2022 Children’s Book Week Theme and Poster Revealed
Every Child a Reader and the Children’s Book Council have announced the 2022 Children’s Book Week slogan, “How Do You Book?” The theme challenges participants in 2022 Children’s Book week to think about what they read, where they read, and how they read. “We wanted to have a theme that was actionable and asked young people to think about reading from lots of different angles,” said associate executive director Shaina Birkhead. “We loved the idea of ‘book’ being a verb because books and reading are such an active and vibrant way to engage with the world.” The literary celebration will take place May 2–8 and November 7–13. In May, it will also include the first annual Floyd Cooper Day, in honor of the late author-illustrator.
Love, Victor to End with Season 3 on Hulu
On Tuesday, Hulu announced that the third season of Love, Victor will be its last season. Love, Victor is an offshoot of Love, Simon, based on the novel Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. Love, Victor, starring Michael Cimino, will return for its final season on June 15th. All eight episode will drop at once.
Conversations with Friends Teaser Trailer Released
Hulu has released its first teaser trailer for Conversations with Friends, a 12-episode series based on Sally Rooney’s debut novel of the same name. The series stars Alison Oliver as Frances, Sasha Lane as Bobbi Connolly, Joe Alwyn as Nick Conway, and Jemima Kirke as Melissa Conway. Entertainment Weekly also revealed images from the upcoming series. Conversations with Friends premiers all at once in May on Hulu and BBC Three.
Libraries are More Popular Than Ever and Library Workers Don’t Earn Livable Wages
US public libraries are more popular than ever, but library workers are mostly not paid a livable wage. Here’s a look at the state of US public libraries.