May. 3, 2024 By Jada Camille
Brooklyn Public Library is bringing the energy — clean energy, that is — during a STEM-themed book giveaway on May 4. The borough’s biggest book-lender is partnering with energy advocates from Community Offshore Wind to donate 3,200 thousand STEM-related titles to young readers.
Feb. 9, 2024 By Jada Camille
The Center for Fiction is inviting Brooklyn bookworms to write their own love stories at Booking for Love — a new speed dating event for those looking to create their own happily ever after this Valentine’s season.
Feb. 6, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Get ready to embark on a novel journey!
Dec. 27, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
There are a lot of ways to take stock of the year as New Year’s Eve draws near and, naturally, the librarians and staff at the Brooklyn Public Library are reflecting on the books Brooklynites borrowed the most over the past 12 months — and assembling a list of their own favorites.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Sharp or soft? Bright or dark? Colorful, or black and white?
Oct. 5, 2023 By Augostina Mallous Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local librarians and teens at Brooklyn’s Central Library at Grand Army Plaza on Wednesday to mark an influential week…
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Oct. 2, 2023 By Susan de Vries
The weather made a dramatic turnaround in time for the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday. Literary enthusiasts crowded into Columbus Park to chat with publishers, authors, and vendors, snap up some new reading material, and enjoy the sunshine after the intense rain of the week.
Aug. 31, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Caribbean writers, artists, and more will be celebrated for four full days this month at the fifth annual Brooklyn Caribbean Literary festival.
Feb. 23, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Red Hooks bookworms are fuming over plans to close the local library branch for two years.