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Between the Bookends: Here are the Brooklyn Public Library’s most popular books of 2024

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Arts & Entertainment

Never-before-seen photos of James Baldwin surface at new BPL exhibit, ‘Turkey Saved My Life’

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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News

Brooklyn Public Library offers Kings County jurors full access to e-books, digital media

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Books

Brooklyn Book Festival takes over this weekend with Children’s Day and Festival Day

By Jon Sosa

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Culinary fusion: How love and lox sparked Shalom Japan’s 10-year success in Williamsburg

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Downtown

Brooklyn Book Festival returning this September with nine days of literary revelry

By Natalie Dahan

NY: Brooklyn Central Library celebrates Sunday reopening

Politics

Turning the page: Library lovers and officials celebrate return of Sunday service at Grand Army Plaza branch

By Gabriele Holtermann

NY: The People’s Ball 2024

Books

People’s Ball returns to Brooklyn Public Library with vibrant celebration of style and inclusivity

By Gabriele Holtermann

Readers can swing by the library to pick up their latest read.

News

Brooklyn Public Library to spark minds with STEM book giveaway powered by energy project

By Jada Camille

Bookworms looking for love will head to the Center for Fiction speed dating event on Feb. 9.

Downtown

Booking for love! The Center for Fiction gets singles in Valentine’s mood with speed dating event

By Jada Camille

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced a new challenge to visit each of their 62 branch locations.

Books

Branching out! Brooklyn Public Library challenges library-goers to ‘Browse the Branches’

By Isabel Song Beer

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Books

The year in books: Brooklyn Public Library unveils its most-borrowed books of 2023

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Kids & Education

‘Opposites Abstract: A Mo Willems Exhibit’ headed to Brooklyn Children’s Museum

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Kids & Education

Brooklyn Public Library expands ‘Books Unbanned’ program as city proclaims ‘Freedom to Read Day’

By Augostina Mallous

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Books

PHOTOS: The return of the sun brings literary crowds to the Brooklyn Book Festival

By Susan de Vries

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Brooklyn Heights

Seeking to ‘democratize history,’ renovated Center for Brooklyn History reopens with new exhibit

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Books

‘The Caribbean story really is a universal story’: Fifth annual Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival begins Sept. 7

By Isabel Song Beer

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Books

Brooklyn Book Festival, a nine-day celebration of literature, is coming September 24

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Arts & Entertainment

Brooklyn Public Library’s first-ever anime convention, AniTomo, coming to Brooklyn Heights on July 8

By Ximena Del Cerro

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Brownstoner

After Eight Years, Beloved Greenlight Bookstore Closing Prospect Lefferts Gardens Location

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