New bookstore alert: leaves is a second-hand bookstore that just opened at 140 Nassau Avenue by McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. (from ‘Time Out/New York’):

https://apple.news/AQt8MaLlRSdOAVQJhHevNpw

 

Required Reading: The Five Books That Changed Playwright Lynn Nottage’s Life (from ‘Vogue’):

https://apple.news/AcNbX20slQEGN5gxsrSVnZg

 

UK’s Cressida Cowell renews call for £100m investment in primary school libraries

The outgoing children’s laureate has transformed six primary schools through her Life-changing Libraries initiative, but says a ringfenced fund is needed for lasting impact (from ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/08/cressida-cowell-renews-call-for-100m-investment-in-primary-school-libraries?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A New Way to Choose Your Next Book

Most books are sold online, where it’s impossible to replicate the experience of browsing in a brick-and-mortar store. Book-discovery apps aim to change that. (from nytimes.com):

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/books/new-book-apps-tertulia.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump. (in today’s Washington Post):

https://apple.news/AdKUbF4HCTcyZGo6Hih5L9A