Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian “improving” literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading is uncool and worse, unpleasant.
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#books #neil gaiman #reading #litHere’s a sneak peek of the video of Neil Gaiman presenting literary giant Ursula K. Le Guin with the National Book Foundation’s 2014 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Says Neil: “…reading Ursula opens up your head, it peels it, it changes…it."
Full video coming soon!
I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if others see us reading, then we learn, we exercise our imaginations. We show others that reading is a good thing.
One of the proudest, happiest moments of my life. Giving the National Book Award medal to Ursula K Le Guin.
Reblogging ourselves so everyone can see the lovely note Neil Gaiman wrote about our 2014 DCAL Medalist Ursula K. Le Guin
The truth is that if you’re an author, the only way that you can really write a story that matters for anyone is by believing it when you’re writing it. You have to care and you have to believe.
Neil Gaiman, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Book Club.
Gaiman will be leading a discussion on The 13 Clocks by two-time National Book Award Finalist James Thurber in July. Find out why he considers it “required reading in order to be a human being here” here.
By the way, did we mention that Neil Gaiman is presenting Ursula K. Le Guin with her lifetime achievement award at the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 19?
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s speech— in its entirety– on the lasting impact of Ursula K. Le Guin’s writing before presenting her with the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters November 19, 2014 at the 65th National Book Awards Ceremony.
Neil Gaiman reads from “Truth is A Cave in the Black Mountains” with a live string quartet.
Listen to his interview with Studio 360’s Kurt Anderson here.
(Illustration by Adrien Degga.)
FIRST PAGE, FIRST LINE of Richard Powers’ ORFEO, LONGLISTED for the 2014 #NBAward for Fiction. @wwnorton #lit #fiction #novels #books #bookstagram #reading #mustreads #readdeep
How can you even know what the world is until you’ve got those stories in you?
A patron of Innovations in Reading Prize winner Street Books, discussing Lord of the Flies, 1984, and The Grapes of Wrath.
This week, we were thrilled to announce the Longlists for the 2019 National Book Awards. These titles in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature represent some of the best writing of the year. The Finalists will be announced October 8, all in the lead up to the 70th National Book Awards on November 20.
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Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.
Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.
But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”
that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!
They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.
Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores
