Dec. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen As the Brooklyn Public Library prepares to turn the page on 2024, it’s looking back on the last year in literature and taking stock of which books Brooklynites loved most. Locals checked out millions of books, electronic media, and more this year, according to BPL’s website, even as…
Jul. 29, 2024 By Natalie Dahan
With a tradition spanning almost two decades, the Brooklyn Book Festival — a nine-day literary event featuring groundbreaking authors, booksellers and publishers — will take place this year from Sept. 22-30.
May. 21, 2024 By Megan McGibney
When the doors opened for eight of Brooklyn’s school districts last September, parents and teachers walked into three new literacy curricula that the Department of Education unveiled in May 2023.
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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Feb. 23, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Red Hooks bookworms are fuming over plans to close the local library branch for two years.