Posted in Books | November 1, 2019
The National Book Awards finalists have been announced—how many can you read before the winners are announced on November 20? Five finalists have been chosen in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature. Discover…
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Posted in Books | October 30, 2019
For Newbery Medal recipient Erin Entrada Kelly, reading isn’t only entertainment or a diversion. It literally saved her life.
The author explains that she has suffered from chronic depression her entire life: “Without books, I would have felt so much more alone than I already…
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Posted in Press Release | October 28, 2019
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Monday, October 28, 2019
Council Member Adrienne Adams Celebrates South Ozone Park Library Reopening
South Ozone Park, New York—On Friday, October 25th, Council Member Adrienne Adams, in conjunction with the Queens Public Library, celebrated the reopening…
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Posted in Events | October 28, 2019
On Saturday, November 2, join us at Langston Hughes Library for the 11th Annual Literary Arts Festival! This is an opportunity to meet and hear from prominent and emerging writers, learn more about the publishing industry, and see a performance.
The festival includes a film…
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Posted in General | October 24, 2019
Happy National Friends of Libraries Week! It’s the annual celebration of library Friends groups and everything that they do to support their neighborhood libraries.
It was no coincidence that QPL and our Government & Community Affairs department held our annual Friends Mid-…
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