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2 days ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The British Book Awards are announced; Percival Everett is named Author of the Year and his book James wins Fiction Book of the Year; Patriot by Alexei Navalny wins Overall Book of the Year and best narrative nonfiction book; Margaret Atwood laments the threat to words as she accepts the Freedom To Publish Prize. The PEN America Literary Awards winners are announced, along with shortlists for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Wales’s Book of the Year.
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3 days ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Harper; LJ starred review) leads holds this week. Other titles in demand include:A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The Otherwise Award winners are announced. NYT explores the unusual process of awarding this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction to Percival Everett’s James. My Friends by Fredrik Backman is B&N’s May book club pick, while Good Housekeeping selects Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang. Baltimore romantasy festival A Million Lives is dubbed the “Fyre Fest of books.” Dua Lipa’s book club and author interviews earn high praise.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The Pulitzer Prizes are announced, with James by Percival Everett winning the top prize in fiction. Combee by Edda L. Fields-Black, Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal, Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts, New and Selected Poems by Marie Howe, Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls, and To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause by Benjamin Nathans also win Pulitzer Prizes. Earlyword’s May GalleyChat spreadsheet is out now. The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei is the May GMA book club pick.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Branch Manager, West End Branch, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library DEGREE MLIS, Kent State University, 2016 FAST FACT Parks originally went to school for fine art, but turned to programming and events through the college’s library and Black Student Union.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Future Ready Library Information Specialist, Alan B. Shepard Middle School, Deerfield, IL DEGREE PhD, Instructional Technology, Northern Illinois University, 2024 FAST FACT Trudeau pushes her limits by running marathons, skydiving, bench pressing her weight, earning a PhD, and traveling the world solo.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
The Tenant by Freida McFadden leads holds this week. Also in demand are titles by Carley Fortune, Fredrik Backman, Florence Knapp, and Nate Bargatze. Ten LibraryReads and nine Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is May Read with Jenna pick The Names by Florence Knapp. Audiofile announces the May 2025 Earphones Award winners. Plus, Columbia University will announce the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes today via livestream at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Director of Libraries, Suffolk Public Library, VA DEGREE MLS, Drexel University, 2003 FAST FACT Rudy loves going out to eat, and his favorite restaurant is PigFish in Hampton Roads, VA. FOLLOW linkedin.com/in/clintrudy Photo by Kevin Sary VALLA-dationAs director of Suffolk Public Library, Clint Rudy participated in Virginia Library Leadership Academy (VALLA) in 2012, became VALLA coordinator in 2018, and in 2022 led a task force to reimagine and revise the academy.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Manager of Youth Services, Nassau Library System, NY DEGREE MLIS, Queens College, City University of New York FOLLOW facebook.com/nlsyouthservices; facebook.com/nassaulibrarysystem Photo by Femi Aziz, Serengeti Design Studios Calm in the Collections“After COVID, our local newspapers were filled with stories on how teens were struggling. I thought, ‘Why couldn’t we do something for teens?’” says Renee McGrath, manager of youth services for the Nassau Library System, NY.
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1 week ago | 
libraryjournal.com | Kate Merlene
Science and Engineering Librarian, University of Denver DEGREE MLIS, University of Denver, 2007 FOLLOW du.digication.com/alejandro-marquez/about-me; linkedin.com/in/alejandro-marquez-9a361720a Photo by Kiersten Merkel Wellness WorksAfter graduating from library school, Alejandro Marquez served in the Peace Corps in El Salvador, and the experience still affects his work today.
