Potato prank lands library on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

Posted on 01/23/2021 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The latest library prank to make late-night shows is, fortunately, much more innocent than previous ones. Stephen Colbert featured a...

Tagged As: Libraries, Pop culture

Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 18, 2021

Posted on 01/23/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Just for fun

Seattle's newest bookstore is organized by emotions

Posted on 01/22/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The mere act of browsing a bookstore seems very long-ago to us, and we know many bookworms across the world...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bookstore, Literary tourism

Author Janice Nimura shares lessons from pioneering female doctors

Posted on 01/22/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Janice Nimura’s new book, The Doctors Blackwell, comes at a doubly fitting time. It’s about, obviously, a pair of doctors...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, History, Nonfiction, NPR

All of the word-of-the-year coverage you could want

Posted on 01/22/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re squeaking in one last word-of-the-year post while it’s still technically the first month of the new year. The Columbia...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Just for fun, Language

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending January 16, 2021

Posted on 01/22/2021 at 07:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending January 16,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Hungary wants disclaimers on books that flout 'traditional gender roles'

Posted on 01/21/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hungary’s government is telling a publisher that it must add disclaimers on books that contain “behavior inconsistent with traditional gender...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Politics, The Guardian

The honors for inaugural poet Amanda Gorman keep rolling in

Posted on 01/21/2021 at 11:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If Amanda Gorman went to bed last night wondering how any day could top January 20, when she captured millions...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Poetry, Politics

Teen who bonded with Biden over stutters has written a book

Posted on 01/21/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Move over, Amanda Gorman — we have another young literary inspiration. (We’re kidding! There’s room for multiple writers with incredible...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Children's literature, Politics, The New York Times

Watch the trailer for "The Luminaries," speculate about "White Noise"

Posted on 01/21/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub has updates on two more bookish adaptations, with mixed feelings overall. The writers there are optimistic about the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation, TV adaptation