This rare-book auction has a rare end goal

Posted on 04/02/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We often share stories of rare books headed to auction — and to jaw-dropping sale prices. We don’t often get...

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Tagged As: Charity, Literary Hub, Memorabilia

Author Ken Follett is helping restore a French cathedral

Posted on 03/10/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Ken Follett is donating the proceeds from a book about the Notre-Dame de Paris fire to help rebuild a...

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Tagged As: Charity, Nonfiction, The Guardian

Stephen Colbert spot pays off handsomely for North Carolina bookstore

Posted on 02/11/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

What business could possibly be more deserving of a free commercial on one of the biggest TV viewing days of...

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Tagged As: Bookstore, Charity, Just for fun, Pop culture

Stephen King pays publishing costs for Maine students' book

Posted on 02/08/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ah, here’s a nice way to start out the morning and week: author Stephen King is helping elementary school children...

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Tagged As: Charity, Children's literature

Literary love: Tales of generosity in the bookworm community

Posted on 12/25/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Not every celebrates the same winter holidays — or even celebrates a single one — but this time of year...

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Tagged As: Charity

Author Namwali Serpell is donating her lit prize money to a bail fund

Posted on 09/29/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

September 25 was a bittersweet day for science fiction author Namwali Serpell. She learned then that she’d won a prestigious...

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Tagged As: Awards, Charity, Literary Hub, Science fiction, Women in literature

T.S. Eliot estate sends a large donation to the Brontë Parsonage Museum

Posted on 09/08/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Brontë Parsonage Museum launched a crowdfunding campaign in July in hopes of closing a forecasted year-end deficit of £100,000...

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Tagged As: Charity, Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Literary tourism, Poetry, The Guardian

Where to donate (or sell) your books during COVID-19

Posted on 08/31/2020 at 09:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A Facebook commenter asked on one of our posts how one could clear out their old books, with so many...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, Charity, coronavirus / COVID-19

Grants are available from the Literary Arts Emergency Fund

Posted on 07/17/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Three nonprofits have banded together to offer new financial relief to struggling literary organizations hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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Tagged As: Charity, coronavirus / COVID-19

Boston Public Library seeks transcription help

Posted on 06/29/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Find yourself bored while sheltering in place? Or specifically miss volunteering due to in-person restrictions? The Boston Public Library might...

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Tagged As: Charity, History, Libraries