2.5: News: Mess With a Library, Get a Librarian
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Our sources for this episode:
- Why did we go apes*** for The DaVinci Code? A historian answers.
- The FBI was spying on your library checkouts.
- The New York Times interviews a school librarian at the heart of a book-banning debate.
- The Harper Collins workers union has reached an agreement with management.
- T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon breaks down how much bestselling authors can expect to make.
- Contributors to the NYT want the paper to do better by trans folks.
- The Cambridge Dictionary updated its definition of "woman."
Celebrating women and minorities in publishing:
- Julia A. Reidhead will be the new chair of the Association of American Publishers.
- Four breakout Latina authors sat down with Refinery29 to talk about their experiences in publishing.
Check out the books we talked about this week*:
- Books by breakout Latina authors
- Kali continues her saga with Gideon and Harrow the Ninth
- But she's crushing on the new T. Kingfisher book: Nettle and Bone
- She also recommends Kingfisher's Swordheart
- Annie loves all these books, but she hasn't read any other books in their series-es
- She's also reading The Library Book
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* We get a commission when someone buys a book from one of our lists. But more importantly, Bookshop supports small independent bookstores with every purchase. They've raised over $25 million for small bookstores so far!
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