"A master of mood and atmosphere” ( New York Times ), Colin Harrison is the author of six thrillers, including Manhattan Nocturne , The Havana Room , and his latest, The Finder , a tale… continue reading
By Communications Office May 12, 2008 2
Charles Bock’s debut novel, Beautiful Children, is a sweeping portrait of a depraved Las Vegas--from the bland misery of the suburbs to the explosive and exploitative sex industry--through… continue reading
By Communications Office May 9, 2008 1
Veronica Chambers has written and edited for national magazines for 12 years. Her memoir Mama’s Girl was deemed “extraordinary” by People magazine and named a Best Book for Young… continue reading
By Communications Office May 7, 2008
Belong to Me is Marisa de los Santos’s follow-up to her New York Times bestselling novel Love Walked In . With a focus on what happens when leaps of faith and twists of fate collide with… continue reading
By Communications Office May 5, 2008
A native of the Scottish Highlands, Margot Livesey‘s thoughtful fiction showcases a keen wit and a wise heart. Her forthcoming novel, The House on Fortune Street , explores multiple… continue reading
By Communications Office May 2, 2008 2
According to Michael Kanellos, writing for the CNET News Green Tech Blog , “The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and parent company Xerox are experimenting with a type of paper and a… continue reading
By Communications Office May 1, 2008
Gregory Maguire writes novels in which classic villains turn out to be heroes--and supposed heroes disappoint. In Wicked , his bestselling novel and basis for the smash Broadway musical of the… continue reading
By Communications Office April 28, 2008
The Free Library's website has a new RSS feature--customizable catalog search feeds. To check it out, perform a search in the Library's catalog interface by entering terms in the Find box on… continue reading
By Communications Office April 25, 2008
It looks like The Original of Laura , the novel that Vladimir Nabokov was working on at the time of his death, will soon be published. As Kate Connolly of the Guardian 's books… continue reading
By Communications Office April 23, 2008
On Friday , April 25 , from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. , and Saturday and Sunday , April 26 and 27 , from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. , the Friends of the Free Library will… continue reading
By Communications Office April 21, 2008
According to Scottish newspaper the Sunday Herald , a Strathclyde University professor of applied chemistry is working with British Library staff to devise a machine that will be able to… continue reading
By Communications Office April 16, 2008
Anne Perry is the author of several bestselling mystery novels featuring famed protagonists Inspector William Monk and Special Services Detective Thomas Pitt. Buckingham Palace Gardens is her… continue reading
By Communications Office April 9, 2008 10
Yesterday Libby Rosof of roberta fallon and libby rosof's artblog posted a piece on the When Photography and Printmaking Collide exhibition currently on view in the Parkway Central Library’s… continue reading
By Communications Office April 7, 2008
Quite possibly, says Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and chair of the London-based Society of Authors . A recent piece in the Times quotes her as saying that the traditional… continue reading
By Communications Office April 4, 2008
"In all the years that I've been writing--15 years now--there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel," says author Jodi… continue reading
By Communications Office April 2, 2008
For his 2003 novel, I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company , Brian Hall won acclaim for the way he used the intimate voice of fiction to capture the half-hidden personal stories of the Lewis… continue reading
By Communications Office March 31, 2008
According to the New York Times , "A series of announcements from publishers across the globe in the last few weeks suggests that the long migration to the Internet has picked up pace, and… continue reading
By Communications Office March 28, 2008
The Pennsylvania Primary is nearly upon us. On April 22, 2008, Pennsylvania voters in the Democratic Primary may help determine the party’s nominee for President. To further prepare for… continue reading
By Communications Office March 26, 2008
LibraryThing isn't the only social-networking website aimed at booklovers. There's also Goodreads , Shelfari , aNobii , and BookJetty , among others. "Think of it as Facebook or MySpace… continue reading
By Communications Office March 24, 2008
The Print and Picture Collection's annual Robert F. Looney Memorial Event is coming up on Saturday , March 29 , at the Central Library. This year’s program features a discussion on the State… continue reading
By Communications Office March 19, 2008 1