This week on the bookish internet

Kleopatra Olympiou has advice for anyone attempting NaNoWriMo this year. (Litreactor)
Jessica Pishko reports that members of Moms for Liberty—a pro-censorship organization—are now calling for librarians to be arrested. (Slate)
Meanwhile, Sarah Shoemaker writes in praise of reference librarians. (LitHub)
Mara Franzen explains hopepunk. (Book Riot)
Josh Jones reveals that Fyodor Dostoevsky was a doodler. (OpenCulture)
Daniel Victor takes a look at Dobby’s grave in Wales, which has apparently gotten out of control. (New York Times)
Isabelle Popp dives into the fascinating (to me, at least) world of “forgotbusters,” books that were huge at the time but have completely dropped of the bookish radar. (Book Riot)
On the other hand, Jeremy Dauber reminds us that Dracula continues to resonate. (The Atlantic)
…and this week’s dose of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.

3 thoughts on “This week on the bookish internet”

Yikes, the Moms for Liberty stuff is frightening for our future.

Where and what is Dobby’s grave? I’m from Wales but haven’t heard of it so am curious – the article unfortunately is behind a paywall

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