ALA Awards

Social media is a dumpster fire (This week in books)

February 3, 2023 by Nathan Bransford 2 Comments

This week! Books! You know it, I know it. Social media just isn’t what it used to be. Approximately 15 years into the social media era, and 8 years after GameGate marked the beginning of the end, we’re at a messy nadir, where the giants (Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Snap) are earnestly committing suicide, the insurgent (TikTok) […]

‘The Last Cuentista’ wins the Newbery (This week in books)

January 28, 2022 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! The ALA Awards were handed out this week, and congrats to the winners! John Newbery Medal: The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Randolph Caldecott Medal: Watercress – illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang Coretta Scott King illustrator and author awards: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston […]