What book would you recommend to your friend who insists that reading isn’t for them?
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I've been partying with Mastodon this evening. Great canapés,
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Please note that all NYPL locations will be closed on Friday, November 11. https://t.co/fiKllUk20S
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning book is coming to screens soon! Check out the cast. 🎥 https://t.co/tRDW7r7smj
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"For Berlant, the inconvenient relationship might be where we could loosen the hold our bad attachments, as theorized in CRUEL OPTIMISM, have on us. Inconvenience might be the thing that lets us live." @HZeavin on Lauren Berlant’s final book (@DukePress): https://t.co/9JBdoHAHOk
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“Imagining a world with you.” That’s the message on a new poster illustrated by award-winning artist @Aluhnim and produced by @sljournal and the @CBCBook to support LGBTQIA+ children and teens https://t.co/PJ8XLbRZUN #censorship https://t.co/vRz0gurHC1
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The blanket hanging over the pushchair is covered in washing powder. ‘Have you spilt it?’ I enquire. ‘No,’ she says crossly, irritated at having to explain the obvious. ‘That’s washing-powder. When it rains the blanket will get washed.’ Alan Bennett: https://t.co/v3ZQYCJoko https://t.co/dwkM3pjxXU
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Goldsmiths prize goes to collaborative duo Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams https://t.co/c2pWWs5YCc
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Twitter still has the best vol au vents though.
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"The Amazon Kindle turns 15 this month. In the years since its launch, this nifty device has changed the publishing industry forever." https://t.co/H40qO23sx7
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‘It wasn’t teaching that was the enemy of freedom or thought for Emily, but rather the institutions in which she had to work, an experience shared by her sisters, even if they were more resilient.’ @helen_charman watches Frances O’Connor’s ‘Emily’: https://t.co/kUo7NNvvjN https://t.co/7Yz1NGdkCq
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"I’m the director of a public library in a town where there have been many attempts to censor books in schools. So far, my library has not experienced an increase in censorship cases, but I fear that it’s a matter of time. How can I prepare my staff?"https://t.co/hhRmCqOfrA https://t.co/iFrBxV5mgA
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