The role of the traditional “librarian behind the counter” is under threat in a drive by councils to cut staff hours using self-service checkouts. Officials in some local authorities are proposing that... Read more »
âI am not a biographer, in the usual definition of that term,â Ann Powers writes in her introduction to Travelling, describing herself instead as âa critic, a kind of mapmakerâ. Her book... Read more »
It was the backdrop to a literary world of the lost Levant. Away from the sea, on a narrow street in the old Greek quarter of Alexandria, 10 Rue Lepsius was the... Read more »
Hello BookBrowsers! As you probably noticed, we’ve updated the BookBrowse site and branding. While we will be ironing out the kinks over the next several weeks (and please do contact us if... Read more »
End of the librarian? council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink Jul 07 2024 Staff in England’s public libraries under threat of being replaced by automated checkouts amid budget... Read more »
Hachette reorgs Workman, moves Algonquin into Little, Brown Jul 16 2024 Hachette Book Group on Monday confirmed a realignment that included layoffs at Workman Publishing, as well as several promotions and other... Read more »
Microsoft outages caused by CrowdStrike software glitch paralyze airlines, other businesses. Here’s what to know. Jul 19 2024 Banks, airlines, television networks and health systems around the world that rely on Microsoft... Read more »
This memoir-cum-polemic by George the Poet, AKA George Mpanga, opens at a party attended by the author where a white man starts preaching about race to a group of Black guests and... Read more »
A “boundary-pushing take on the police procedural” which features a human detective working with an AI sleuth in order to solve a missing persons case has won the coveted Theakston Old Peculier... Read more »