Event on May 5 Asks: Can New England Make Things Again?

Looking around at all of the old mill buildings and tanneries that have been turned into fashionable shopping areas and apartment buildings, it’s easy to think of New England’s …

Manchester Library Notes | April 26

A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, including a meeting of the Mystery Book Club, a plant swap, meditation, children's programs and more.
Ghlee E. Woodworth

Book Lovers, Clear Your Calendars!

Book lovers of the North Shore, clear your calendars for the last weekend of April. On Saturday, April 27, bookstores across the country will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day. It’s one …

Manchester Library Notes | April 12

A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, including registration for April 12's solar eclipse viewing party, community poetry reading, book groups and more.

Essex Library Notes | April 12

This week at the TOHP Burnham Public Library, come down to see Rick Roth and the Cape Ann Vernal Pond team who will bring indigenous snakes, or join the community book group that currently reading "Dancing at the Pity Party" by Tyler Feder.

Gloucester Zine Fest Inaugural Event Set for April 27 in Downtown

The Sawyer Free Library will host the inaugural Gloucester Zine Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at 20 and 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester. This event, open to all, offers a …

Manchester Library Notes | March 29

A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, including registration for April 2's solar eclipse viewing party, community poetry reading, book groups and more.

The library’s graphic novel club had a blast making these cool glasses and discussing “Four Eyes” by Rex Ogle.  Grades 4-7 meet once a month on a Wednesday to explore new and new-to-you graphic novels with friends, snacks and activities.
Manchester Library Notes | April 5
A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, including registration for April 8's solar eclipse viewing party, community poetry reading, book groups and more.
It’s “Women First” in Our Salon Series
The first recorded salons — i.e., social gatherings that doubled as educational gatherings and vice versa — date back to 15th-century Italy and were hosted by noblewomen, who perhaps had …
Victory never tasted as sweet as it did at the MBTS library’s first and hopefully annual Chocolate Olympics event on February 20.  Competitors built Oreo towers, mastered the M&M transport challenge, and even managed to unwrap Hershey’s Kisses wearing oven mitts.  Lots of medals all around -- made of chocolate, of course.
Manchester Library Notes | March 1
A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, and it's a whole lot more than just books. Issues of gender will be addressed in programs on transgender athletes and female dieties (for Women in History Month), and springtime storytelling, and more.
Twenty-seven attendees packed the library to hear Dr. David J. Roberts MD, SVP of Operations Community Division Mass General Brigham, speak about how food, shelter and loneliness affect on our health outcomes and what can be done to support efforts to meet these basic needs.
Manchester Library Notes | Feb. 23
A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, and it's a whole lot more than just books. Goup meditation has moved back to the library, and there are programs with romance authors, winter and springtime storytelling, and more.
Untold Story of 1960s Women’s Olympic Glory Featured at Sawyer Free Library Author Talk
It’s an inspiring story that transcends athletic performance.  And its been a. largely untold one that a local author has worked hard to correct. The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from …
General Jack Hammond shared his expertise with over 80 attendees at the beautiful Crowell Chapel as a part of the Manchester Cultural Council and the MBTS Library’s speaker series.
Manchester Library Happenings | Feb. 9 Edition
A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, including a crafting workshop using stamps and watercolors to create a puzzle purse and storytelling time. Check it out.
Beginners and seasoned players alike were welcomed to the Essex Library over the weekend for the first of two Rummikub game sessions.
Essex Library Notes | Feb. 2
This week at the TOHP Burnham Public Library, you can grab 2023 tax return forms, join in for this month's Community Book Group read ("The High House," by Jessie Greengrass) or check out the many children's programs going all month.
Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab veteran Paul Zambella dusts for attendees'
 fingerprints at his Forensic Science Roadshow program, which drew a crowd of mystery fans and others with a CSI affinity to the Manchester-by-the-Sea library last week.
Manchester Library Notes | Feb. 2
A lot is happening this week at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library, and it's a whole lot more than just books. There's eLibrary cards, winter and springtime storytelling, and more.
Working through Adele Crockett Robertson’s “The Orchard”
Most literary locals likely already know of it, but it was not until Godine Publishers reissued it last year in a new edition, with a foreword by her daughter Betsy Robertson Cramer and an afterword …
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New Book Explores Hopes and Challenges for Local News
Study after study has connected breakdowns in civic participation, democracy, and discourse in America to the decline of local news.  On Thursday, journalism professor and author Dan Kennedy …
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A Story To Sing About

Travel the world with a new book and album to discover why people sing—to have fun and share stories; to pass the time and remember times past; and to come together and celebrate.
(NAPSI)—The next time you listen to a lullaby, a love song, carols or karaoke, consider this: Why do people sing? A charming answer to that intriguing question comes from YouTube creators and …

Young Author Translates 4,000-Year-Old Text to Reveal Fascinating Insights into Ancient Egypt

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(NewsUSA) - Educators everywhere should scrap their current lesson plans and make the new book Be a Scribe! by 16-year-old Michael Hoffen and co-authors Dr. Christian Casey and Dr. Jen Thum part of …

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Infinity Kings: Final Book In A Favorite Fantasy Series

The much-anticipated conclusion to the Infinity Cycle fantasy series is at last available.
(NAPSI)—In an epic conclusion to the New York Times best-selling Infinity Cycle, two brothers find themselves in a heartbreaking war against one another.   After the ultimate betrayal, Emil …

2102: PRETENSE, THE PLAY: New Literary Novel Overlays Tech Angst into a Stunning Future

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(NewsUSA) - As Artificial Intelligence advances across the globe with inexorable speed, untold predictions of promise and peril amass. All in all, it’s a perfect time for Amazon bestselling author …

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How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology

“Dune,” widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the future. Of course, there are Denis Villeneuve’s visually stunning films, “Dune: Part One” (2021) and “Dune: Part Two” (2024). …

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Margaret Morse Nice thought like a song sparrow and changed how scientists understand animal behavior

The Conversation looks back at a pioneering ethologist, bird-bander, and ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice, and how her work influenced scientific approaches to animal behavior for Women's History Month.

Helping Alleviate Children’s Anxiety

At bedtime, when lights go out…sometimes thoughts stay on. A new children’s book can help.
(NAPSI)—If your children are like most, they get anxious from time to time—but you can help them get over it.   The Problem In fact, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), …

BookTrib’s Bites: From Science Fiction to Murder Mysteries

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Who is the 'Rural Voter'? A new book builds on old themes to create new understanding

The Daily Yonder looks at "The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America," in which Colby College political scientists Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea set out to describe what differentiates the politics of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan places.

W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more reading lists

W.E.B. Du Bois is widely known for his civil rights activism, but many sociologists argue that he has yet to receive due recognition as the founding father of American sociology. His groundbreaking study, “The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study,” …

Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened

Eighty years ago, in the winter and spring of 1944, Brooklyn-born author Betty Smith was entering a new chapter of life. A year earlier, she was an unknown writer, negotiating with her publisher about manuscript edits and the date of publication for her first book, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” …

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Serial Entrepreneur Teaches Us How to Go the Distance in Business and in Life

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Books: folklore and fantasy combine in Langabi, a supernatural historical epic from Zimbabwe

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