Saturday, June 24, 2017

The Roundup with PW


ALA 2017: ALA, Google Announce $500,000 in Grants to Support Computer Skills
The American Library Association kicked off its 2017 annual conference on Thursday with a reception at Google’s Chicago office to celebrate a new $500,000 competitive grant program, sponsored by Google, to encourage computer skills in America’s libraries.
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How a Small Press Landed a Big Fish in Naomi Klein
For her new title 'No Is Not Enough,' which Klein called "a movement book," the Canadian activist and author said she wanted to work with "a movement publisher." She found one in Chicago-based indie Haymarket Books.
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Why Hollywood Loves Stephen King: It’s a particularly fruitful year for the bestselling author—but what makes his work so consistently popular?

Millennials Aren't Killing Libraries: According to a Pew Research Center report, Millennials frequents public libraries more often than members of any other age group.

Memoirs of Black Mourning: Mychal Denzel Smith argues that memoirs on death in black families are both an outlet for grief and a public obligation to mourn.

The Invisibility of the Translator: How a translation can affect the meaning of a text, and a "sliding scale" between author, text, and reader.

Writers Looking for Forever Home: These various types of writers need homes. Browse their adoption listings and see if this is the writer for you!




CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN THE MEDIA

From BuzzFeed:
Why We Need Diverse Characters In YA Books, According to Angie Thomas.
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From People:
How Jimmy Fallon's Daughters Inspired His New Picture Book Everything Is Mama
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From the New York Times:
At the Dr. Seuss Museum: Oh, the Places They Don't Go!
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From the Progressive:
Patricia McKissack's son on the death of his mother and the healthcare debate.
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From the New York Times:
How to Raise a Reader, by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo.
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From the Huffington Post
I’m a Teenager and I Don't Like to Read Young Adult Novels. Here's Why.
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From Atlas Obscura:
The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children's Literature.
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From Forbes:
How 12-Year-Old Marley Dias Is Changing the Face of Children's Literature.
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From Variety:
A Movie Based on The Day the Crayons Quit Is in the Works at Sony Pictures.
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From the Bookseller:
Two new Harry Potter books for British Library exhibition.
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From Atlas Obscura
The Grimm Brothers' Other Great Project Was Writing a Giant German Dictionary.
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From School Library Journal:
Teaching with Science Comics.
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From NPR:
What If Willy Wonka Was Your Dad? Roald Dahl's Magical Parenting with Food.
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From Brightly:
Nine Hilarious Parodies of Classic Picture Books.
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