We celebrate today’s #nationalshelfieday with a special #libraryshelfie #bookface! #libraryshelfieday #bklynlibrary #librarylife #librariesofinstagram #shelfieday #shelfie (at Brooklyn Public Library)
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Kate Bolick at McNally Jackson, 4/22/15
We’ve got Kate Bolick coming to speak at Park Slope Library for the very first installation of BOOKISH: Writers Talking, our new author series hosted by Amy Shearn (hostess of litatlark!), next Tuesday, May 26, 6pm. Don’t miss this, Brooklyn.
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At last, I can finally announce that this little blog, created in 2013 after a particularly life-affirming Junot Díaz reading, is now a book, coming out October 27 from Penguin Books.
Last Night’s Reading: Illustrated Encounters with Extraordinary Authors features my favorite portraits (including a few of the best from the blog) and goes on a visual journey through my nightly round of book readings, literary events, and occasional run-ins with Toni Morrison. I try to answer the question, “Why do we go to book readings?” (Hint: it’s not for the free wine.)
You can pre-order the book here. The first 25 people to send a screenshot of their pre-order receipt to [email protected] will get an original drawing as a thank you.
If you want an early sneak peek, I’ll be at BEA on May 27, signing BLADs (a short sample of the book). Until then, see you at a reading!
This is awesome news for one of our favorite Brooklynites, kategavino. Seeing our visiting authors illustrated for lastnightsreading warms everyone’s bookish librarian hearts here at Brooklyn Public Library. We can’t wait to show her own published work off, right on our shelves!
danielsalmieri drew us this hirsute little fellow when he was installing his exhibition. Where do we sign up for our very own Library Monster? What’s in that job description, we wonder? Does it slink around corners making sure patrons don’t just put books back any old where? Or perhaps it could growl gently if someone’s been hogging the best computer when there’s a long queue? Maybe it roams the library at night, speaking soothingly to all the books that haven’t been checked out in a while.
(You can still come by and see dragons and tacos, raccoons and pizza, for another two weeks! They’re awesome.)
It’s almost time to Bike the Branches! Us library types never go anywhere without something to read, so we’ve got some great books in our basket:
- The New Brooklyn Cookbook, by Melissa Vaughn
- The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining, by Colin Spoelman
- Curious George Visits the Library, by H.A. and Margret Rey
- Olivia, by Ian Falconer
- Mix It Up! by Hervé Tullet
- The Cyclist's Manual, by Douglas Colligan
- The Perfect Play, by Louise Wener
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
What’s in your bike basket these days?
New Lots Library has so many cute faces and so much community involvement ... that’s why it’s a finalist for the NYC Library Awards.
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Families at Kensington Library are standing up for kids programs!
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Windsor Terrace represents!
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