Books on the Brain Podcast

In this month's installment of our book reports we are talking about the email sent to book influencers that clearly needed some HR attention and the history of book vending machines!

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Sources:

https://bestofbooktok.com/services

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/08/archives/sir-allen-lane-67-of-penguin-books-founder-of-paperback-firm-in-35.html

https://www.grapheine.com/en/history-of-graphic-design/history-of-book-covers-3 

https://www.penguin.com/our-story-timeline/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/06/03/build-a-better-vending-machine-and-well-the-rest-is-history/f08fe6f4-0ab0-4503-8b68-129521e91c9d/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/book-vending-machines_b_2945364

https://vimeo.com/53679084 
http://www.monkeyspaw.com/the-biblio-mat/

For this week's episode we've been gathering book news from the last month and compiled it into one episode for you to enjoy!

We're talking about upcoming book to screen adaptions

New book to screen announcements

What happened with the 2023 Hugo Awards

Libby's new Book Awards

The Bride Special Edition cover

What JKR is up to now

and the Olive & June x Colleen Hoover collab

Share you're thoughts with us over on our instagram @Booksonthebrainpod. You can also send us an email at [email protected]

You can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok & YouTube, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram & TikTok

Sources:

Book to Screen:

https://screenrant.com/book-adaptations-movie-tv-show-2024/ 

https://www.etonline.com/the-most-anticipated-book-to-screen-adaptations-of-2024-218679

https://deadline.com/category/books/page/2/ 

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-tv-series-scrapped-hulu-acotar-sarah-j-maas-1235908518/ 

Hugo Awards:

https://www.vulture.com/article/hugo-awards-china-censorship-controversy.html

https://www.patreon.com/posts/98498779 

https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-faq/#Who%20runs%20the%20ballot?

https://www.wsfs.org/2024/02/26/announcement-from-wsfs-mark-protection-committee/ 

https://glasgow2024.org/chairs-statement-15th-february-2024/

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/94229-resignations-censures-follow-in-wake-of-hugo-awards-controversy.html 

The Libbys

https://www.libbylife.com/2024-02-09-announcing-the-finalists-for-the-first-annual-libby-book-awards-aka-the-libbys

JKR

https://lavendermagazine.com/big-gay-news/jk-rowling-donates-big-money-to-anti-trans-group/ 

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back with another stunning AND WAY MORE consistent season of goofs and good books. If you aren't watching the video version on Spotify, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals. Today we chat about our 2024 goals and tell you whats hot and whats not. Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok & YouTube, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram & TikTok

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back with another stunning AND WAY MORE consistent season of goofs and good books. If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals. Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok & YouTube, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram & TikTok

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back with another bookish news episode! This is our Halloween episode, but the topics we wanted to cover needed a more serious tone, so please prepare yourselves accordingly. If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals. Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/message-scholastic-book-fairs 

https://pen.org/press-release/scholastic-urged-o-explore-other-options-instead-of-limiting-or-partitioning-diverse-book-titles-at-school-book-fairs/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/19/scholastic-book-fair-diverse-titles-separate/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/scholastic-optional-diverse-collection-apology/

http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/update-scholastic-us-book-fairs 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/19/textbook-publishers-florida-critical-race-theory/?itid=lk_inline_manual_36

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/books/frankfurt-book-fair-cancels-award-adania-shibli.html

https://newsbeezer.com/switzerlandeng/frankfurt-book-fair-palestinian-author-in-zurich-her-novel-is-said-to-be-anti-semitic/

https://www.litprom.de/en/best-books/liberaturpreis/the-winner-2023/

https://www.tiktok.com/@vivafalastinleen/video/7288407369313307947

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8B6ngB9/

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back after a summer long break! They are catching you up on what has been happening in their lives and what they have been reading while they haven't been recording. If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals.

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre dive back into their favorite segment The Book Report! Danielle goes into one of the newest pieces of legislation against books in the United States, Texas law HB900. Deirdre goes for something lighter exploring the history of the beach read.

Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-15/15-most-banned-books-2022-2023

https://www.bookweb.org/news/abfe-statement-governor-abbott-signing-hb900-law-1629599

https://ncac.org/project/the-kids-right-to-read-project

https://www.bookbrowse.com/news/detail/index.cfm/news_item_number/3091/news/texass-new-book-sexual-rating-law-denounced

https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4504#m60419

https://bookriot.com/what-makes-a-book-a-beach-read/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/02/beach-read-summer-books-holiday-vacation

https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/beach-reads-and-the-construction-of-a-guilty-pleasure/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/books/a-brief-history-of-summer-reading.html

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/06/02/issue.html

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/06/05/issue.html

Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre catch up on their goal progress for 2023! We also catch up on life because SOOOO much has been happening and we are embracing that to the fullest. If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals (aka our beautiful faces).

Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly(ish) on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre take some time for a little R&R while discussing the latest in book news and drama. Looking for low-stakes beauty and skin care advice, look no further! If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals.

Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle is diving into the world of HP Lovecraft and the expansiveness of his work and Deirdre is taking us back to the 1950s and the book hoax that turned into a PR stunt!

https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,92545,00.html

https://www.theawl.com/2013/02/the-man-behind-the-brilliant-media-hoax-of-i-libertine/

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/i_libertine

http://web.archive.org/web/20020427051336/flicklives.com/Articles/Wall_Street_Journel/8-1-56/8-1-56.jpg

https://gizmodo.com/the-bizarre-true-life-tale-of-the-hoax-behind-i-libert-1686572112

https://www.vox.com/culture/21363945/hp-lovecraft-racism-examples-explained-what-is-lovecraftian-weird-fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-writers-are-turning-h-p-lovecraft-s-racist-work-on-its-head-1.5883881

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/arts/television/lovecraft-country-season-finale.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/television/hp-lovecraft.html

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