April 27, 2010
Patrons at the Baltimore Public Library can now check out a copy of “Catcher in the Rye” as well as a loaf of rye bread. The city’s Virtual Supermarket Project was designed to promote healthy eating while addressing the inner city’s problem of “food deserts.” Read (or listen) to NPR’s “All Things Considered” report here. Barbara L., Reader’s Services
April 25, 2010
Benjamin Bolger (34) has earned degrees at well-known universities and claims that by working many hours, keeping down expenses, and not socializing too much he achieved his educational goals while accruing minimal debts. Read his story. Shira S., RA
April 22, 2010
Next time you’re feeling blue about library fines, think about books overdue for a couple of hundred years! A NYC library found that 2 missing volumes are checked out to the first president. Read here.
April 20, 2010
If you’re looking so add some spice to your winter reads, check out what the Evanston Ten Thousand Villages book club is reading on the first Monday of every month! We kicked March off with a compelling story of an indigenous Guatemalan woman, “I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala” by Rigoberta Menchu, E. Burgos-Debray. In […]
April 19, 2010
Mark thy calendar for Friday, April 23, for it’s Talk Like Shakespeare Day! Mayor Richard M. Daley didst proclaim that all shouldst honor the birthday of William Shakespeare. ‘Tis simple to speaketh like the Bard: Instead of you, say thou or thee(and instead of y’all, say ye). Rhymed couplets are all the rage. Men are Sirrah, ladies are Mistress, and […]
April 10, 2010
David Remnick will discuss aspects of his latest publication, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, at Chicago’s Harold Washington Public Library. Remnick is an editor at The New Yorker, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book, Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. Random House – Authors […]
April 10, 2010
One Book, One Chicago Inaugurated in the fall of 2001, the One Book, One Chicago program is launched each spring and fall to cultivate a culture of reading and discussion in Chicago by bringing our diverse city together around one great book. Reading great literature provokes us to think about ourselves, our environment and our […]
April 9, 2010
Brooklyn seems to be a popular choice with book clubs right now. It was a recent pick for the Irish Times book club, and Toibin answered readers’ questions about the ideas and influences behind the novel.
April 8, 2010
Bookmobiles Need to book an I-GO car today? Now you can get literal about it: Random House Audio has partnered with I-GO to convert smart drivers to even smarter audiobook listeners. Call it the latest chapter in I-GO’s epic quest to make car sharing part of our collective culture. By visiting www.randomhouseaudio.com/carshare, I-GO members can […]
April 2, 2010
Jennifer Schuessler, of Paper Cuts blogs here about the clever book jackets from Book City Jackets in Brooklyn, that allow “the less literary among us to read cheesy books with impunity.” (Susan R., Reader’s Svcs)
