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Sheer Bookwormery
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Flashback Friday:
When I was in 8th grade, I was given permission to skip school to go meet my hero Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall series. He did a wonderful reading and spent time signing books and talking to his young fans (like 12-year-old me, pictured above).
When I asked him what advice he might have for a young writer, he told me to “always remember to paint a picture with words.” Best skip day ever.
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A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is a door. You open it. You step through. Do you come back?
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At the farewell dinner for my library conference, we got to meet Barney Sheehan, a Limerick native who edited a lovely book of poetry called My Limerick Town and has worked with the likes of Ezra Pound and Desmond O’Grady. Such a lovely gentleman!
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Life-size statue of James Joyce in Dublin (aka the Prick with a Stick, according to some locals).
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Jessica Spotswood’s hot new debut, Born Wicked, will be published on February 7! It’s the first installment of The Cahill Witch Chronicles and looks to be a great read indeed.
You can read my interview with the author here!
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May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
I don’t owe everything to libraries, just almost everything.
(Source: librarianista, via teachingliteracy)
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Remember when I interviewed up-and-coming author Jessica Spotswood? Well, the official cover for her debut novel, Born Wicked, has been released and it is beautiful! This is the first of a trilogy, the Cahill Witch Chronicles, and I am so excited to read it next February. If you’re interested too, it’s currently available for pre-order on Amazon.
What do you think of the cover?
Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.
(Source: ohthestuffoflegends, via teachingliteracy)
(Source: iheartclassics, via thelifeguardlibrarian)
