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FREE LIBRARY of Philadelphia VIDEO – Author LAWRENCE WRIGHT, His New Book, THE PLAGUE YEAR : America in the Time of Covid

  Author Lawrence Wright was recently in conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition, about his brand-new book, “THE PLAGUE YEAR: AMERICA IN THE TIME OF COVID” (Knopf).  Acclaimed for bringing “a clear-eyed, investigative fearlessness” (The Washington Post) to a diverse range of topics, Lawrence Wright is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Looming Tower, an in-depth history of the rise of violent extremism and the intelligence failures […]

New Post-Modern Library Devoted to Japanese Novelist HARUKI MURAKAMI to Open in Tokyo, Japan on October 1st!!

    村上春樹ワンダーランドへようこそ! Welcome to the Wonderland of Haruki Murakami!   TOKYO – Haruki Murakami has held many identities in his 72 years of life: Student, Record Store Employee, Owner of the Jazz Bar and Coffee Shop PETER CAT, Radio DJ and – his claim to fame – best-selling and critically acclaimed author of surrealist Japanese fiction! All these selves are brought to life at a new library at his alma mater, Waseda University, in Tokyo. The Haruki Murakami Library […]

Grab Your HAT and Read With The CAT! #readacrossamerica

“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read with a child.” The National Education Association is building a nation of readers through its signature program, NEA’s READ ACROSS AMERICA! Now in its 19th year, this year-round program focuses on motivating children and teens to read and learn the joy of reading books through special events, partnerships, and reading resources. This special event is celebrated every year on March 2nd, the birth date of Dr. […]