Allison
@doilyparton.bsky.social
#Librarian. Lip Balm Expert. Crafter. All views are my own.
MY #HWA FORMAL GRIEVANCES My two grievances: The ED attempting to overtake Spirited Giving The org refusing to follow it's own stated mission. #horror #writers drive.google.com/file/d/1B_pm...
James Sabata - Formal Grievances - 08.29.26.pdf
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You may or may not know that 99% of my adult life has been spent in nonprofit-land, most as a professional fundraiser & grant writer and more recently in communications. I have worked for tiny local nonprofits and huge national nonprofits, both 501(c)(3)s and 509(a)s. I have extensive experience 1/
The DMV area is getting a horror bookstore. I repeat, the DMV area is getting a horror bookstore!
HWA put out a 9 minute video that talked more about sticking with them than apologizing for mishandling sexual misconduct AND having a literal white supremacist heading their grievance committee. This is sickening.
I spend more time vetting restaurants to eat at than the HWA does heads of committees, nominees, and trustees.
The HWA grievance committee is run by the failed Trump judicial Nominee who praised the Klan? Seems not ideal!
Joe Koch@horrorsong.blog · 2mo agoTIL this is who apparently runs the Grievance Committee of the HWA. Patrick's still running unopposed. He's posted a weak statement on his substack saying he's grown as a person since creeping on Theo and "let the voters decide." There's no one else to vote for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_T...
If a grandma is serving and cooking the food, plus I'm skeptical if you take card payments...the food is going to RIP.
I'm planning on writing a blog post about how to support laid off library workers. I'd be excited to hear your ideas or examples! 📚
Libraries that don't support outside professional development for staff are absolutely wild.
As someone who reads Horror professionally now, everyone NEEDS to read @ravineangel.bsky.social's Persona. A colleague described it as reminiscent of J-Horror of the late 90's/early 00's (they're correct). It's bleak and so so scary.
@ceejthemoment.bsky.social's Headlights is a masterpiece. That's it. That's the post.
Feeling vindicated over my skepticism of BookCon. A few months ago, I asked them over social media if they'd be offering Professional Passes for book industry folks (which includes teachers, booksellers, and librarians) and received the SNOTTIEST answer.
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
I feel so incredibly honored to be apart of NYPL's Best Horror Committee, and elated to announce that we are part of @raforall.bsky.social's 31 days of Horror! raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2025/10/31-d...
31 Days of Horror: Day 28-- How NYPL Makes Their Best Horror of the Year List
Back at StokerCon in June, Konrad and I met Kate and Allison from the New York Public Library and began conversations about how the HWA Libr...
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Heyyyyyy so I got to be the co-chair of NYPL's Best Horrir committee...and guess what...OUR LIST IS OUT www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults
Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...
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"We need a new understanding. One that asks not just what’s “legal,” but what’s just. One that recognizes that feeding bots on borrowed books without consent or compensation is not innovation—it’s appropriation with better branding." lithub.com/the-courts-j...
The Courts Just Made Our Libraries Sitting Ducks For AI Plundering
The law may call it fair use. But in the age of AI, it’s starting to look like a free lunch. A California federal judge ruled this week that Meta Platforms Inc. did not violate copyright law when i…
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If your express bys gets delayed by 20 minutes or more you should be able to challenge the bus driver to a fist fight.
Begging ANY baseball player to use drums of death by fka twigs as a walk up song.
