Today’s interview takes us to Alexandria, and all of you librarians instantly think of the Great Library of Alexandria, which was established around the 3rd century BCE by Ptolemy I to hold all the world’s accumulated knowledge—it... Read More
In 2023, we interviewed the authors of several spiritual books that transcend conventional religion and instead stress feminine, Indigenous, nature-based, and self-exploration in their core beliefs. This week we culled the most powerful... Read More
As we do at the very beginning of every year, this week we’re offering you an assemblage of our favorite questions and responses from the previous year’s fifty-plus interviews between reviewers and authors. Please give this an... Read More
You’ve been promised some time off from work over the holiday season, so here’s a suggestion: get some sleep! We mean it—for Christmas, gift yourself an extra hour or two of sleep a night because sleep deprivation has dreadful... Read More
We’ve got trees on our mind, thanks to today’s Enchanted Forests interview. So, let’s give a shout out to the 1,700 land trusts in the US doing the important and expensive work of protecting our nation’s lands and waters. Tis the... Read More
Eighty two years ago today, Japanese bombers and fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. Hours later the US entered World War Two. Okay, you knew that. But did you know that thousands of librarians from around... Read More
As the year draws to a close, you’ll be seeing more 2023 lists: best of, favorites, year in review—that sort of thing. A recently updated piece in New York Magazine caught our indie-book lovers eye when it tallied up the nearly 100... Read More
In our Thanksgiving dinner prep this week—and whenever possible—we will endeavor to remember the fact that this holiday is painful to many of the ancestors of the First Nations people living amongst us in North America. It doesn’t... Read More