By: Christopher Moore,
on 8/26/2015
Note: Join us this Thursday, August 27, at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing for an author event with Christopher Moore. Describe your latest book. Secondhand Souls is the sequel to my bestselling novel A Dirty Job, which was about a single dad in San Francisco who gets the job of being Death and runs [...]
By: Neil Gaiman,
on 1/25/2012
By: Erin,
on 10/22/2008
J.K. Rowling:
Stephen King:
J.R.R. Tolkien:
Shakespeare:
Truman Capote:
C.S. Lewis:
By: Erin,
on 10/10/2008
(I had fun looking through my uncle's The Quotable Lewis.)
"There is something awfully nice about reading a book again, with all the half-conscious memories it brings back."
"When one has read a book, I think there is nothing so nice as discussing it with some one else--even though it sometimes produces rather fierce arguments."
[Speaking of Faerie Queene:] "It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it--and that to my mind is one of the best tests."
"An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. There is hope for a man who has never read Malory or Boswell or Tristam Shandy or Shakespeare's Sonnets: but what can you do with a man who says he 'has read' them, meaning he has read them once, and thinks that this settles the matter?"
"We must attack the enemy's line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent."
~C. S. Lewis
By: Jenny Levine,
on 1/4/2008
Check out the new discussion forums Rachel Singer Gordon has started over on LISjobs.
“LISjobs.com, the largest free library career portal on the Internet, is pleased to announce the launch of its new online community for librarians. Devoted entirely to career development and job hunting, these forums provide a space for librarians, LIS students, library workers, and information professionals to discuss professional development issues.”
The current forum topics cover LIS schools, jumpstarting your career, professional development and participation, talking tenure, professional writing, and work/life balance.
In other news, American Libraries has started its own discussion forum based on content from the magazine and other ALA topics, so the LISjobs forums make a nice complement. Together, these are two great places to connect with your colleagues. Thanks for providing this service, Rachel.
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By: Lizzy Burns,
on 3/21/2007
No seats at the grown ups table?
The April issue of American Libraries has an article about the blogosphere and includes a bunch of sites; Fuse #8 has the specific sites. A big congrats to the librarians listed; I read most of those blogs, and have added the others to my blogroll.
When I read the article in the copy I get at work, I noticed what Fuse noticed; not a kidlit blog among them.
But not only that; there's not a lit blog among them. Yes, I know that libraries are about more than books; but they are also about the books. Not just kids books, but also adult books. Now, in all honesty, I'm not as well versed on adult book blogs by librarians. But there are plenty of blogs by librarians and library staff that are about kid and teen books. And I just wonder, is it that we weren't invited to the table? Or do they not know we exist?
Sweet. Go Salt Lake!
Sweet idea! (ABC.) And the quotes are awesome. The Stephen King one reminds me of that Picasso quote - "Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth," or something like that.
Ok, that's basically amazing. :) I love the C.S. Lewis quote!
Okay. When I have my house... I am GANKING this idea. Very cool, what great quotes.
that is so AWESOME erin!
I wanna go :( haha
I'm pretty sure the Detroit airport has a bookstore. Wanna come inspect it?
What a cool idea... I'm hoping you will keep at it. And I need to visit the SLC airport now, just so I can see the bookstore for myself! (And I shamelessly borrowed some of the quotes...)
LOVE THIS. Oh, oh, how inspiring!
WICKED
thanks 4 sharing!
Great idea! :)
I was in the Minneapolis airport's bookstores two weeks ago ... reading The Brothers Karamasov on my way back from Kiev. The Authors store there has a cool banners over the entrance. Not as good as your photos, of course, but I'm guessing it might be in your posting future...
Awesome pictures! That is so cool.
That has to be the coolest airport bookstore ever.
That is so awesome, Erin.
Unfortunately, with two kids in tow I'm barely making my flights so have never noticed this bookstore at the SLC airport. Why do you go through it so often? I just looked at your profile and saw you are in Idaho.
Natasha: my family and I visit CA a couple times a year for medical reasons; our layover on the way there is usually in Denver and on the way home our stop is usually in SLC. :)
Thanks for posting those quotes!
I love the pictures! So cool and what great quotes. :)
Awesome pics! That looks like a great bookstore--I just love all those quotes.
I do not have a facebook, sorry to say, but I'm thinking of starting to blog again. Even though I have a pretty hectic life in college, I still find myself wanting to talk about books on my blog :-)
Can you please post the address? I just need a link somewhere. Maybe even for a few minutes. That would be enough. Plus...
it's usamahrocks.myspace.com
and he's this kid in my class. He's not supposed to have a myspace and I just really want to see what it is.