Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
The manuscript of an unpublished novel of Jeanette Winterson was apparently left at an Underground station in London by a staff of the publisher, Penguin. A teacher on her way home after a night out found the 134-pages manuscript of The Stone Gods lying on a bench at the train station. Thankfully, she recognized the […]
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A reading initiative, The Advertiser Little Big Book Club, was launched yesterday in South Australia by its Premier Mike Rann to boost literacy. All children in South Australia between 6-12 months can collect a free reading pack, starting from tomorrow. They expect to distribute about 18,000 reading packs. The reading pack will include “The Only […]
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Graphic novels and libraries have not always been that closely interlinked together … and I don’t mean cartoon books such as Baby Blues, Calvin and Hobbes, and Far Side Gallery which the public libraries in Singapore had always have. Graphic novels only came into the picture when library@orchard was opened in 1999 when it became […]
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Monticello Library in the United States has been very successful in attracting teens to the library. Their secret weapon?! An Anime Club!! (Read news report from the Monticello Times for more details) The Anime Club is a pilot programme by the Great River Regional Library. The club meets once a month to watch an anime […]
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Didn’t know Art Garfunkel is such a voracious reader. Well, here’s his listing of all the books he has read in the last 30 years. He also has a listing of his favourite books. (via Bookslut via Library Stuff) Technorati Tags: art garfunkel, books, reading
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