50 Must-Read Historical Fiction Picture Books
“Why are you doing this to us?” one of my second grade students lamented while listening to me read Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco aloud. Set...
Read Harder 2018 Challenge Check In: November
Read Harder 2018 is sponsored by Libby, the one-tap reading app from your library and OverDrive Meet Libby. The award-winning reading app that makes sure you always...
Riot Recommendation: Tell Us Your Favorite Prohibition-Era Reads
This Riot Recommendation asking for your favorite prohibition-era reads is sponsored by Mariner Books. This “charming, confident follow-up to Creatures of Will and Temper” (Publishers Weekly,...
LGBTQ+ Characters Erased From Books In Russia: Critical Linking, November 13
Sponsored by Fierce Reads and Archenemies by Marissa Meyer. The Russian news site Takie Dela has quoted the publisher as saying that it excised the story...
Remembering Shiva Naipaul
His books are long out of print, basically forgotten. And when they were current, his last name always overshadowed his first. But contemporary readers fortunate enough...
Tuesday New Release Day: Apostol; Hua; Vogel; Frelih; McPhee; Franzen
Out this week: Insurrecto by Gina Apostol; The April 3rd Incident by Yu Hua; Death and Other Holidays by Marci Vogel; In/Half by Jasmin B. Frelih; The Patch by John McPhee; and The End of the End of the Earth by Jonathan Franzen. For more on...
Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa
We’re bringing Startup Battlefield back to Africa on December 11, and we’re excited to announce our jam-packed agenda that highlights the best and brightest startups in...
11/11 shows biometrics are the norm for payments in China
Chinese consumers were quick to adopt digital payments, and a recent shopping binge showed they are ready for another leap: biometric payments. On November 11, Alibaba...
Anorak raises £5M Series A for its life insurance advice platform
Anorak Technologies, the U.K. startup building a life insurance advice platform, has raised £5 million in Series A funding. Notably, the round is led by previous...
Universal Robots snags 20 Rethink refugees after bot maker goes belly up
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, they say, and in the aftermath of Rethink Robotics shutting down last month there were plenty of good...
