I have just discovered that NZ crime-writing icon Ngaio Marsh had pink and green velvet chairs, smoked turquoise cigarettes with gold tips and hand-wrote DAME on her passport when she was gonged. Gooooaaaals, except the cigs obvs I would just hold them while wearing crimson lipstick etc

“If our country does manage to save itself, it will be because people just like these librarians say enough is enough. We the people have a right to read what we want, and no billionaire or self-appointed prophet will take that right from us.” @la-cac.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

🎁 Gift article Do You Know the Books Behind These Oscar-Winning Films? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🎁 Gift article The Delightful Mania of Catherine O’Hara The Emmy-winning actress was especially adept at playing women who had been cast off but maintained an inflated sense of self, always with a great comedic payoff. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/m...

🎁 Gift article She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again. Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. #TLSky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

🎁 Gift article Broadway’s New Musicals Keep Losing Money. Except This One. “The Outsiders” is the first new musical to open since 2022 to become profitable. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...

🎁 Gift article From ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Stranger Things,’ What Hive Minds Tell Us About Ourselves Many people, one brain. It’s a classic storytelling device, and it’s showing up a lot more lately. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/a...

🎁 Gift article Did Don DeLillo Invent the Racy Hockey Novel? Nearly half a century before “Heated Rivalry” skated its way to screens, a budding literary talent pseudonymously published some sporty smut of his own. #BookSky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/b...

🎁 Gift article Book Clubs Get Swept Away by ‘Wuthering Heights’ To prepare for Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation, a new generation of readers is seeking out Emily Brontë’s Gothic novel — and the “unhinged gossip” it contains. #BookSky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/s...

🎁 Gift article After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library. #skybrarians www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/n...

🎁 Gift article Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. By Jonathan Rauch www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

States Are Banning Book Bans. Will It Work? www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Spiraling into law. The spiral staircase in the American Room in Osgoode Hall, probably the nicest library room in the city. #Toronto #EastCoastKing #Architecture #BlueSkyArtShow #OsgoodeHall #TOhistory #AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks #library

Finished up the Detective Agency book nook! Inspired by the extremely well-known "Detective Famous" agency. 😆

🎁 Gift article - sweet, funny story! Are You Fat Enough to Play in This Soccer League? Man v Fat, a soccer league founded in Britain a decade ago, is expanding in the United States, bringing with it a self-deprecating approach to shedding pounds. #soccer #football www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

The #YA #graphicnovel adaptation of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before releases May 5! bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #library #books #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #librarian #bookrecommendation #librarians

🎁 Gift article Our Favorite Home Libraries From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. #BookSky #Skybrarians #TLSky www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/t...

Public library visitor numbers return to pre-COVID levels as cost-of-living crisis bites #BookSky #Skybrarians www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Libraries. Libraries are the best places. Be nice and kind to everyone and you can stay all day out of the heat. Bring your laptop, phone and chargers, bring snacks and friends

🖼️ "Five a Day" by British children's book illustrator Alison Jay.

goodnight, and remember: library late fees suck. they simply discourage library use. you should be glad if your library abolished them, and if it hasn’t, you should tell them it should. 📚

🎁 Gift article Reading Is a Vice Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive. By Adam Kirsch www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.

Why I love libraries! You read a chapter and it doesn’t grab you? Onto the next title …

I've seen a few people posting stuff along the lines of "2026 is the year I'm going to read more!" My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.

Ebooks are reading. Audiobooks are reading. Graphic novels are reading. Pulp reading is reading. Adults reading YA is reading. It's all good, my friends. Don't let anyone tell you different.

2026 is the National Year of Reading in the UK! Fabulous 1 minute promo trailer below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXD... Check it out – it's sooo good! #TLSky #BookSky #Skybrarians #reading #books #goallin #literacy

The Guardian view on the National Year of Reading 2026: time to start a healthy habit for life Editorial #BookSky #TLSky #Skybrarians www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

🎁 Gift article Dragons, Sex and the Bible: What Drove the Book Business This Year Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025. #BookSky #TLSky #Skybrarians www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...

If you’re looking to ground yourself in a topic with fact-based research, librarians are still your best friends. “There’s information,” the librarian said to me, “and then there’s the right information.” nautil.us/viva-la-libr... #libraries #skybrarians #publibs

In comments on another app (under a post ABOUT AI DISINFO), some well-meaning person basically said, "It's too bad your profession is going extinct." It made me very, very angry, but I responded with:

The pioneering light boxes helping Orkney islanders avoid seasonal affective disorder Wintering Well boxes to counter effects of low light on mental health are ‘super popular’, says island librarian #Skybrarians #TLSky www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🎁 Gift article 7 Podcasts for Bookworms In a world filled with digital distractions, these shows will help you indulge, develop or rekindle a love for reading. #BookSky #Skybrarians #TLSky www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...

🎁 Gift article Why I Stopped Reading and Embraced Audiobooks On the joys of having stories in my ears — and yes, listening counts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

🎁 Gift article From the Ashes to Punch: Inside the MCG library, the largest collection of cricket literature in the world #Ashes #MCG #BoxingDayTest #Skybrarians #BookSky #EngVAus #EngVsAus www.nytimes.com/athletic/691...

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year bookriot.com/book-censors...

Today I helped someone at the library who didn't know you could borrow items for free. She gave me her library card and $40 to pay for the books. Was delighted when I said everything is free to use. I'd never encountered that before. I assumed people just knew library items were free and public.

Good morning. We are open! 📚☕️🎄

This is so important

Great opinion piece by Jacqueline Maley. 'It's time for politicians to return Bondi Beach to the people' www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Who ever this is serving, it’s not helping anything www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year. Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social bookriot.com/book-censors...

🎁 Gift article Can You Ace This Jane Austen 250th Birthday Trivia Quiz? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

One day you're the best thing since sliced bread. The next, you're toast.

when it comes to reading, my brain is so inconsistent. sometimes it wants audiobooks, then a day later it wants ebooks—and then just kidding only a physical book will do. thank goodness for the library 😂

Aww, I won an “I Like It, Picasso” award at my library for the Infinity Castle display I created 😁 #librarysky #demonslayer #booksky

🎁 Gift article Gonzo Fans Have Made ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Into a Global Blockbuster Matt Dinniman introduced his series about an alien reality TV show free on the web. But readers ate up the goofy humor, now to the tune of 6 million books sold. #BookSky www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...