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Stop What You’re Doing and Read: The Australian Reading Hour Is Here

14 September is Australian Reading Hour, an event where people are encouraged to stop whatever they're doing and read for just one hour.

Hollywood’s Making an All-Female Adaptation of LORD OF THE FLIES Written By Two Men

Could we not?

Two Dead, More Injured in New Mexico Public Library Shooting

A shooting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library has taken 2 lives and injured 4. The library remains closed for the investigation.

Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief: Library Edition

Donate to the Texas Library Association Disaster Relief Fund to help libraries in their recovery.

Erotica Authors Blindsided by NOOK Press Account Terminations

NOOK Press has terminated (and reinstated a few, after public outcry) the accounts of several independent erotica authors.

Library Privatization Passes Despite Public Outcry

Escondido citizens unsuccessfully fought a city council vote for library privatization, a movement that takes libraries out of community hands.

New York Public Library Adds Kanopy Streaming Service

For all those with an NYPL Library card, your benefits just got a lot better. Kanopy offers 30,000 classic, independent, and documentary film titles.

The Handmaids’ Resistance Provides Free Costumes to Protesters

A new organization helps women resist oppressive women's health policy by organizing Handmaid's Tale protests.

Excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s Memoir: “He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled.”

Hillary Clinton's reaction to Trump invading her personal space and trying to intimidate in front of the world will be familiar to all women.