Whiteout Authors Partner with Epic Reads and Loyalty Bookstores to Support One Warm Coat
Loyalty Bookstores, Epic Reads, and the authors of Whiteout — Nicola Yoon, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Nic Stone — have teamed up to support One Warm Coat in their mission to provide free coats to teens, children, and adults in need. During the authors’ Whiteout tour, Loyalty Bookstores will be hosting an in-person coat drive. All attendees are invited to bring their new and gently worn coats for donation. You can drop off coats at the tour stop tonight (Thursday, November 10th, at 6 p.m. ET) and through the weekend until Sunday, November 13th.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Trailer Released
The official trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio has been released ahead of the film’s December 9th premiere on Netflix. Del Toro’s stop motion animation film, which he co-directed with Mark Gustafson, takes the classic Carlo Collodi fairy tale and sets it in Mussolini’s Italy. David Bradley voices Geppetto, Gregory Mann is Pinocchio, and Ewan McGregor is the voice of Jiminy Cricket. The voice cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, and Burn Gorman.
Wake County Library Under Scrutiny After Adding Transphobic Book to Collection
The Wake County Public Libraries are under scrutiny for adding the picture book Johnny the Walrus to their collection. The transphobic book compares being transphobic to pretending to be a walrus. “On the one hand, it is horrifying,” says Rowan Dalzell, a part-time library assistant who is also transgender. “On the other hand, I don’t want to make it out to be more than it is, which is the broadest, stupidest, most bad-faith parody imaginable…The book itself is pretty meaningless: what’s upsetting is what it represents.” The Wake County Library system purchased 20 copies of the picture book after receiving two requests from library patrons, according to county spokeswoman Alice Avery. This follows a scandal last year in which Wake County Library staff tried to remove LGBTQ-themed books from library shelves.
The Best Biographies of 2022
From celebrity bios to experimental memoirs, find the best biographies 2022 had to offer to add to your reading list!