Queens Library's Blog

This year, the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center and its Black Heritage Reference Center will be celebrating their 50th anniversary—an important milestone for Queens...

Katy Butler: Reality Is Your Friend

Katy Butler lives in California, but she feels a connection to Queens. In 2014, she spoke at Jamaica Hospital about death and dying. Butler’s first book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, was...

Pat Cummings: Ask Yourself What You Feel Curious About

Pat Cummings has always loved libraries. They were places where she could follow up on any topic that she was curious about—and after her mother became a librarian, she spent even more time...

Sabina Khan: We’re More Alike Than Different

Sabina Khan’s first experience at libraries was reading books to improve her language skills when she moved from Germany to Bangladesh. She spent time at the British Council Library and her...

Michelle Knudsen: Never Without a Book

Michelle Knudsen may be the author of a series about a demon posing as a librarian, but she loves libraries and has since childhood. “I still remember the wonderful rush of possibility I felt...