Missouri bill proposes jailing librarians who provide children “age-inappropriate” books.

    By Corinne Segal  January 16, 2020
    The Hub

    The most borrowed book of all-time at the New York Public Library is about snow.

    By Jonny Diamond  January 13, 2020
    The Year in Reading

    The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part Three

    By Literary Hub  December 30, 2019
    The Year in Reading

    The Booksellers’ Year in Reading:
    Part Two

    By Literary Hub  December 27, 2019
    The Year in Reading

    The Booksellers’ Year in Reading: Part 1

    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2019
    Bookstores

    The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

    By Lenka Hudakova  December 20, 2019
    In Memoriam

    Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

    By Sheryl Cotleur  December 20, 2019
    The Hub

    George R.R. Martin opens bookstore next to his movie theater in Santa Fe.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 16, 2019
    Literary Long Weekends

    How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Chicago

    By Lynn Haller  December 10, 2019
    News and Culture

    Telling the Story of Zimbabwe’s Subversive Creatives

    By Greta Rainbow  December 4, 2019
    The Hub

    This class on ‘adulting’ at a Virginia library looks ridiculous and I want to take it.

    By Corinne Segal  December 3, 2019
    The Hub

    Jeremy Corbyn vows to protect libraries from forces of doom.

    By Dan Sheehan  November 27, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s the 100 Best Books of the Year list you should care about.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
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