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National Association Of Black Bookstores Launches To Preserve Black Literary Culture And Voices | Essence The first-of-its-kind collective was created to unite historic and emerging Black-owned bookstores, promoting literacy, celebrating Black voices and preserving a cultural legacy nationwide.

"NAB2’s core values center on elevating and advocating for the Black bookstore community, increasing representation in the bookselling industry, and educating the public about the legacy of Black bookstores nationwide."

www.essence.com/news/nationa...

#BookSky

The Bluesky Dictionary Can Bluesky say every word in the English language? Real-time tracking of dictionary coverage on the Bluesky social platform.

The Bluesky Dictionary is tracking every single word used on the social media service. As of this writing, almost 40% of the dictionary has been covered, including recent additions like “boneshakers”, “microscale”, and “striations”. (via @gretchenmcc.bsky.social) [avibagla.com]

Four year olds are not too old for picture books. A beautiful book was turned down by someone in the shop yesterday due to the child being about to start school, and therefore "too old" for picture books.

Please don't force children to give up picture books too quickly.

#kidlituk

A photo of Watterson at his drawing table.

A panel of Calvin and Hobbes riding their radio flyer red wagon.

Happy birthday to Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes! Born on July 5, 1958.

If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you

Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Support your indie bookshop this Indie Bookstore Day (and all year long):

✅ Visit your favorite indie (or two) in person
💓 Start a monthly Libro.fm membership
✅ Thank a bookseller for all they do
💓 Spotlight them on social media
✅ Look for the Libro.fm Golden Ticket 👀

Why Shopping Local This Indie Bookstore Day Is More Important Than Ever Several independent book store owners are encouraging people to go out to their local independent bookstores to buy some novels to help celebrate Independent Bookstore Day and keep independent busines...

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

this was a memorable read for me last year--definitely recommend

I fear this is also me.

Erasing books, libraries, museums is but a step in the erasure of people.

Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.

Nothing like a good language joke to cleanse the timeline... 🥲

Ex-librarian gets $225K settlement - DailyTrib.com Former Kingsland head librarian Suzette Baker reached a $225,000 settlement with Llano County on March...

Book banners have lost court case after court case.

Because they’re lying to you.

www.dailytrib.com/2025/03/28/e...

I have heard so many newer writers—including extremely good ones!—bemoan that they think they're a failure because they might have to throw out a half-finished draft and start over.

Throwing out a draft is
a) very very normal and
b) progress, not failure.

That Sunday afternoon slide when you go from having big plans for the weekend to assessing the absolute minimum you can get away with doing.

a picture of a book text. The text says "Suetonius adds that, according to some reports, he said in Greek 'Kai su, teknon' (which Shakespeare turned into the Latin 'Et tu, Brute'. It literally means 'You too, child', but what Caesar may have intended by the words isnt clear. Tempest cites 'an important article' by James Russell (1980) 'that has often been overlooked'. Russel points out that the words kai su often appear on curse tablets, and suggest that Caesar's putative last words were not 'the emotional parting declaration of a betrayed man to one he had treated like a son' but more along the lines of 'See you in hell, punk'.

Once again loving this interpretation of Caesar’s last words

#IdesofMarch 🗡️

Looks like we all need this yard sign, poster, bumper sticker, etc

just unbelievable--that's an incredibly popular and meaningful event for the community

Saturday WAIT

Cover of book "Picturing Black History" and profile photos of five authors, Treva B. Lindsey, Shawn Waldron, Baniele Edmeier, Melvin Barnes Jr., and Lonra Closeil

On Feb. 26 at Gramercy Books (Bexley, Ohio) don't miss the Picturing Black History book event--the book has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Non-Fiction category! Co-sponsored by Zora's House. Register: history.osu.edu/events/pictu...

I work in higher ed, have a faculty spouse. What's happening at the federal level is beyond alarming. If you care about higher ed (and all the benefits of world-class research, like medicine, health, tech, etc.), you need to pay attention and SPEAK UP NOW. Do not take higher ed for granted. 🙏

I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency

We are facing the demolition of American higher education

i appreciate anyone who's trying in 2025

Closing today!!! And items are now going fast! Hurry to place your bid and swoop in for the win!

bit.ly/lkbfauction25

Some of these donors ❤️ have more than one item, go see what’s still available now!! #writersofbsky #illustratorsofbsky

Check out the mentors for this year's #PBRisingStars (a picture book only mentorship program!) and get ready to apply! 🥳

“solidarity is the action behind the revelation that each of us, individually, are not the only people with dreams” (quoted from a sarah schulman book in this link) is a painfully powerful sentence

go.bsky.app/ALbjGXE
Today is a great day to follow Indigenous authors and book community folks. Follow and repost! #booksky #diversebooks

Thinking of applying to join another species.

Time for another pack! But first, go follow everyone on the list below 😇

@shereadytoread.bsky.social already created a Black Indie Author list, so mine is going to be "Black Authors (indy or trad) and Publishers"

🖤🤎Black authors/publishers comment or DM me
#blacksky #booksky

go.bsky.app/BbaaiVp