Facts / Mission: “Free Spirit has had the same mission for more than 30 years: to provide children and teens—and the adults who care for and about them—with the tools they need to think for themselves, overcome challenges, and make... Read More

One of the reasons I love trade shows is the unexpected conversations in line for coffee or serendipitous meet-ups on the show floor, some of which result in lifelong industry friends. Another favorite is meeting someone who isn’t... Read More

Whether on vacation or business, wherever we travel, we treat ourselves to a book fix by visiting indie bookstores and libraries. What we know and love about the non-corporate bookstores, even the largest ones, is the sense of space they... Read More

There is a certain comfort derived from being fully loaded with a ridiculous number of physical books when traveling. My weeklong vacation over the Thanksgiving holiday included four adult titles and half a dozen children’s board books... Read More

Dancing on Thin Ice / Travails of a Russian Dissenter / Arkady Polishchuk / DoppelHouse Press / Hardcover $29.95 (352pp) / 978-0-9987770-3-0 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Dancing on Thin Ice, Arkady Polishchuk’s memoir of... Read More

“Augmented Reality” might sound like the name of a new superhero Stan Lee just dreamed up—the pickings for original superhero names are pretty slim these days—but it’s actually a radically new, technologically enabled concept... Read More