NIMONA is Being Made Into a Netflix Movie
In 2015, it was announced the Nimona by ND Stevenson would be adapted into a movie by Blue Sky. It was delayed multiple times, and the...
Texas Education Association Encourages Parental Input on Library Material
In a baffling move that undermines the educational and professional judgment of library and media specialists, the Texas Education Association (TEA) released new guidelines for handling...
Leaving Home Meant Losing My Mother Tongue
I was in the first grade, age five, when I was awarded a hamper for being the “Best English Language” student. During the subsequent parents’ meeting...
You Better Be Good or the Aswang Will Get You
Melissa Chadburn’s novel A Tiny Upward Shove pulls us headlong into the short and tragic life of Marina, a ward of the state who falls victim...
New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a new batch of book releases! Here are a few of the books out today you should add to...
Whether You’re a Gentleman Pirate or a Blackbeard, You’ll Love These 10 Books Like Our Flag Means Death
Imagine a pirate ship with secret passageways full of fancy clothes, an entire library of built-in bookcases, fine china place settings, and a crew that deals...
How the Code of Chivalry of Medieval Knights Still Influences SFF Today
I’ve always been enamored by science fiction and fantasy. Stories about space travel, wizards, spells, and aliens really have a way of sparking the imagination of...
Afrofuturism: Its Origins, Present, and Future
If you google “What is Afrofuturism?” you’ll probably see the same combination of words together like Mark Dery, Black Panther, and “aesthetic.” In his essay “Black...
The Best Poems of All Time
How do you decide the best poems of all time? Are they the ones most quoted? The ones that have had the greatest influence on poetry...
The History Of Bookmobiles: Bookmobiles Are Here, And There And Everywhere, To Stay
Annually, the American Library Association (ALA) sponsors National Library Week and honors bookmobiles and the librarians that drive them with their own day — Wednesday, to...
