Neuroscientist On Why Reading May Be Hard Right Now
For some, the pandemic has finally given them time to tackle their TBR, and, for others, they’ve found themselves suddenly unable to read. Maybe you’re floundering between the two? Either way, the current state of the world has changed a lot of things, including regular habits which we were using for comfort. Constance Grady at Vox called neuroscientist and psychologist Oliver J. Robinson to discuss why some readers have found themselves unable to read during this time.
Miniature Books In Lockdown
Inspired by the time the Brontë children made stamp-size books for their toy soldiers, Jacqueline Wilson and Axel Scheffler, with the British Library, are asking kids to make their own miniature books. You can check out the miniature books the library has and let kids share their own creations using the hashtag #DiscoveringChildrensBooks or email the learning@bl.uk –there’s going to be a virtual bookshelf created!
Best Translated Books Awards
We have finalists for the 2020 Best Translated Books Awards for fiction and poetry! This certainly is a great time to feel less stuck at home by picking up a book from different countries around the world–and there’s something for different genre readers, including crime (Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones) and SFF (The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder). P.S.: If you’re doing the Read Harder Challenge, Drive Your Plow is perfect for #3.
Hamilton On Disney+ Sooooooooon!
The film version of Hamilton will debut on Disney+ on July 3, over a full year ahead of the originally planned theatrical release.