Public libraries nowadays are more than simple book repositories. They serve as community hubs, with services and programs that benefit all.
Public libraries nowadays are more than simple book repositories. They serve as community hubs, with services and programs that benefit all.
A hair salon owner in India is encouraging customers to take a break from their smartphones and read a book. Patrons can get a 30% discount for every review.
Explore the story of Melanie Moore, and Tilly, the famous Cincinnati Book Bus that is changing lives in Ohio.
A library book that is 105 years overdue has been returned to a Colorado library.
With so many books now banned in the USA and across the world, what do parents think? Studies show parents still trust librarians and the services they offer.
Opened in 1874, this bookstore has survived the threat of lockdowns and the rise of online selling, and has a community of customers more loyal than you’d expect.
14 stories from library employees that will have you giggling and kicking your feet right along with us.
Antonio is an extraordinary protector of the written word. Once a passionate schoolteacher, he has now retired from teaching and converted his three-wheeled van into a mobile library, the Bibliomotocarro. Driving the hills and mountains of Basilicata, Italy, La Cava is able to reach children in remote villages like San Paolo Albanese, which only has …
Mohammed Aziz, a 71-year-old bookseller located in Rabat Medina, Morocco, spends 6 to 8 hours a day reading books. Having read over 5000 books in French, Arabic, and English, he remains the oldest bookseller in Rabat after more than 43 years in the same location. But his mission goes beyond just selling books.
London’s phone booths. Iconic. And awfully sad that phone booth have become redundant in the age of smartphones. But not to this man… who turned them into a bibliophile’s dream.
