TexasObserver , to bookstodon group
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“Baker’s brave defense of her community’s right to read is a testament to the vital role librarians play in upholding free speech and creative expression in the face of censorship.”

New today: In Llano County, a local librarian fought back against prompting a federal court fight and national recognition but losing the job of her dreams. https://www.texasobserver.org/library-books-censorship-smalltown-texas/

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CultureDesk , to bookstodon group
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Last year on Mastodon we featured this story from the BBC about Gladstone's Library, the U.K.'s only residential library. Fediverse folk were so enthusiastic that when we discovered the library is offering scholarships to be taken in 2025, we had to share the information (see the second link in this post for all the details).

https://flip.it/qKpUn7

https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/accommodation/scholarships

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weirdwriter , to bookstodon group

I just love this free, digital, queer library! Fundraiser Update & NBC News! https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/blog/fundraiser-update-amp-nbc-news @bookstodon

mastodonbooks , to bookstodon group
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Hello, my name is Roger.

On March 11, 2024, I announced the shutdown of our Mastodonbooks.net server and the migration of our project to Mastodon.social. That process is now complete.

Our new home is:
@mastodonbooks

If you are looking for Mastodonbooks members or would like to share your book-related posts, please join our group at:
https://a.gup.pe/u/mastodonbooks

Everyone is welcome.

Happy reading,
Roger

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b_rain , to bookstodon group
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at the @bookstodon

pic of a bat, sleeping in the shelf of a libray. A person holds a book next to it, title: Bats at the Library. Caption: Little bat sleeping in the Camas Public Library Comments: mother-entropy: !!!!! gothiccharmschool: I am the night and I am very small and tired. melyzard: My favorite bit about this is imagining a librarian finding a bat on a shelf and their first thought is "Wait, wait, I have exactly the book for this!" Nov 17th, 2022
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    • Books_of_Jeremiah , to Historikerinnen group
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    Canteen of the Supreme Command

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    Dinner

    1. January 1915.

    Kragujevac

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    Meatballs in sauce with potatoes

    Noodles with cheese

    Fruit

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    All dishes not on the menu are to be paid immediately.

    Courtesy of the National of , Great War collection (https://velikirat.nb.rs/)

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    CitizenWald , to BookHistodons group
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    Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants | Lewis Walpole :

    operated by Yale University, the library holds the greatest collection of books and manuscripts associated with Horace Walpole as well as outstanding collections of 18th-century British literature and graphic art

    https://walpole.library.yale.edu/about-us

    https://walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/visiting-fellowships-and-travel-grants

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    weirdwriter , to bookstodon group

    Sharing again because I haven't found a place to get clear, ongoing, coverage about book bans and book censorship. The Literary Activism newsletter is moving to this RSS feed. https://bookriot.com/category/literary-activism/feed/ # @books @bookstodon

    himantra , to horror group
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    I've got some audiobook credits before I cancel my account (just not worth it when the is there 🥰). Could someone recommend some good audiobooks?

    What I am looking for:
    ✔️Cozy mysteries or cozy horror
    ✔️If romance, nothing 🌶️ because I can't listen to sex scenes being narrated to me without giggling like a middle schooler.
    ✔️Female main character = bonus
    ✔️POC protagonist = bonus
    ✔️YA or New Adult recs okay

    Thanks! 🙏🏽

    @bookstodon @horror

    GIF of a woman bowing with a smile and saying thank you.

    weirdwriter , to audiobooks group

    I miss these Play Away devices! Offline, easy to use, and, better yet, offline! Sure the sound quality wasn't amazing, but it's far better than fighting with the app sometimes! https://playaway.com/audiobooks/ @audiobooks

    niamhgarvey , to ActuallyAutistic group
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    3 hours silent work in was bliss. Then decided to treat myself to a cappucino so popped into shopping centre next door. Holy moly the assault on my was immediate and intense.
    Thank goodness I had my or I would now be a dysregulated mess.
    @actuallyautistic

    ModernDayBartleby , to bookstodon group
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    And so it begins -
    PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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    ModernDayBartleby OP ,
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    THE RIO DE JANEIRO READER: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS Edited by Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, & Paulo Knauss via @dukepress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at belle foret
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    Photo is of a marble counter on which is the paperback book where the top title is black text in orange, the subtitle text is white in green. The bottom blue has white text of editor's names. In between is a colorful photo of Brazilians of various ethnicities sitting along a colorful outside stairs. To the left is orange shaved ice in a glass bold. An orange slice is on top. Above between the two items is a tiny glass pitcher of purple liquid.
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