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NYPL Events: What's Happening 10/17-10/31
LIVE from the NYPL with T.C. BoyleWelcome to our biweekly update on events happening during the next two weeks at the Library. With 92 locations across New York City, a lot is happening at The New York...
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Ep. 50 "People Forget These Kids Have Dreams" | Library Stories
*/Inspired by a librarian at the Grand Concourse Library, actress Youmie Francois decided to create a program for area school-age children. Now she's providing lessons in acting, dance, music, and...
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NYPLarcade: International Games Day 2016
Please join MyLibraryNYC, NYPLarcade, and TeenLIVE in celebrating the 9th annual International Games Day! This event celebrates play and games at libraries all over the world.The festivities take place...
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Talking with Teens about Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Online Safety
Several weeks ago, I fully intended to have the topic of our Teen Advisory Group meeting be Banned Books Week. But our conversation took a detour, and soon we were talking about bullying and...
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Always: Endearing and Enduring Reads! Harry Potter Read-Alikes
Rewind eighteen years: My grandmother gave me Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in Autumn 1998, and it stayed on my shelf for perhaps weeks. One night I was bored and picked up the book…and didn't...
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Election Happenings @ Mid-Manhattan Library!
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, millions of Americans will head to the polls to elect the next President—no small undertaking and a very important civic duty to fulfill. Whether this is the first time...
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7 Books That Will Haunt You Like a Ghost
To be haunted means something: a memory, one’s past. It's a ghost that remains persistently in our consciousness, stays or lingers, visits frequently. Here are seven books that will haunt you long...
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Booktalking "50 Ways to Protect Your Identity and Credit" by Steve Weisman
Nowadays, everyone is concerned about identity theft. No one wants to go through the financial and emotional nightmare that comes along with an imposter misusing his or her identity. Not only is...
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Presidential Campaign Songsters from the Music Division
Today, music finds its way into presidential campaigns primarily through the use of pre-existing recordings as soundtracks for particular candidates. Examples include Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down”...
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Where to Start with Ursula K. Le Guin
Image credit via UniverseOctober 21 marks the birthday of Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the most well-known and popular science fiction and fantasy authors living today. Over the course of her 40-year...
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Henri-Charles Guérard’s Curiosity
This blog post is the first in a series related to A Curious Hand: The Prints of Henri-Charles Guérard (1846-1897), an upcoming exhibition at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.Composite drawing of the...
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NYPL #FridayReads: The Game-Changer Edition October 21, 2016
During the week, it can be tough to stay on top of everything. On Fridays, though, we suggest kicking back to catch up on all the delightful literary reading the internet has to offer. Don’t have the...
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Job and Employment Links for the Week of October 23
Miller & Milone PC will present a recruitment on Monday, October 24, 2016, 9:30 -11:30 am, for Bill Collector (4 openings), Discharge Planning Medicaid Clerk (1 opening), Insurance Appeal...
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Alternative Halloween Reads
When searching for Halloween-appropriate literature, one would most likely turn first to the books that created the holiday’s classic figures or that are notorious for their overall eeriness. I am...
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Ask the Author: T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle is coming to LIVE from the NYPL on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. to discuss science, society, sex, and survival — the themes that drive his latest work. Get tickets now!As part of our “Ask...
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T.C. Boyle: Where to Begin
This post is part of a series in which Readers Services librarians suggest a good starting place for authors appearing in our LIVE from the NYPL series this fall. T.C. Boyle comes to LIVE from the NYPL...
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New York Times Read Alikes: October 29, 2016
Two newbies take their places on the list this week: a CIA thriller and a family saga about a medical crisis.#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, more...
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Celebrating #Bernstein30
2016 Nominees for the Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismEvery year since 1988, the New York Public Library has awarded the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. Named...
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Get Your Creative Juices Flowing at 53rd Street Library
When one thinks of librarianship, terms like “organization” and “information” pop readily to the forefront. One might even associate “education” with a librarian’s duties.“Creativity,” on the other...
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When Indie Books Won Big Fiction Awards
Independent presses publish some of the most remarkable, surprising, and daring literature, often on shoestring budgets and with small marketing departments. At the New York Public Library, we know...
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