Ann’s Notebooks

Notebook: Ephemera

Ephemeralists arise!

Sep 28 •

Announcing Our Fall 2025 Partner Bookstore: (2) The Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky!

Bookselling is like a farm

Sep 1 •

Announcing Our Fall 2025 Partner Bookstore: (I) The Berry Center in New Castle, Kentucky!

Culture and agriculture

Aug 31 •

Announcing Our Summer 2025 Partner Bookstore: Page & Palette in Fairhope, Alabama!

A rambling bookstore on a busy corner refreshed by Gulf breezes welcomes visitors from all over the South and beyond

Jun 1 •

Notebook: Monuments

History is not only written by victors, it is composed of what victors choose to preserve, and what they throw away

Apr 27 •

Notebook: (2) Dismantling the Ideas Infrastructure

As the institutions bend, the defense of intellectual integrity is left to the powerless

Mar 31 •

Notebook: (1) Dismantling the Ideas Infrastructure

Attacks in the last ten weeks on how we create, nurture, share, and preserve ideas

Mar 30 •

Back at the Wheel

Wrapping up our little pause

Mar 19 •

Notebook: On the Road with Bookmobiles

By mule, by bicycle, by rail, by sea, a little history of the bookmobile

Feb 26 •

Letter to Readers

Begging your indulgence

Feb 19 •

Notebook: Listening Session

In 2024 record numbers are doing their reading by ear. What’s going on, and what does it mean for writers and readers?

Feb 10 •

Notebook: How Do Your Novels Grow?

Behind the scenes in an industry that struggles to reward and encourage great work

Jan 26 •

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