Library Journal

Library Journal is a U.S. trade magazine aimed at librarians. Established in 1876 by Melvil Dewey, who is well-known for creating the Dewey decimal system, this publication covers news within the library sector, focusing mainly on public libraries. It provides insightful articles on various professional practices and reviews materials and equipment related to libraries. Each month, the "Library Journal Book Review" features pre-publication critiques of hundreds of popular and scholarly books.

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British Book Awards Name Percival Everett Author of the Year | Book Pulse

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.
‘Marble Hall Murders’ by Anthony Horowitz Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse

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.
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Fired

6 days ago | libraryjournal.com | Lisa Peet

Photo courtesy of Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden. In a two-sentence email obtained by the Associated Press, sent on the evening of Thursday, May 8, Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel Trent Morse wrote, “Carla, on behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.
The Awakening and Other Stories by Kate Chopin | Review Anew

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Neal Wyatt

In this important work of early feminism, which shocked its readers but reflected its times, Chopin mirrors the sensibilities of her age while universally underscoring the desire to reject prescribed roles and definitions. ★Chopin, Kate. The Awakening and Other Stories. Union Square. Nov. 2024. 288p. ISBN 9781454953098. pap. $8.99. FEdna Pontellier is a married woman, mother of sons, and wife of a respectable, conventional man.
Otherwise Award Winners Announced | Book Pulse

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.
Prepub Alert: The Complete List | September 2025 Titles

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Melissa DeWild |Neal Wyatt

All the September 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post. All the September 2025 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post. Pop FictionChang, Jade. What a Time To Be Alive. Ecco. Sept. 2025. ISBN 9780063416390. 304p. $28.99. FICTIONLola is broke, unemployed, and grieving the death of a friend when she ends up in a viral video, launching her into internet fame as a self-help guru. Chang’s (The Wangs vs.
Percival Everett’s ‘James’ Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Book Pulse

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.
Linda Martinez | Movers & Shakers 2025-Educators

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Neal Wyatt

Librarian, Buell Central DAEP High School, Pharr, TX DEGREE MLS, Sam Houston State University, 2014 FAST FACT Martinez became obsessed with dinosaurs as a child and still learns about them.
Michelle Matthews | Movers & Shakers 2025-Change Agents

1 week ago | libraryjournal.com | Neal Wyatt

Community & Employee Engagement Director, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, OH DEGREE BS, Business, University of Maryland, 1989 FAST FACT Matthews loves to travel and once rode in a hot air balloon over a Moroccan desert. FOLLOW linkedin.com/in/michelle-matthews-8492ba15 Photo by Steve France Outreach VeteranMichelle Matthews, community and employee engagement director at Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library (CHPL), is an Air Force veteran.
Keloni Parks | Movers & Shakers 2025-Change Agents

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.