On September 24, Queens Public Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott, Board of Trustees Chair Haeda Mihaltses, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, NYC Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, NYS Senator Michael Gianaris, NYS Assemblywoman Catherine T.…
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Forbidden Gathering by Gina Samson. Queens Public Library will be hosting an eight-week Caribbean Arts Festival featuring artists from as far away as Bangladesh and Argentina and as close as Queens. The festival will take place at nine branches: Cambria Heights, Central,…
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For Newbery Medal recipient Erin Entrada Kelly, reading isn’t only entertainment or a diversion. It literally saved her life. The author explains that she has suffered from chronic depression her entire life: “Without books, I would have felt so much more alone than I already…
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Here are some of the new books coming to the Library for adults, children, and teens—from bedtime stories to novels by celebrated authors to travel sagas. September 3, 2019Quichotte (adult) by Salman Rushdie Starred by both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus, this novel tells the…
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The Forest Hills library was Susan Isaacs’ haven during high school—and this fall, she’ll be returning to talk about her latest novel, Takes One To Know One. (Get your free tickets!) Isaacs, the author of fourteen novels, says the library was “my Versailles, the palace of…
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