Happy #BookBirthday to HOLD by award-winning author Randy Ribay & illustrated by Caldecott honoree Zeke Peña!
★ “Delightfully tender.” —Kirkus Reviews
★ “An ebullient picture book debut.” —Publishers Weekly
★“This small but lively adventure humorously honors the everyday victories.” —The Horn Book
Women make up 39% of restaurant owners and 20% of chefs nationwide, according to the National Restaurant Association. In Kansas City, these women restaurateurs are shaping the culinary landscape.
ahh thank you so much!
i have like...three guesses
wait who is it tho lol
I confirmed an indie bookstore for a launch day event. Details soon. 📚🎉
Love Is a Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, Contemporary MM Romance, out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social.
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#BookSky #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia
“We are glad the SAVE Act died in the Senate. We are grateful to every senator who stood firm against it. To every American who called, wrote and organized to make their voice heard, thank you – your voice matters." #BlackskyNews
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Thank you, Bill.
yaaaaaa!!!
PM folks: Do I know any librarians at New York Public Library? Please DM me. I've got a question!
A dragon perches at the top of a pyramid shaped building in this digital painting of a modern city at night. The colors are gray and gold. The dragon is black lit with warm light. People gather on a rooftop to watch it
"Modern Dragons" launches tomorrow 🐉
Remember this from last week?
South Carolina's Freedom to Read Group has an outstanding response worth replicating.
Libraries don't have to buy these books. They can actively push back against publishers who are not helping libraries–bedrocks of their survival!–weather censorship.
As the editor of a book on this list, allow me to say again that book banning is a catastrophe for freedom of speech in America. There is no silver lining. It's all harm.
You can fight back by calling your reps to demand they vote against HR 7661, which is effectively a national book banning bill.
teal and black text on a light gray background. It’s A Spontaneous Book club. Come on by. I fell into an omegaverse rabbit hole and you’re all coming with me! now on the patreon. patreon.com/rebekahweatherspoon
Now on the patreon! ACTUALLY SPONTANEOUS BOOKCLUB!
I started reading Omegaverse books and I'm gonna make it everyone's problem.
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“In 2025, book bans were not sparked by concerned parents, and they were not the result of local grassroots efforts. They were part of a well-funded, politically-driven campaign.” - Sarah Lamdan, Executive Director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.
https://bit.ly/4tQcFqG
blurgh
Ray Bradbury quote: You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
Censorship doesn’t always look like fire. Sometimes it looks like quiet removals, restricted access, or making books harder to find. When stories disappear, so do the voices, histories & ideas that shape understanding. This isn’t just about books. It’s about keeping critical thinking alive.
Seventeen-year-old junior class vice president Grace Bak has her entire future all mapped out. With plans to become a doctor like both her parents, Grace has her sights set on Boston University's intensive science summer program--which will put her on the fast track to medical school. When she's not at school or studying, Grace writes and illustrates her webcomic, Sun God, inspired by the Korean myth of Haemosu about two teenage gods trapped in human form who are cursed to live in the modern world, and perhaps worst of all, to attend public high school. She started the comic as a way to honor her grandmother who used to tell her all the old myths before she died. Grace never expected the comic to go viral, but it has, and she's still spinning from the excitement of having thousands of readers. But somehow the power of all those readers has conjured the real Haemosu and now it's up to Grace to get him back to his own realm. As Grace and Hae try to figure out a way for Hae to return home, the two become close. Hae challenges everything Grace has ever believed about herself even making her braver in the face of her near-crippling anxiety. Hae learns he is fallible, after all and what it means to sacrifice for those you love. But Hae isn't the only god to find themselves suddenly trapped in the mortal realm and now a battle is on the horizon. Grace and Hae fight side by side, but in the end, will their burgeoning love keep them together or tear them apart?
You can order personalized and signed copies of GODS & COMICS from Books of Wonder (one of my favorite local indie bookstores!!)
And since we're announcing it so late! You have until Monday April 27th to get your orders in! #booksky #signedbooks
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The author scam emails are continuing to evolve.
Over the weekend I received one impersonating an employee of a local NPR station. They'd gotten many details right, including the station name and a program they ran... but the employee name was slightly misspelled.
Anyway, be careful y'all.
Happy National Library Week! This week you should:
1) Donate $ to your local Friends of the Library
2) Write to your public library director to thank them for standing up for diversity or to condemn them for caving to fascists
3) Plan a similar public comment for the next library board mtg
oh shit which one now???
Early voting starts today!
oh it was definitely Storm's campy drama queen-ness
haha no it was Storm (but Gambit's accent...yes...)
in a good way lol it's just a lot of stuff to get into
see me after class
tonight i tried to explain to someone why the 1992 X-Men cartoon turned me gay and i don't know if i succeeded but...maybe...
