One more weekend before Labor Day! The end of summer goes fast. Here are some of the things that had people buzzing on Twitter this week. Wednesday was the anniversary of the amendment which gave women the right to vote. Two television reporters were killed by a domestic terrorist. Here’s what happened in the book, pop culture, and library worlds this week.
Books/Reading/Authors
- @JanniLeeSimner Are you too strange for fiction? http://www.zazzle.com/too_strange_for_fiction_tshirt-235051054610283445 …
- @quirkbooks Matching A Book By Its Cover: A Visual Exercise http://bit.ly/1JxmX7p
- @theswanky17s If you’re a debut young adult or middle grade author being pubbed in ’17 we’ll be launching the Swanky site w/ membership info next week!
- @TLT16 Foster Teens and Orphans in #Yalit #scifi http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2015/08/reflections-of-reality-foster-teens-and-orphans-in-young-adult-science-fiction-a-guest-post-by-kerry-sutherland/ … a guest post
- @miss_print If you’re looking for YA Historical/Fantasy titles heavy on adventure and light on romance, I have a list for that: https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/list/share/323466277_bklynemmac/495416788 …
- @epicreads Pick a dog, get a book recommendation! http://bit.ly/1EiRbIY #NationalDogDay
- @skrishna Today on @HeyPanels I wrote THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO PRIVACY by @violetblue from @nostarch http://panels.net/2015/08/26/lock-it-down-maintaining-privacy-in-the-gutters/ …
- @tehawesomersace Aversive Racism and the Traditional Publishing Model http://justinaireland.com/dammit-this-is-a-blog/2015/8/27/aversive-racism-and-the-traditional-publishing-model …
- @believekarolina Always and forever, amen. http://electricliterature.com/why-we-do-weird-things-an-interview-with-ottessa-moshfegh-author-of-eileen/ …
Continue reading Tweets of the Week: August 28th
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