National Readathon Day is almost here! Get ready to post reading selfies all day long, and be sure to follow the hashtag #Readathon2016 to see authors and readers across the country do the same. Watch the video and click the stories below to get up to speed and find out everything you need to know for tomorrow. 1. Add our #Readathon2016 Badge to your Facebook profile picture today! 2. Commit to support early childhood literacy by contributing to our Facebook Donate campaign. 3. Get ready for the weekend with a post from Bustle, and catch up on stories from DBW…
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Our friends at Unshelved created this adorable comic to remind readers about National Readathon Day on Saturday, May 21st. As a reminder, National Readathon Day celebrates the joy of reading and giving with a day of reading. Funds raised during Readathon will benefit the Every Child Ready to Read initiative. Follow along on social media with #Readathon2016 and participate in #AskaLibrarian on Twitter, today at 12p.m. EST, National Readathon Day edition! Click for More Information. Get Started and Join In. Find a Reading Party Near You. Spread the Word With Downloadable Images.
The winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize is Han Kang, for The Vegetarian. The Vegetarian is the first novel by Ms. Kang to be translated into English, and tells the story of Yeong-hye, a dutiful Korean wife who decided to give up meat to the surprise of all around her. Boyd Tonkin, chairman of the 2016 judging panel, said: “This compact, exquisite and disturbing book will linger long in the minds, and maybe the dreams, of its readers. Deborah Smith’s perfectly judged translation matches its uncanny blend of beauty and horror at every turn.” This is the first year the Man…
Be on the look out for Sweetbitter, out May 24th! These are the words that open Stephanie Danler’s extraordinary debut novel, Sweetbitter, introducing readers to Tess, the book’s twenty-two-year-old narrator: “You will develop a palate. A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of taste. Eating becomes a discipline, language-obsessed. You will never simply eat food again.” A lush novel of the senses—of taste and hunger, seeing and understanding, love and desire— Sweetbitter is ultimately about the power of what remains after disillusionment, and the transformation and wisdom that come from our experiences,…
