Never one to resist an opportunity to fantasize about making our home libraries more beautiful, we searched for innovative, stylish, and cozy library chairs that we’d love to lounge in with a great book. See if you can envision any of these pieces earning a spot in your literary abode. See: Beautiful Library Chairs for Literary Abodes | Flavorwire.
You may also like: Oxford’s Library Chooses Its First New Chair Design Since 1936 | Gizmodo
The library inside the National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York isn’t your average hall full of dog-eared books. It houses some original documents used in the making of some of the most legendary, important videogames ever created. And we got to see them.
via Deep Inside This Museum Lies the Holy Grail of Adventure Games | Game|Life | Wired.com.
The world’s largest online virtual conference, Library 2.013, runs today and tomorrow (October 18 & 19, 2013). Head on over to access over 100 presentations.
“The conference is online, in multiple time zones over the course of two days, and free to attend!”
To access the schedule scroll down to the time zones on the Sessions and Schedule page, click on the yellow highlighted link to access the schedule according to your viewing time zone. Or see the list of Recordings, which will become available as conference sessions conclude.
A startup called Zola Books has paired with the popular novelist Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler’s Wife, to try to save brick-and-mortar shops.
Read: Can E-Books Save The Neighborhood Bookstore? | Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.
The original developers of network technology wanted to democratize access to information, but while networks have succeeded in improving access, the ways in which governments and corporations are now gathering and using personal data has been an unfortunate consequence, argued author and computer science pioneer Jaron Lanier during a LIVE from the New York Public Library (NYPL) event on October 10. In a wide-ranging interview with NYPL’s Director of Public Programs Paul Holdengräber, Lanier also discussed the role that libraries play as people find it increasingly difficult to keep information about themselves private.
Read the full story: Jaron Lanier Discusses Big Data, Privacy at NYPL LIVE Event | The Digital Shift.
This big list of literary magazines just will not die. June 2013 we went all the way through this list and checked for broken urls. We hope that you will use our EWR: Literary Magazines database instead of this list, but we have found that many diehards really like a long list like this one.
See the list: Literary Magazines: The Big List | | Every Writers Resource.
The National Literacy Trust is partnering with McDonald’s to provide “reading tips” to its child diners.
The fast-food chain already offers a “Happy Reader” voucher in every Happy Meal box sold, which allows parents to acquire a children’s book worth around £4.99, for just £1 from high street retailer W H Smith.
Now the National Literacy Trust has teamed up to advise on suitable recommendations for Happy Meal book promotions and to review and advise on the design and content of all text-based elements of the McDonald’s Happy Meal, including the Happy Meal box and activity sheets. The charity will also share industry research and insight to help develop the Happy Readers programme “in a way that will add most value for children, parents and families”.
Read: National Literacy Trust partners with McDonalds | The Bookseller.
Related: McDonalds to stuff kids books into Happy Meals next month | USA Today
Fun and/or informative links for the horror lovers. I don’t mind a good thriller or gothic fiction (horror light?) but horror is a genre at another level of scary, which is too much for me. Guaranteed I will have nightmares.
FILM
Five great zombie short films you can watch online | CNET
The Greatest Horror Movies You Haven’t Seen | Flavorwire. 15 films are discussed.
Top 100 Horror Movie Recommendations | IMDb
Browse free Sci-Fi / Horror Films available at the Internet Archive | Archive.org
Libraries and Librarians in Horror Movies | Ellyssa Kroski | OEDb
21 Free Hitchcock Movies Online | open culture
FICTION
HWA Bram Stoker Award™ 2013 Reading List and What is Horror Fiction? | Horror Writers Association | Horror.org
9 Books Scarier Than Any Horror Movie | Mashable
Horror comics to get you in the Halloween mood | USA Today
Scary & Horror Book Recommendations (some even have romance!) | Maryse’s Book Blog
Links to Horror web resources and book recommendations. | The Monster Librarian
CARRIE (2013) TRAILER (In Canadian theatres this Friday, October 18)
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