{"id":236547,"date":"2026-05-19T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236547\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:15:39","slug":"the-bookseller-comment-selina-brown-on-receiving-the-queens-reading-room-medal-symbolic-moments-are-not-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236547\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bookseller &#8211; Comment &#8211; Selina Brown on receiving the Queen&#8217;s Reading Room Medal: Symbolic moments are not enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/comment\/comment\" class=\"aos-SectionTitle aos-NM aos-FL aos-MR10px aos-MB5px\">Comment<\/a>May 19, 2026by\u00a0Selina Brown<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/selina_brown_queen_camilla1.jpg\" alt=\"Selina Brown receives the Queen\u2019s Reading Room Medal at Clarence House, 25th March 2026 \u00a9 TQRR\" title=\"Selina Brown receives the Queen\u2019s Reading Room Medal at Clarence House, 25th March 2026 \u00a9 TQRR\" class=\"aos-Image aos-W100\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Selina Brown receives the Queen\u2019s Reading Room Medal at Clarence House, 25th March 2026 \u00a9 TQRR<\/p>\n<p>Receiving the first ever literature medal from the queen was wonderful, but there is still so much work to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Register to read for FREE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Serious about the book trade?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/registration?utm_source=thebookseller&amp;utm_medium=paywall&amp;utm_campaign=anon+user+paywall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join thousands of book industry professionals who never miss a story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/registration?utm_source=thebookseller&amp;utm_medium=paywall&amp;utm_campaign=anon+user+paywall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Create a free account<\/a> to unlock 3 articles a month and receive tailored newsletters with the latest from the book trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Want full access? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/subscribe?utm_source=thebookseller&amp;utm_medium=paywall&amp;utm_campaign=anon+user+paywall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> from just \u00a33.65 a week and unlock full access to exclusive interviews, rights deals, industry data and more:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\ud83d\udddeWeekly print copies of The Bookseller magazine\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udcf1Unlimited access to thebookseller.com (single user)\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbbThe Bookseller digital edition for desktop, tablet and mobile\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udc8cSubscriber-only newsletters\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udcdaTwice-yearly Buyer\u2019s Guides worth \u00a330\u00a0<br \/>\ud83d\udca1Discounts on events and conferences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CommentMay 19, 2026by\u00a0Selina Brown Selina Brown receives the Queen\u2019s Reading Room Medal at Clarence House, 25th March 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-236547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}