Do you want to live like Jane Austen? You can! There is a lady in Vermont who hosts Jane Austen weekends at her home. Guests dress up and partake in activities from Austen’s novels, including sewing, dancing, and writing with a quill pen! What a fun way to meet fellow Jane Austen fans! 🙂 More information here.
There are lots of fun things happening this weekend, including performances of The Wiz, an Evening with Ralph Vaughn Williams, and the Race to the Ag Park 5K!
Who remembers Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program? It is turning 35 this year. It is the best! Kids meet their reading goals and get a free personal pizza! I wish a similar program existed for adults. Ha! 🙂
Would you bring a bag of snakes into a library? It happened in North Carolina at the Madison County Public Library. The patron gathered up his snakes and left the library when asked, and the library revised its policy about animals in its building.
Do you know what anthropodermic book are bound with? Read this interesting interview with a medical librarian at USC to find out. She also discusses her role in the death positive movement. Here is a great list of death positive books from Goodreads.
There are lots of fun things happening this weekend, including Quizney Trivia Night, Goat Yoga Experience, and the MizzouThon’s Miles for Miracles!
The holidays are coming! Find a festive holiday dessert here inspired by some beloved books. 🙂
If you prefer something stronger, there are also lots of fun cocktails from some classic stories. Cheers!
The director of a small public library in Maine plans to hike the Appalachian Trail next year in an effort to raise funds for her library’s operating expenses. Check out her story here. It will be interesting to see how successful she is!
There are lots of fun things happening this weekend, including performances of Climate Change Theatre Action, the Centralia MO Pumpkin Fest, and the Out of the Darkness Community Walk.
The 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for Literature were announced Thursday morning!
Also, the Booker Prize Shortlist and National Book Awards finalists have been announced. Now we can all beef up our TBR lists. 😉
Have you heard of the Harvey Awards? They are granted to graphic novels and comics. The 2019 winners were just announced. Check them out!
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