…30 discusses a range of initiatives undertaken by international libraries and librarians. Do you have a favorite example that you would like to see replicated at your local library? (Questions…

…an international bestseller. Her latest novel, People of the Book, was published in January 2008. She is also the author of the nonfiction works Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden…

…if any, in writing Amina’s story? Do you agree with Hamid’s statement that, for fiction “the question of authenticity . . . is a red herring: nationalities, ethnicities, genders and…

…on numerous state award lists. John’s work has been translated into eleven languages. He has been a commentator on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and reviewed books for publications,…

…story. 15. What is Satrapi suggesting about the relationship between past and present, and between national and personal history? What role does her family history, and the stories of her…

…at the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards. Summary: In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked…

…of poetry. The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 and the Golden Man Booker in 2018; Anil’s Ghost won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Giller Prize,…

…Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads…

…Richmond, and Cornell. Her essays about nature and human nature have appeared in the New York Times, Smithsonian, Parade, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and many other journals, where they…

…• Participate in a digital workshop with the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @DurhamCountyLibrary YouTube.com/c/DurhamCountyLibrary Instructions Color in 1 icon each time you read for 20 minutes or do one of…