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Category Archives: Libraries
Flying Libraries
I don’t generally have anything positive to say about the budget airline easyJet, but hats off to the company for creating the easyJet Book Club. This week, the carrier launched flying libraries for children with 7,000 paperbacks placed on 147 flights. The … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Libraries, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Airline, children's books, UK
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A trip to Middle Earth
Serious JRR Tolkien fans should begin planning a visit to Oxford next summer for the groundbreaking exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth. The show, which will be created by the Bodleian Library, will explore the world of Tolkien’s literary imagination through the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps
Tagged JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oxford University, Silmarillion, the Hobbit, UK
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Books Are Transporting
The U.S. Library of Congress has just released the poster for this year’s National Book Festival on September 2, 2017 in Washington DC. If the artwork looks familiar, that’s because it’s by the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast.
Posted in Art, Books, ebooks, Libraries, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cartoons, Library of Congress, New Yorker, Washington D.C
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Bringing Books To The Readers
The public library in Brest, France has launched its first Bibliambule. This hammock-equipped, bookmobile scooter is designed to make reading fun this summer for the Brestois. Created by Z’Ambules of Paris, the clever scooters are already in use in by libraries in … Continue reading
Planting Seeds
The U.S. budget airline JetBlue, along with publisher Random House and author Mary Pope Osborne have been bringing books to children in U.S. cities that are considered book deserts or communities with difficult access to children’s books. The Soar With Reading project has installed … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA
Tagged children's books, Children's literature, Fort Lauderdale, JetBlue
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Really Big Books
Thanks to the British Library, bibliophiles and map geeks can now view the second largest atlas in the world online. The colossal book was a gift from Dutch merchant Johannes Klencke in 1660 to King Charles II of Great Britain. The massive … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Books, ebooks, Europe, History, Libraries, Maps, Middle East, Museums, Photography, Tech
Tagged Atlas, British Library, Cartography, Netherlands
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Word On The Street
Founded in June 2011, Street Books is a bicycle-powered mobile library serving people without homes in Portland, Oregon. Take a look:
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, USA
Tagged Bookmobiles, mobile libraries, Portland, Portlandia
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Stump The Bookseller
Have you ever struggled to recall the title of a beloved book from your childhood ? Are friends, family, and even librarians stumped by your vague, random descriptions of plot and characters ? Well, Loganberry Books, a children’s books specialty … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged children's books, Children's literature, YA
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Underground Library
The New York Public Library has partnered with the MTA and New York State to create the Subway Library project. Transit riders will have access to free e-books and other digital downloads this summer—and they won’t even need a library card. To … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Libraries, Public Transport, USA
Tagged MTA, New York City, NYC, NYPL
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