World Book Night
Held for the first time in the UK in 2011, World Book Night will be celebrated in the US this year! On April 23, tens of thousands of people will go out into their communities and share the joy of …...
View ArticleEllis Avery Reads The Last Nude in Buffalo
Last night I was pleased to attend a reading by Ellis Avery, author of The Teahouse Fire and the recently released The Last Nude, at my favorite independent bookstore, Talking Leaves in Buffalo, NY....
View ArticleBuffalo Small Press Book Fair
Yesterday I went to the sixth annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair at the beautiful Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. Held inside a beautiful, restored church complete with stained glass windows, the...
View ArticlePoetry, Aloud
It has been quite a week for me and poetry! It has somehow cropped up in my life an astounding number of times in the last few days. Yesterday, poetry make yet another appearance in my life. I work for...
View ArticleNational Library Week
I’m a few days late with this (aren’t I always?), but National Library Week started Sunday, April 8! Through April 14, libraries across the country are celebrating… being awesome, I suppose. This...
View ArticleNational Bookmobile Day
Today is the third annual National Bookmobile Day, as part of National Library Week! Bookmobiles are basically mobile libraries that transport resources throughout their communities. They are totally...
View ArticleUpcoming: Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
The weekend of April 6 through 7 will mark the seventh annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair! Booksellers, small presses, authors, poets, artists, zinesters, and literary enthusiasts from around the...
View ArticleBuffalo Small Press Book Fair = Paradise
On Sunday, I attended the seventh annual Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. For those of you who missed my post on Wednesday, the book fair is a glorious event put on by the Western New York Book Arts...
View ArticlePick Up a Banned Book this Week
Imaging walking into your school’s library looking for a book to challenge your ideas, change your perspectives, and perhaps make you consider things you had never even thought of before. Your eyes...
View ArticleUpcoming: Buffalo Small Press Book Fair
Hello lovelies! I’m not sure how many readers live within driving distance of my city, Buffalo, NY, but I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about an amazing event that’s coming up this weekend,...
View ArticleMy First Year as a World Book Night Giver
Yesterday I participated in World Book Night for the first time! World Book Night is a movement to spread the love of reading to light and non-readers. Publishers donate special editions of popular...
View ArticleBout of Books 10
It’s Bout of Books time, it’s Bout of Books time! This is one of my favorite read-a-thons because it’s so low key; all I have to do is try to read more than I usually do in a week! The … Continue...
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