I'm a public librarian and soooo much of my life outside of libraries is being surprised and disappointed with how bad libraries are at promoting themselves to both non-users and even regular patrons! I thought it could be fun to have a little post where I could try to answer any questions you've had about public libraries or librarianship (other librarians please pipe in! I don't know everything!)

Ask away! No stupid questions!

HI EVERYONE! So at the start of spring I asked for the same thing. But NOW it’s summer☀️ So I need the most summer coded books, songs and artists you have ever listened to or read🤞 I would REALLY appreciate if you could help me because I really need a summer themed summer you get me🥹 Thank you🫶

This book may very well scare me and lead me to cancel all social media and electronics, but I HAVE to read it!!

Any murder mystery that gives an Agatha Christie feeling

hello! 💌 I wanted to share a free resource for those of you who may not already know of it.

Leslie Feinberg’s novel Stone Butch Blues is completely free to read as a pdf (you can also get an at-cost print edition) through hir website

“Leslie Feinberg worked up to a few days before hir death to ready the 20th anniversary Author’s Edition of Stone Butch Blues, to make it available to all, for free. This action was part of hir entire life work as a communist to “change the world” in the struggle for justice and liberation from oppression.”

also!!! please let your library know that they can order the at-cost print edition to circulate it through our libraries.

all that said, I can’t recommend it enough (though do check the TW) happy pride <3 🌈✨ ⋆˚꩜｡⋆

Recently, my girlfriend made a comment that my bookshelf is really lacking in books written by women, queer, and non-white authors. In looking through my library, I think that her observation is very valid and I want to do better about it!

I'm a huge science fiction fan, so I was hoping I could get some suggestions on sci-fi books by women, queer, and non-white authors from you all. For reference, I've already read all of the Martha Wells' Murderbot series (except the most recent one, which I just got), the Parable duology by Octavia Butler, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, and This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone and really enjoyed them all.

Any suggestions are welcome, thanks so much!