Darcey Steinke's Easter Everywhere and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist were both featured in the most recent New York Times ' Sunday Book Review , published the very same day they both… continue reading On the Pulse

By written by Communications Office    April 25, 2007   

On Wednesday, May 9, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., the Free Library’s Raven Society will be hosting a five course sushi tasting and book signing with Sasha Issenberg, author of The Sushi Economy:… continue reading The Raven Society Wants to Feed You Sushi

By written by Communications Office    April 24, 2007   

If you were in the vicinity of The Parkway over the weekend, then you saw firsthand the enthusiastic crowds that came out for the First Annual Philadelphia Book Festival. Roughly 25,000 people… continue reading Inaugural Philadelphia Book Festival a Smash Hit

By written by Communications Office    April 23, 2007   

Three-time Caldecott Award-winning illustrator and creator of the poster image for the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival , David Wiesner recently took a few minutes to sit down with us and… continue reading Meet David Wiesner

By written by Communications Office    April 20, 2007   

April 15th is more than America's usual "tax day"; it's also the anniversary of the day that Jackie Robinson first took the field with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and broke Major League Baseball's… continue reading Honoring Jackie Robinson

By written by Communications Office    April 19, 2007   

At 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, at the Target Children’s Stage, 6abc’s Monica Malpass and Karen Rogers will emcee the Storybook Character Parade. Kids will delight in meeting and… continue reading Meet Your Imaginary Friends at the Philadelphia Book Festival

By written by Communications Office    April 17, 2007   

"All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs… continue reading In Memory of Kurt Vonnegut

By written by Communications Office    April 12, 2007   

Will Schwalbe and David Shipley, co-authors of Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home , describe at least seven communication situations in which they advise one to step away from… continue reading Drowning in Email? Pick up the Phone.

By written by Communications Office    April 11, 2007   

Yesterday the New York Times reported that Iowa’s Spencer Public Library Director, Vicki Myron, will co-author a book about its most famous “employee,” Dewey Readmore Books.… continue reading The Million-Dollar Library Cat

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