HBO Max Is Adapting The Westing Game
Is Ellen Raskin’s The Westing Game the mystery book you hold up all other mystery reads to? Good news (depending on how you feel about adaptations): HBO Max is working on a series adaptation. It’s not the first adaptation of the Newbery Medal winning novel; the Showtime film version in the ’90s changed the plot a lot and fans were not thrilled– so here’s hoping this one nails the landing.
Roadside Poems Around The U.S.
Senryu poems follow the three line 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern of a Haiku, but unlike the Haiku, which are generally about nature, the Senryu focuses on human nature and can be humorous. And I tell you this because Senryu poems are popping up on road signs all over the U.S., which is just delightful!
PRH Report on Diversity Proves What We Know
One of the largest publishers, Penguin Random House, released an internal report on workforce demographics that shows, even with its increase in hiring African American, Hispanic, and Asian employees, its workforce is still very much white. Specifically 80% of its warehouse staff is white and 78% of its non-warehouse staff is white. “…U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh, said, ‘I don’t think any of us is likely to be surprised by the data, which show that our company, like our industry, is far too homogeneous. But seeing what we generally know to be true documented this way is hard: the distance we have to travel to become a truly diverse company feels all the more daunting when you look at the numbers.’”
Do You Need a Library Science Degree to Work in a Library?
Want to work in a library without an MLS degree? Here’s how.