- Roz Warren imagines a Library Olympics. (Medium)
- Shannon Chamberlain reveals that fan fiction has a longer history than we might have realized, starting with, of all things, Gulliver’s Travels fan fic. (The Atlantic)
- I cannot resist a story about a con man, especially when it intersects with the bookish world. David Segal reports on the case of Gérard Lhéritier. (The New York Times)
- Olivia Rutigliano points out that playwright Ben Jonson once got off on a murder charge thanks to an astonishingly outrageous loophole. (LitHub)
- Drew Himmelstein shines a light on compassion fatigue and burnout among school librarians. (School Library Journal)
- Christopher Schultz reflects on the Mary Sue. (LitReactor)
- Anna Gooding-Call asks, should you stay up late to finish that book? (Book Riot)
- Ruby Elliot illustrates a bookworm’s odyssey. (The New York Times)
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Library olympics??? Not sure some of those events would be very exciting. But then again the real olympics include synchronised swimming which I’ve always thought it a bit of an odd ‘sport’!