• Bookstores and Libraries

    The Hub

    Brontë fans’ push to save a rare library has worked—with help from Britain’s richest man.

    By Walker Caplan  December 16, 2021
    Bookstores

    A Visit to Rüstem’s Bookshop, Cyprus’s Historic Bookstore-Café

    By Harrison Blackman  December 16, 2021
    The Hub

    Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

    By Jonny Diamond  December 15, 2021
    The Hub

    PRH and S&S call the lawsuit against them “legally, factually, and economically wrong.”

    By Walker Caplan  December 14, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2021
    Literary Spaces

    How the Mosul Book Forum Became a Hub of Expression in a Struggling City

    By Hannah McCarthy  December 9, 2021
    The Hub

    A novelist is suing Amazon for selling “centuries-old” copies of his book for over $1000.

    By Walker Caplan  December 7, 2021
    The Hub

    Reginald Dwayne Betts is converting Malcolm X’s former prison cell into a “Freedom Library.”

    By Vanessa Willoughby  December 6, 2021
    The Hub

    TikTok isn’t just for tearjerkers—it’s also for obscure 1930s literary puzzles, apparently.

    By Walker Caplan  December 3, 2021
    Indie Bookstores

    Emma Straub on Opening Her Bookstore, Books Are Magic

    By Emma Straub  December 2, 2021
    The Hub

    A public library was denied funding over an LGBTQ+ support group—so patrons took action.

    By Walker Caplan  November 30, 2021
    Libraries

    Why the Hell Would You Want to Privatize Libraries?

    By Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian  November 22, 2021
    Bookstores

    Persephone Books: Finding Space for Women Writers For Two Decades

    By Christina Obolenskaya  November 22, 2021
    The Hub

    On the influential librarian who hated Goodnight Moon.

    By Walker Caplan  November 19, 2021
    Indie Bookstores

    When the Heart of a Beach Town Is an Indie Bookstore

    By Ethan Joella  November 17, 2021
    The Hub

    The Library of Congress will no longer use “aliens” and “illegal aliens” as categories.

    By Walker Caplan  November 15, 2021
    The Hub

    Area librarian exchanges books for literal trash.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 15, 2021
    The Literary Life

    On the Cultural History of the Miami Book Fair

    By The Literary Life  November 12, 2021
    Illustrations

    Bob Eckstein Illustrates New and Renovated Bookstores and Libraries from Around the Country

    By Bob Eckstein  November 12, 2021
    Keen On

    Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court vs. Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barret

    By Keen On  November 11, 2021
    The Hub

    A new report shows widespread legislative targeting of intellectual freedom in the classroom.

    By Walker Caplan  November 10, 2021
    The Hub

    Who will buy the extremely rare concept art book for Jorodowsky’s unproduced Dune?

    By Walker Caplan  November 10, 2021
    Libraries

    Before Oxford’s Library Was the Finest Institutional Library in Europe, It Was… Kind of a Dump

    By Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen  November 10, 2021
    Keen On

    Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries

    By Keen On  November 10, 2021
    Libraries

    How to Reopen a High School Library 18 Months After a Pandemic Closure

    By Jess deCourcy Hinds  November 9, 2021
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