Here’s a press release from Ossining:

“Author Jessica DuLong has written a book titled, “My River Chronicles, Rediscovering America on the Hudson.” Ms. DuLong will be at the Ossining Public Library on Wednesday, October 28th at 7 p.m. in the Budarz Theater. Books will be available for purchase and signing following the discussion.

“In rich [...]

OK, so it’s not books. But it’s writing, which is almost as good.

Here’s a press release we got from the National Council of Teachers of English:

“On October 8, the U.S. Senate unanimously agreed to S.RES.310, declaring the importance of writing to the nation and declaring October 20 the National Day on Writing.

On this day, The [...]

Just received this press relese from the American Library Association:

“Nominations are still open for the 2009 Carnegie
Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

“The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people [...]

OK, so maybe it’s not strictly a books kind of thing, but people who read often have a fondness for grammar things, so I thought this might be worth a look.
Here’s the substance of a press release about the event.
“The first Punctuation Baking Contest will highlight the celebration of the
6th Annual National Punctuation Day (NPD) [...]

National banned books week, which is designed to remind people that the practice of trying to keep books out of public libraries and schools is alive and well, this year runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.

There have been more than 10,000 attempts to keep books out of public hands since the American Library Association [...]

Received a notice from the New City Library recently:

“Dr. Harry Bloomfeld, a member of the New City Library’s Board of Trustees, was awarded Honorable Mention for the Anthony J. Knipp Library Award. This award is presented by the Ramapo Catskill Library System, the regional managing system, and honors those trustees who have done exemplary work [...]

Got this e-mail from the New City Library:

“At the New City Library, several collections are being moved in an attempt to make materials more readily available to customers. The changes made reflect the library’s ongoing focus to make a customer’s visit quick and easy. To start, Large Print books have been moved from the second [...]

I’m still sorting through the treasures I picked up over the weekend at the Pequot book sale, among which was a book I’d been searching for for probably a good decade. Ah, the sweet satisfaction of acquisition!

But the sale did spark a discussion with my oldest daughter about what she called the family tendency toward [...]

Here’s a press release from the New City Library about its redesigned Web site, scheduled for a roll-out on Aug. 1.

“The New City Library will introduce a newly designed web page. The address, www.newcitylibrary.org remains the same but the home page will have a completely different look.

It is clear and clean looking; easy to use; [...]

My favorite used book sale is this weekend, and I feel an adrenaline rush usually reserved for when you barely miss getting hit by another car at an intersection.

I learned a long time ago that driving to the Pequot Library to drift through what this year are 140,000 books makes my legs weak, my heart [...]