Normal People arrives on Hulu. There are reading lists for debuts and summer titles as well as LJ’s graphic novel preview. Jeremy Irons, Jeanette Winterson, Hilary Mantel, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, and Iggy Pop are all taking part in a mass reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Draft2Digital shares news that Barnes & Noble is delaying payments to publishers for ebooks sold on the Nook platform.

Experts discuss the challenges of literature research, teaching and learning – and how ProQuest’s new resource is setting out to solve them.

From The Gateway (U. of Alberta Student Newspaper): University of Alberta Libraries is permanently closing the Winspear Business Library come May 1.

From LC: To celebrate the 220^th anniversary of its founding, the Library of Congress today announced the release of the LOC Collections app, the premiere mobile app that puts the national library’s digital collections in the hands of users everywhere. Users can currently find the app for iPhone and iPad at the Library’s website or the iTunes store. An Android version will be released later this year.

Masked Prey by John Sandford leads nine new bestsellers. A new Star Wars series is in the works; it will take place in a new time line and will be “female-focused.” The NYT picks books for May. South Korean women authors are in the spotlight, as is Madeleine Albright, Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir. Time reports on the pandemic, indie bookstores, Amazon, and Bookshop.org.

To maximize service—and to help safeguard the jobs of their colleagues from layoffs and furloughs—library and archives workers are crowdsourcing lists of work-from-home assignments. These lists continue to grow—as does the need for them.

In her new role at the NYPL Performing Arts Library, Jennifer Schantz will blend her passion for classical music and her dedication to libraries and museums.

The Women’s Prize Shortlist has been announced, as has the Wolff Translator’s Prize shortlist. There is much book club news, including the launch of the Goop book club. Also, a great deal of adaptation news, including an update on the Julia Quinn Bridgerton TV series. Val Kilmer, I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir, is getting all kinds of buzz.

Earth Day may find people wondering what they can do to help combat climate change and support sustainability efforts—particularly when most are still staying home to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But effective strategies can come from small starts. As GoFundMe, Indiegogo, and Facebook fundraisers have shown us, giving is not only for the rich—and philanthropy can come from unexpected places.