I wear my mother’s cropped grey jacket to the book launch party in LA. Her navy blazer with pinstripes to my book reading in Brooklyn. Her leopard print scarf on my way to introduce Jennifer Egan at Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh. In Seattle, Corte Madera, Kansas City, I wear her thin platinum... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-10-28 08:56:53 UTC ]
A deep dive into what Carnegie libraries are, what they aren't, and how they attain historic significance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-03-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
We take a closer look at how one library system, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, is tracking summer reading with the digital platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Campaigners will stage a candlelit "eve of destruction rally" at the closed Carnegie Library in London’s Herne Hill. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Stella Duffy reflects on the occupation of Carnegie Library and the need for a public library service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers David Mitchell, Ali Smith, Cathy Cassidy, Nick Hornby and David Nicholls are among the top names who have signed an open letter supporting the occupiers of Carnegie Library and condemning the proposed changes to the Lambeth library service. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Actress Adjoa Andoh has joined campaigners protesting at Carnegie Library as Lambeth council issued occupiers with a possession order against them. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Determined library campaigners have vowed to occupy Herne Hill’s Carnegie Library “until they are forced out”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners in Sheffield are urging the city council to put on hold plans to sell a Carnegie library to a company which wants to place a restaurant and coffee shop in the building. The Walkley Carnegie Library was one of 15 of the city's 28 libraries that was passed over to volunteer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]