The library’s new twist on Mayor Jacobs’s Read City challenge is gaining some big fans. From launching rocket ships and creating avatars to drawing a scene from a book, the …
Linda Sullivan recommends Highway 59 series
Book Whisperer Linda Sullivan recommends another fictional series this week: Highway 59 by Attica Locke.
Attica Locke is an American fiction author who was named after the 1971 Attica Prison rebellion because …
Blake Wahlert creates Daytime Docs Film Series
This Sunday (2/18/24), we are launching a new film series called Daytime Docs at 1:30 at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. The first screening features Toni Morrison, The Pieces I Am (2019) …
Linda Sullivan gives us NFL novels as season ends
Linda Sullivan has a recommendation rewind for readers this week with the Chicago Stars Series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, who is called the queen of football romance by the Wall …
Pogiebait’s War
A second edition of Pogiebait’s War by Jack H. “Nick” McCall Jr. has been released by University of Tennessee Press. Subtitled “A Son’s Quest for His Father’s Wartime Life,” the …
Library sets three special programs
Daytime Doc Film Series: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Feb 18 | 1:30 | Lawson McGhee Library
In honor of Black History Month and Toni Morrison’s birthday, we will be viewing Toni …
Linda Sullivan challenges reality with this week’s novels
Our Book Whisperer, Linda Sullivan, challenges us to expand our understanding of truth through fiction as it mirrors reality: Dreamland Burning, Dear Martin and Dear Justyce.
Linda’s first recommendation this week …
And the adventure begins
With 500+ kids screaming at the top of their lungs, you’d think the Beatles were in the house – or Taylor Swift. The enthusiasm was real, but the star of …