New Online Bookstore For LGBTQ+ Readers Across UK & Ireland
Readers of LGBTQ+ books across the UK and Ireland now have a new online bookstore to shop at: Queer Lit. The store’s managing director, Matthew Cornford, was inspired to open the shop after visiting a store in Manchester describing itself as the biggest book shop in the North. “I was shocked to be told ‘We don’t have an LGBTQ section. You’ll need to go home and search the internet for gay books then come and find it in its relevant category.’”
Smithsonian Magazine’s Best Food Books of 2020
Here’s a delicious 2020 “best of” list: Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Books About Food of 2020. A few of the titles for food lovers include Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley’s Falastin: A Cookbook; How to Be a Conscious Eater: Making Food Choices That Are Good for You, Others, and the Planet by Sophie Egan; and Mely Martínez’s The Mexican Home Kitchen: Traditional Home-Style Recipes That Capture the Flavors and Memories of Mexico.
Mom Starts Indie Publishing House To Bring More South Asian Voices To Kid’s Lit
After realizing that her daughters were not going to be able to see themselves often in children’s books, let alone on the covers, Sailaja Joshi decided to start an independent publishing house. Mango and Marigold Press’ mission “is to bridge the diversity gap and the accessibility gap in children’s literature” by centering the South Asian experience in its stories.