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The Heartland by Nathan Filer (Faber) An incredibly profound book on a much misunderstood mental disorder by a mental health nurse and award-winning writer. Filer draws upon his experience of working in psychiatric wards and articulately reveals how the stigma surrounding schizophrenia impacts those affected by it. The Heartland is a vital read for everyone which brims with knowledge, wit and compassion. Mind on Fire by Arnold Thomas Fanning (Penguin) Fanning suffered from depression during adolescence, following the death of his mother....

CW: Both the show and several of these books discuss sexual assault, harassment, self-harm, and/or depression.

It’s been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is—cancer free. So why doesn’t she feel more alive? When her forced cheer isn’t enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, Libby decides to fly them all to Vieques, the Puerto Rican island where she and her husband fell in love. When a tropical storm heads their way, Libby can’t see that the worst disaster they’ve faced may be a blessing in disguise....

This variety during school hours leads to greater variety during planning time. School librarians must have an understanding of curriculum for several different grade levels and lesson plans ready to go for several different situations. Even in middle and high school, where library is often not a “class,” school librarians typically teach research and annotation skills on demand. The teaching prep does not include the massive amount of work required to actually run a library: researching titles, book acquisition, processing and covering, repairing broken books, maintaining software, managing a budget…the list truly goes on and on....

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I don’t want to say that podcasts have completely replaced the radio — they haven’t, and many podcast listeners also follow radio programs. They are, however, being chosen more and more, especially by younger generations who didn’t grow up with the radio. In addition to that, anyone with the means to access the internet and purchase some basic tools can now start their own podcast, and there are dozens of books teaching them how to do so....

The Haunting of Hill House meets I’ll Be Gone in the Dark in bestselling author Sarah Gailey’s new darkly gothic thriller.“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement—she’s come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there, beneath the house he’d built for his family.There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the Crowder House....

For many of us, our first introductions to the world of writers like Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and others writing in English have been through translated versions. The text gets redesigned, often condensed, and the end product is something that is faithful to the original work but also has an essence of its own. Translated literature is how we step into the universe of the “other” and learn that their joys and woes are not much different from our own....

Savory Tolkien-Inspired Recipes What better way to start off than with one of hobbits’ much-loved foods: mushrooms! If you want to start feasting early, this mushroom toast would be a great savory breakfast option. However, as stated in the recipe, these versatile mushrooms don’t have to be limited to toast, and can be served in any number of ways at any meal. When the dwarves visit Bilbo at the beginning of The Hobbit, they have their fill of Bilbo’s seemingly endless supply of food and drink....

This year’s BookExpo and BookCon lineup featured a wide array of celebrities, from actors to musicians to athletes and beyond. Check out some of the new and upcoming titles from celebrities who put on their author hats and took the stage at BookCon this year. Adam Rippon — Adam Rippon (@AdamRippon) May 31, 2019 If you’re a fan of Olympic figure skating, you probably recognize bronze medal winner Adam Rippon....

Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common—they didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer and author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara, Billy got fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up....

What if a viral pandemic put women in charge of the planet? Athena Vosh lives just like any other teenager from the year 2099. She watches reality shows with her friends, eats well, and occasionally wonders to herself: what would life be like if men were still alive? It has been almost 50 years since an experimental virus accidentally killed all the men on earth. However, a controversial project is currently underway to bring men back....

I studied ballet, modern, and jazz for many years. Though I don’t currently perform or take technique classes, dance books help me feel connected to the version of myself who spent plenty of free moments in the studio growing up. Interested in dance? These nine works of fiction will have you busting a move as you turn the pages. Swing time by Zadie Smith Swing Time is a gorgeous meditation on family, heritage, and friendship between young girls....

Ready Player One meets Black Panther in this electrifying book Entertainment Weekly called “the YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” Driven to save the only world in which she can be herself, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson must preserve her secret identity as the developer of the online multiplayer game SLAY and harness what it means to be unapologetically Black in a world intimidated by Blackness. But can Kiera protect the game without losing herself in the process?...

In fact, more teens are openly identifying as LGBTQ than ever before. Significantly, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted a rise between 2015 and 2019. The percentage of youth aged 15 to 17 who reported being queer increased from 8.3% to 11.7%. Of course, this doesn’t mean that more teens are queer than ever before. Many factors attribute to this reported increase, including increased awareness, acceptance, and resources for people who are exploring their gender identity and/or sexuality....

I have been working from home for a few months now, and, like everyone else in this same situation, can tell you work is not regular. Sometimes you find yourself full of ideas, inspired and with piles of offers, clients, and articles, but most days, that’s not the case. It seems that no matter how hard I tried, I could never find a schedule that worked for me. Either I would procrastinate my work until it seemed I had enough of it to justify my anxiety, or I would neglect my health, work nonstop, eat crappy food, and not leave the house for days....

He continued by laying out the case that science fiction should be swarming with Black writers because white supremacy (he did not use the words white supremacy, but it is what he described) makes for great horror and dystopian content. As someone who identifies as an Afrofuturist, I found that to be problematic at minimum and impetuous at its worst. Dery continues to be attributed for coining the term Afrofuturism, but the nuance is missing from the context the word is used in....

That said, after multiple waves of title announcements and a lot of publication dates slipping, I realized I didn’t have a good sense of what was out, what was imminent, and what had quietly disappeared. So I did some digging! Here’s the roundup of all the DC Ink and Zoom titles that have been announced so far, with their status as far as I know it: DC Ink Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki and Joelle Jones Originally released as single issues, this was initially going to be part of the first wave of DC Ink titles when it was released as a trade, but because the imprint as a whole was delayed, the Being Super trade was published without the DC Ink branding....

What You’ll Find Collections Like “Currency,” the stories in the collection “The One” share a theme — the path to finding that perfect match — but are all nonfiction instead of fiction. On the other hand, the “Out of Line” collection includes a mix of fiction and nonfiction works, each a take on “women on the verge of a breakthrough.” While most collections feature a variety of authors, “Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes)” features six stories by writer Mindy Kaling, who explores her life as a single mom....