The Game of Love and Death

by David | Feb 17, 2015 | Archive, Books

Martha Brockenbrough’s The Game of Love and Death lands on store shelves in April. I think you should read it, of course I do, but don’t take MY word for it.

Check out what Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly have to say:

Brockenbrough never sugarcoats the obstacles facing Henry and Flora’s love — whether human prejudices or supernatural manipulations — in this inventive and affecting novel, and the ending in which Flora, who has seen too many people die, realizes how love and death intertwine, is beautiful.

- Publisher’s Weekly STARRED REVIEW 
Race, class, fate and choice—they join Love and Death to play their parts in Brockenbrough’s  haunting and masterfully orchestrated narrative.

- Kirkus STARRED REVIEW 

 

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Can publishers code?

by David | Feb 16, 2015 | Archive, Books

Sarah O’Connor’s challenge to publishers: code or die trying.

Worth a read.

Does The Future of Libraries Have Little to Do with Books?

by David | Jan 20, 2015 | Archive, Books

With all of the talk of library cuts and closures in the UK - where do you see libraries going?

In a digital age that has left book publishers reeling, libraries in the world’s major cities seem poised for a comeback, though it’s one that has very little to do with books. The Independent Library Report—published in December by the U.K.’s Department for Culture, Media, and Sport—found that libraries across the nation are re-inventing themselves by increasingly becoming “vibrant and attractive community hubs,” focusing on the “need to create digital literacy—and in an ideal world, digital fluency.”

Have a read!