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"Thirty-one authors and translators have withdrawn their work from consideration for or declined PEN America’s 2024 literary awards over the organisation’s 'failure to protect' Palestinian writers in Gaza.
"Nine out of 10 longlistees for the PEN/Jean Stein book award, worth $75,000, have withdrawn their books. Christina Sharpe, Catherine Lacey and Joseph Earl Thomas are among the withdrawing writers."
@palestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #books #bookstodon @bookstodon
Writers withdraw from PEN America literary awards in support of Gaza
Authors and translators say PEN America has ‘had no criticism of American complicity in the bombardment of Gaza’, in stark contrast to other national centres of the organisationElla Creamer (The Guardian)
Started listening to one of my favourite football (soccer) series, always worried about the narration when I start listening to a book, not really an audiobook fan, but I’ve started to listen to books I’ve already read, good when I’m walking or doing something.
I tend to fall sleep within minutes if I’m not active while listening 🤷♀️
Anyways, this series is truly a wonderful read. I highly recommend it.
My birthday is coming in a few weeks and I would like to achieve the following milestone: Selling at least 46 copies of my books.
(For those who wonder, 46 refers to the age I'll then be.)
Will you help me?
https://books.creativeramblings.com
#writingcommunity #readers #bookstodon #books @bookstodon @writingcommunity @writing
A pack horse librarian delivering books in rural Kentucky in 1938. During the Great Depression, the Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program in which the librarians, who were often called "book women" or "book ladies," delivered books to remote parts of Appalachia.
source: https://www.facebook.com/GoodwillLibrarian
#books #library #PublicWorks #WPA #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon
Goodwill Librarian
Goodwill Librarian, Missoula. 1.355.805 vind-ik-leuks · 57.213 personen praten hierover. Blessed, stressed and book obsessed! Fun and entertaining posts featuring all things books!www.facebook.com
fun fact:
There is a book store in New York that lets you trade in used books in exchange for pickles. They are called Sweet Pickle Books and going there to get pickles is on my bucket list. 
here's there website where you can get their pickles or merch:
https://www.sweetpicklebooks.com/
@bookstodon #books #reading #bookstodon
If you missed this fine #MURDERBOT short story over at Reactor, it's still available.
It takes place after EXIT STRATEGY, and is from Mensah's POV. Definitely fills in some understanding in the universe.
#bookstodon @bookstodon #books
https://reactormag.com/home-habitat-range-niche-territory-martha-wells/
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory - Reactor
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha's Murderbot novel, Network Effect. The story is set just after the 4th novella, Exit Strategy.Martha Wells (Reactor)
Aaahhhh I got my electronic copy of @vicorva 's #TheOldGoatAndTheAlien and the cover came out so gorgeous wtf #amReading #bookstodon
(Image hidden for drawn eye contact: The cover of The Old Goat and the Alien by Veo Corva, showing a mountain goat with big curving horns and a pinkish-purple flame above its head sitting on a hillside with a brown-skinned human in colorful clothing. They both look relaxed, eyes bright and peaceful, while the violet sky behind them is streaked with silvery falling stars.)
Unmatched: 50 Years of Supercomputing (Chapman & Hall/C…
50 Years of A Personal Journey Accompanying the Evolut…Goodreads
Octavia Butler once said:
“All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.”
https://commongood.cc/reader/a-few-rules-for-predicting-the-future-by-octavia-e-butler/
A Few Rules For Predicting The Future by Octavia E. Butler
Octavia Butler was an author of moving and prophetic science fiction novels. She wrote an essay in 2000 for Essence Magazine that teaches us the capacity we have to understand the future, as well a…Common Good Collective
Dagens boktips 2:
Jamie Gwynmorgan-serien av Sophia Kell Hagin. En serie jag faktiskt ska läsa om nu. Mörk serie, så inget att läsa om man är på jakt efter något upplyftande. Väldigt bra dock 👌
Whatever Gods May Be
Shadows of Something Real
Omnipotence Enough
#bookstodon #sapphicbooks
Dagens boktips:
Fantasytrilogin When Women Were Warriors av Catherine M. Wilson. En serie det kanske är dags för mig att läsa igen.
The Warrior’s Path
A Journey to the Heart
A Hero’s Tale
#bookstodon #sapphicbooks
Hey everyone! I am a steering committee member of the Queer Liberation Library, an all-digital non-profit library focused on queer fiction and literature. We are looking for a home for a QLL Mastodon account (that I will be running).
Looking for instance recommendations that are queer-friendly, federate with dot social, and are open to organization accounts. I think a library-specific or queer-specific instance makes sense.
https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org
#queer #library #librarian #bookstodon
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.Queer Liberation Library
Queen’s Reading Room neuroscience study finds reading helps mental wellbeing
As little as five minutes of reading can reduce stress by nearly 20%.
#reading #stress #neuroscience #MentalHealth
#bookstodon
https://howtobe247.com/queens-reading-room-study-finds-reading-helps-wellbeing/
Queen’s Reading Room study finds reading helps wellbeing
Discover the mental health benefits of reading with new neuroscience insights from The Queen's Reading Room study.Suswati Basu (How To Be Books)
Dagens boktips:
No Shelter but the Stars av Virginia Black.
#bookstodon #sapphicbooks
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197959909
Conservation practices of the Indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest taught him about ecology, and helped inspire the planet Arrakis. Thanks to Leslie Reid’s pioneering ecological study “The Sociology of Nature” he found a model for the ecosystem of Arrakis in the Guano islands of Peru.
The ecological movement fully embraced 'Dune' after its publication in 1965.
https://theconversation.com/how-dune-became-a-beacon-for-the-fledgling-environmental-movement-and-a-rallying-cry-for-the-new-science-of-ecology-225156
@bookstodon #Bookstodon
How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology
When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He was thinking about how to save it.The Conversation
My birthday got me two new books I’m very excited to read. Both written by a Jordan, not the same one though.
I hope my French will be good enough. But I played #RocketLeague with someone from France yesterday and he said my few sentences in the chat were very good. So I guess nothing can happen? It won’t be my first graphic novel in French either. Francophones do so many crest comics and graphic novels. 🇫🇷
@jmechner #Books #Bookstodon #Germany #GraphicNovel
