The year is 1987 and Arizona State University librarian Betty Glover has "a solution to the sedentary life of most librarians"Work it out.Enjoy.h/t and thanks to neatorama
A Bookless Future: "What Other People Think is Wrong"
Short video created by Eden Ames for the Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest held by the National Coalition Against Censorship. The theme of this year's contest: You're Reading What?!?" A young boy, in his curiosity of a book his mother blatantly disapproves of, discovers the costly blinding effects of close-mindedness and makes up his mind to reject such a disposition resolving to understand varying perspectives through broad reading."Watch all 12 semifinalists here and don't forget to vote for your favorite.
Mikey on the Bookshop
I don't know much about Mikey other than he's from the UK and has a penchant for books.One of his recent blogs is a 7 minute ramble on the bookshop experience and the "weird little things" that happen in the bookshop.Enjoy.
Orson Wells on Hemingway
Orson Wells on his long-time "very strange relationship" with Ernest Hemingway.
Introducing book patrol TV
Welcome to book patrol TV a new weekly one hour video feast of book goodness. Culled from the mountains of book themed videos permeating the internet bpTV aims to present the viewer with a wide range of material from all corners of the book world. Content will feature both new and older material and include book trailers, animations, readings, commercials, movie scenes, how to videos and book-themed exhibitions. Episodes can be dedicated to a sole one hour clip or it can be a compilation of videos from across the book spectrum.Episode 1 is one such compilation featuring 16 videos. In...