October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” celebrating the value, talent and contributions workers with disabilities bring to America’s workplaces and economy. This year is NDEAM’s 80th anniversary … Read More
[SPOILERS AHEAD!] I love movies! Sometimes even more than books. I especially love movie adaptations of popular books I’ve never read because if they as good as a movie, they … Read More
Five years ago, in September 2020, the world was operating virtually due to Covid, but that didn’t prevent the small team of Books We Read at Chang Library from celebrating … Read More
Bruce Franklin is the owner and publisher of Westholme Publishing, an independent publisher of nonfiction trade books founded in 2003. The press is noted for its distinguished and award-winning titles … Read More
As a librarian, I personally find Banned Books Week extremely important, no matter where one lives. Since 1982, the week-long attention to challenging books for diverse reasons has been a … Read More
Following up on our semester kickoff post, Books We Read celebrates diversity in reading, Part 1, we are delighted to share how our motive and purpose worked in the past … Read More
Since its inception, the Books We Read blog has evolved into a community of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences. It began as an extension of the Reading for Recovery project … Read More
At the start of the war in Ukraine, we watched in horror the destruction (also shared widely on social media), which caught the attention of librarians concerned about disinformation and … Read More
The disease concept of alcoholism stands as “the most widely cited (and least read) literary artifact of the modern alcoholism movement,” according to alcohol historian William White. Published in 1960 … Read More
As a librarian and writer, it is fun to read about topics that somehow involve books, whether in terms of libraries, bookstores, or even other writers. It’s like a behind-the-scenes … Read More