For Readers
Review a Nebraska Book
Suggested Websites
- AcqWeb’s Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
- ALSC Awards & Scholarships The Association for Library Service to Children lists include Newbery, Caldecott, and Belpré award winners.
- The Big Read Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. “Inspiring people across the country to pick up a good book.” Listen to radio programs, watch video profiles, and read brief essays about classic authors.
- Armchair Interviews “Connecting authors to their readers.” Book reviews and more.
- BookBrowse Provides a substantial excerpt of each and every recommended book. Multiple reviews from newspapers and magazines with no plot spoilers. Hundreds of author interviews and reading guides.
- BookSpot.com Everything for the reader: reading lists, award-winning books, an author spotlight section, web sites, and a genre corner.
- Choices Reading Lists Each year, thousands of children, young adults, teachers, and librarians around the United States select their favorite recently published books for the “Choices” booklists.
- Fantastic Fiction UK site, good resource for finding book series, lists new and forthcoming books.
- Google Book Search Previews of books (some full text), book reviews and references to titles from other Internet sites.
- IndieBound Features a monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers. “Indie Bestsellers” is based on in-store sales from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.
- ipl2 Literary Criticism Collection Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
- National Book Festival Tens of thousands of book-lovers from across the country descend on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to meet dozens of award-winning poets, authors, and illustrators.
- NebraskaAuthors.org Celebrating Nebraska writers through a searchable database sponsored by the UNL Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, Lincoln City Libraries' Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors, and Nebraska Literary Heritage Association.
- Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly is the international news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries and more.
- New York Times Bestseller Lists
- NewPages Guide to Review Sources
- NPR: Books Listen to broadcasts or read transcripts of book reviews and interviews with authors.
- Readers Read Book Reviews Featured reviews in The Internet Writing Journal®, a monthly online magazine. All the books featured are recommended reading.
- Social networking sites for readers Share your love of reading and connect with other readers. (For complete access, these sites require registration.)
- Talking Book & Braille Service This Nebraska Library Commission service is part of a nationwide network of cooperating libraries headed by the National Library Service (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress. Learn how to become a volunteer.
- WorldCat.org Gain access to the catalogs of libraries worldwide. Or, find an item at a library near you.
- YALSA Booklists Provided by the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Video Recordings
Poetry–Capturing the
Moment with U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser & Friends
| NET Television
Nebraskan Ted Kooser, the 13th U.S. Poet Laurate, shows us the beauty
in the ordinary through his poetry. This educational DVD provides
multiple venues for educators, students, and all of us to experience
poetry in an everyday way. Includes “Ted Kooser’s
Poetic World” television program, poets reciting their own
poetry, poets’ roundtable discussion, lesson plans
for schools, and websites. Featured poets: Dominique Garay, Mary
Strong Jackson, William Kloefkorn, Ted Kooser, Lyn Messersmith, Mikah
Tacha.
Find this DVD @ your
library®. Or, borrow it from the Nebraska Library Commission.
Call the Commission at 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665 (NE only) or
send an e-mail for more
information.
2009 Nebraska Book Festival
Events from the 2009 Nebraska Book festival, including discussions with
and readings by Nebraska authors, award presentations, and discussion of
the 2009 One Book One Nebraska selection. Speakers: William Kloefkorn,
Dan Welch, Ted Kooser, Michael Forsberg, Allison Hedge Coke, Harley Jane
Kozak, Stew Magnuson, Keith Terry, Ron Hansen, Kristine Gerber.
Borrow this DVD from the Nebraska Library Commission. The DVDs are
available for loan from the Nebraska Library Commission.
Call the Commission at 402-471-4016 or 800-307-2665 (NE only) or
send an e-mail for more
information.
Blogs
- ArtsBeat: Books A blog about books and other forms of printed matter, written by the staff of The New York Times.
- The Book Blog From ReadersRead.com.
- Blogging for a Good Book A suggestion a day from the Williamsburg Regional Library.
- In the Bookroom A collaborative blog about books, media, and publishing presented by the editors of Library Journal.
- Jacket Copy Books, authors and all things bookish from the staff of the Los Angeles Times.
- Page-turner Criticism, contention, and conversation about books that matter. From staff members of The New Yorker.
- Printers Row A blog about readers, writers and books by the staff of the Chicago Tribune.
- Reading Room In the Reading Room, editors at The New York Times lead discussions about classic books and other literary subjects, with panels that can include authors, reviewers, scholars and journalists.
Find a Library
- Nebraska Public Libraries Organized by city/location. Entries include address, directions, hours, website address, and internet services information.
- Nebraska Academic Libraries Directory of libraries by city.
Book Clubs
Book clubs and discussion groups in Nebraska enjoy a rich heritage that spans three centuries. The oldest known Nebraska group is the George Eliot Club of Hastings, which was begun in December of 1889. The club’s name derives from the fact that the women who founded the group chose as their first reading a book on the life of George Eliot, “an outstanding and most controversial authoress in the nineteenth century.” Other clubs with lengthy histories include Fortnightly of Beatrice and Mu Sigma of Omaha, both begun in 1892.
Before you begin the process of forming your own club, it might be a good idea to do some research and see if there are existing book clubs that you can join. Many public libraries host their own reading groups, led by professionals, and some book stores do the same.
- Book Club Kits Available through your library from the Nebraska Library Commission.
- Great Books Foundation Promotes reading, thinking, and the sharing of ideas for people of all ages. Since 1947, the Foundation has helped millions of people make the reading and discussion of literature a lifelong source of enjoyment, personal growth, and social engagement.
- October Is National Reading Group Month Testimonials from Nebraskans about belonging to a book group.
- Reading Group Choices Offers interesting, informative, fun, and interactive material of interest to book clubs.
- ReadingGroupGuides Created especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever.
Terminology
- IOBA Book Terminology From the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
- Gale Glossary of Literary Terms
- Library Glossary Maintained by Duke University Libraries.
Related Links
- NCB News Newsletter — Includes book reviews