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Interview With an Author: Jennifer Giesbrecht
Jennifer Giesbrecht is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia where she earned an undergraduate degree in history, spent her formative years as a professional street performer, and developed a deep and reverent respect for the ocean.
Spooky Old Books of Hallowe’en
Tis the season for spooky old books, and one of my very favorites is a hidden gem—Ruth Edna Kelley’s The Book of Hallowe’en (1919).
Interview With an Author: Rhys Thomas
Rhys Thomas is the author of The Suicide Club and On the Third Day. He lives in Cardiff, Wales, with his partner and three cats.
Dolores Huerta: A Living Legend
Los Angeles Public Library was given an exclusive interview with the living legend Dolores Huerta. Ms.
Interview With an Author: Sarah Davis Goff
Sarah Davis-Goff was born and lives in Dublin. Her writing has been published in the Irish Times, the Guardian and LitHub.
A Docent’s Life for Me
I have always loved books. When I was five, I pleaded with my mother for books...Little Golden Books, about lambs and engines and whatever...and she helped me learn to read them. In junior high and high school, I was a library helper.
Art Meets Commerce: The Bullocks Wilshire Building at 90
In a city where no structure is guaranteed permanence, the iconic Bullocks Wilshire building turns an astounding 90 years old this week.
Pumpkin Spice-Up Everything!
It's that time of year—fall, aka autumn, aka pumpkin spice season!
Interview With an Author: Dahlia Adler
Dahlia Adler is an associate editor of mathematics by day, a blogger for B&N Teens, LGBTQ Reads, and Frolic by night, and an author of young adult and new adult novels at every spare moment in between.
Six Jewish Girls in Boyle Heights
“I think it’s a wonderful thing to have this sort of situation occur because a memory is something that can’t be reconstructed after a person has died. And after a community’s elders pass away, they take with them a history that we can’t replicate any other way.