Category Archive: Weekend Reading
Weekend Reading: Book Festivals and a Happy Birthday
October 15, 2010For the book festival lover, this is the weekend for you with events in Boston, Massachusetts and Austin, Texas. In its second year, the Boston Book Festival takes place on Saturday in and around Copley Square. The Boston Globe has a great article that breaks… Read More →
Weekend Reading: Library Card is your Smartest Card
September 10, 2010September is Library Card Sign-up Month and we feel that there is no excuse not to have a library card. We talked earlier this summer about the dangers that libraries all across the country are facing from cutbacks and closings. By getting a library card,… Read More →
Weekend Reading: Labor Day edition
September 3, 2010Each one of the 12 million immigrants arriving at Ellis Island had a story to tell. And the National Park Service has been doing a great job collecting these oral histories over the years. However, the only way to listen to them was by traveling… Read More →
Weekend Reading: Book Swaps in NYC
July 30, 2010Is your book collection taking up too much space in your tiny apartment? Do you want to freshen up your collection with some new books and help a local library? Lucky for you, there are two book swap events happening this Saturday, July 31st in… Read More →
Weekend Reading: May 2nd
May 2, 2010Some fun literary and inspirational reading for your weekend: 1. Twitterwide book discussions in 140 characters or less? One Book, One Twitter on “All Things Considered” (NPR) 2. A college English professor talks about the value of not having an answer to “So, what are… Read More →
