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An Incomplete List of the Non-Book Things You Can Get at the Library

An Incomplete List of the Non-Book Things You Can Get at the Library

It's Basically Everything Except Kristen Arnett's Toothbrush

By Kristen Arnett | December 5, 2018

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh

From Whiskey to Cemeteries to the Birthplace of Harry Potter

By Dana Givens | November 30, 2018

The Power of a Smalltown Bookstore: At Point Reyes Books

The Power of a Smalltown Bookstore: At Point Reyes Books

Molly Parent and Stephen Sparks on Utopias, Dystopias, and Life at the Fault Line

By Interview with a Bookstore | November 29, 2018

For the Virtues I Have Acquired as a Librarian, I Am Truly Thankful

For the Virtues I Have Acquired as a Librarian, I Am Truly Thankful

Kristen Arnett Has Learned Patience (and Some Other Things)

By Kristen Arnett | November 21, 2018

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

The Story of Alvin Irby and Barbershop Books

By Matt Grant | November 16, 2018

What Happens When You

What Happens When You "Accidentally" Destroy a Library Book?

Please Don't Use Pizza as a Bookmark. That's Bad.

By Kristen Arnett | November 7, 2018

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20 Terrible Tales of True Horror From the Library

By Kristen Arnett | October 24, 2018

Maybe All Bankers' Mansions Should Become Libraries?

By Judith Gura and Kate Wood | October 18, 2018

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Atlanta

By Nneka Okona | October 12, 2018

No, I Can't Braid Your Hair: Why Librarians Need Boundaries Too

No, I Can't Braid Your Hair: Why Librarians Need Boundaries Too

Please Respect Information Professionals, and Do Not Follow Them Home

By Kristen Arnett | October 10, 2018

Remembering Inge Feltrinelli

Remembering Inge Feltrinelli

Richard Ford, Judith Thurman, Morgan Entrekin, and More, on a Publishing Legend

By Literary Hub | October 5, 2018

Interview With a Bookstore: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

Interview With a Bookstore: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

Visiting Montreal's Destination for Graphic Novels (and More)

By Interview with a Bookstore | October 2, 2018

I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer

I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer

From Disemboweling Old Printers to Explaining iPhones That Don't Yet Exist

By Kristen Arnett | September 26, 2018

Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?

Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?

Kristen Arnett Has Some Career Advice For You

By Kristen Arnett | September 12, 2018

18 of the World's Most Striking Libraries, Illustrated

18 of the World's Most Striking Libraries, Illustrated

From Mexico to Norway, India, and the United States

By Jane Mount | September 11, 2018

Interview with a Bookstore: Cape Town's Book Lounge

Interview with a Bookstore: Cape Town's Book Lounge

In Which Bookstore Patrons Apprehend an Escaped Prisoner

By Literary Hub | September 11, 2018

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