All locations are closed on the Fourth of July. The Main Library now has Internet access and is fully operational.
December 14, 2010
Almost 30 years ago two men bought a story from Roald Dahl for $200.00 in the interest of collecting work by famous people that they could develop into story starters for children. It never was completed and now “The Eyes of Mr. Croaker” is being auctioned on Ebay. Dahl died 20 years ago and is […]
December 13, 2010
Giving Away Your Books as a Final Farewell Playwright Ed Schmidt performs his new play, titled, “My Last Play,” in his Brooklyn home. A one-man show about why he is leaving the theatre and during the course of which he gives away books to the audience drawn from his 2,000 volume personal library. Travels Without […]
December 11, 2010
Baby boomers (and their retired pals) might want to take a look at some Websites that deal with a genre someone had dubbed Geezer Lit. An LA Times article from 2007 seems to be the first mention of it. Then there’s the Geezer-Lit Mystery Blog written by one of the genre’s practitioners, Mike Befeler. And […]
December 9, 2010
This article is about a new pair who seem like they were made for each other; e-readers and romance novels. The e-readers allow for increased privacy, and voracious romance readers can store several titles on the devices.
December 8, 2010
Next up as our Book Trailer of the Week is this 1940’s-style newsreel for Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat. Recently named a 2010 NY Times Notable Book, this rousing real-life spy thriller tells the tale of the World War II ruse concocted by the British and Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming that used a corpse to fool the Nazis about the […]
December 7, 2010
Figment.com, a free website for teens to read and write fiction on their computers and on their cellphones was just unveiled Monday December 6. Read more about this exciting platform in this NYT article. (Laura, Reader’s Services)
December 6, 2010
Oprah Winfrey announced today that she has chosen Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens for her next book discussion. Check Oprah’s Website for details.
December 4, 2010
The inaugural ceremony for The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame took place on Saturday, November 20, 2010, at Northeastern Illinois University. Six writers, Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Lorraine Hansberry, Studs Terkel, and Richard Wright were inducted. Relatives and friends of the honorees accepted the awards. The hall will be housed in the historic Cliff […]
December 3, 2010
He’s a songwriter, lead guitarist, and founding member of the legendary rock band the Rolling Stones. He’s an outlaw folk hero, a pirate hipster, and arguably the originator of the decadent “rock ‘n’ roll” lifestyle. He’s Keith Richards, and it should come as no surprise that everyone is clamoring for a copy of his long-awaited memoir Life. In […]
December 2, 2010
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this vaguely creepy clip for Emma Donoghue’s Room. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and also honored as a NY Times Notable Book, this outstanding novel is narrated by five-year-old Jack, a boy whose whole world is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his 19-year-old mother is being held captive. […]
