The Library of Congress is Now on iTunes

The Library of Congress is now offering its podcasts and other programs via iTunes U. For FREE, you can download author interviews and a host of other fun and interesting programs. (To listen to these programs or to save them to an iPod or MP3 player, you must first download a free copy of iTunes to your computer.) Visit the Library of Congress website to learn more.

Geeking the Library

Yes, geeking is now a verb and in this case, an excellent one. SavannahNow.com features an article about a new public awareness campaign called "Geek the Library" - it's sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Click here to read the article online - you might be surprised by how something so geeky can warm the heart. To learn more about "Geek the Library" - visit www.geekthelibrary.org.

50 Books for Our Times

Newsweek has published a very wide-ranging list of books they consider "for our times." Click here to see the list. Kudos to them for listing Georgia's own Flannery O'Connor.

Celebrating 60 Years of Publishing

Weidenfeld & Nicolson is celebrating 60 years in the business - no small feat in today's electronic world. Here's an article in the Guardian UK featuring founder George Weidenfeld.

Details, Details

Curious about the July book club selections mentioned in the previous post? Visit the authors' websites by clicking the links below.

Mary Doria Russell

Margaret Maron

July Book Club Selections

Start reading! Here are the July selections for Noonday Nosh and the Mystery Book Club. Please call the Roswell Library at (770) 640-3075 to reserve a copy as soon as possible.

Noonday Nosh Book Club
July 21st @ 12 Noon
A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell

Mystery Book Club
July 28th @ 6:30 p.m.
The Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron

Dr. King's Books to be Reprinted

The eloquence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be made available to a new generation of readers with the reissue of several long out of print titles. For more details, read about it in the Guardian UK.

August Book Sale

Mark your calendars for our upcoming book sale! The sale will be held in the library's meeting room and in the Friends' Book Corner. Sale hours are as follows:

Preview Party for members (new members may join at the door)
Friday, August 21st
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Regular Book Sale
Saturday, August 22nd
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Foodie Alert: Book Club Cookbooks

Here's an interesting website: www.bookclubcookbook.com Take a look at the selection of novels featuring recipes and other food-related themes. A free subscription to their newsletter, Book Bytes, is available. (Thanks to JS for this tip.)

AJC Decatur Book Festival

The AJC Decatur Book Festival will be held Labor Day weekend. Click here to visit the official website to see what's coming up!

Summer suggestions from Nancy Pearl

More recommendations, this time from NPR commentator and Librarian Nancy Pearl. Click here to read her suggestions, courtesy of NPR.

Summer Reading from the Telegraph UK

The Telegraph UK offers a suggested list of books they've reviewed over the last year. It's a nice blend of fiction and non, including a few American titles. Click here to read the article. Please note that some titles have not yet been published on this side of the pond, but will be soon.

Three Cheers for Ray Bradbury

Author Ray Bradbury is fund raising for the H. P. Wright Branch Library, a Ventura County Public Library that may have to close because of budget cuts. Mr. Bradbury has always been a strong supporter of public libraries. Read the NY Times article here.

A Belated Bloomsday

A thousand apologies for letting Bloomsday (June 16th) slip by without proper acknowledgement. Here's a link to a poignant NY Times Opinion about James Joyce, grandfathers and finding yourself and your family deep inside literature. Enjoy.

Mystery Book Club Meets Next Tuesday

Time to finish that book! The Mystery Book Club meets Tuesday, June 23rd @ 6:30 p.m. at the Roswell Library. The June selection is Brat Farrar by the late, great Josephine Tey.