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VIRTUAL - Asali Solomon | The Days of Afrekete
Wed, October 20, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Virtual
Cost: Free or $30.00-Book with ticket and signed book plate
REGISTER In conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn Asali Solomon is the author of Disgruntled , “a smart, philosophical, coming-of-age” ( San Francisco Chronicle ) novel about the double-binds of race in late 1980s Philadelphia. Her other work includes the short story collection Get…
Virtual First Chapter Friday
Fri, October 22, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Looking for your next read? CCD librarians will read the first chapter of a book they really enjoy! Be sure to then place your hold so you can read them too! (The videos will be posted to Facebook.) This program is intended for our friends 12 and under. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
IN-PERSON | Glory Edim | On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
Wed, November 3, 2021
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Free
REGISTER REQUIRED IN ADVANCE In conversation with Christine Kendall, author of Riding Chance , nominated for a NAACP Image Award, and The True Definition of Neva Beane Glory Edim is the creator of Well-Read Black Girl, a book club, book, and online community that showcases the universality of…
Virtual First Chapter Friday
Fri, November 5, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Looking for your next read? CCD librarians will read the first chapter of a book they really enjoy! Be sure to then place your hold so you can read them too! (The videos will be posted to Facebook.) This program is intended for our friends 12 and under. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
VIRTUAL - Uwem Akpan | New York, My Village with Kirstin Valdez Quade | Five Wounds
Wed, November 10, 2021
7:30 P.M.
VIRTUAL
Cost: Free or $30.95/31.95-Book with ticket and signed book plate
REGISTER Uwem Akpan ’s Say You’re One of Them , “a startling debut collection” ( The New York Times ) of short stories was a Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, the 2009 Oprah Book Club Selection, and is was translated in to 12 languages. It was named to several…
VIRTUAL - Tracy K. Smith | Lucille Clifton’s Generations: A Memoir
Tue, November 16, 2021
7:30 P.M.
VIRTUAL
Cost: Free or $18.95-Book with ticket
REGISTER In conversation with Trapeta B. Mayson Chronicling African American family life and women through 14 celebrated poetry collections, Lucille Clifton won the National Book Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and is the only author ever to have two books of poetry nominated in the same…
Virtual First Chapter Friday
Fri, November 19, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Looking for your next read? CCD librarians will read the first chapter of a book they really enjoy! Be sure to then place your hold so you can read them too! (The videos will be posted to Facebook.) This program is intended for our friends 12 and under. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
Virtual First Chapter Friday
Fri, December 3, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Looking for your next read? CCD librarians will read the first chapter of a book they really enjoy! Be sure to then place your hold so you can read them too! (The videos will be posted to Facebook.) This program is intended for our friends 12 and under. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
Five Christmases with Charles Dickens
Mon, December 13, 2021
3:00 P.M.
Rare Book Department
at
Parkway Central Library
The Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia invites you to celebrate Five Christmases with Dickens. While Charles Dickens did not invent Christmas his works influenced how Victorians were to celebrate the holiday. Event participants will view rarely displayed,…
Virtual First Chapter Friday
Fri, December 17, 2021
4:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Looking for your next read? CCD librarians will read the first chapter of a book they really enjoy! Be sure to then place your hold so you can read them too! (The videos will be posted to Facebook.) This program is intended for our friends 12 and under. Instagram: @freelibraryccd…
Amor Towles | The Lincoln Highway
Mon, April 4, 2022
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $15 ticket or $30 book with ticket
DETAILS TO COME The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska…