In 2019, the Watertown Free Library in Massachusetts will celebrate its 11th One Book program. Previous years’ selections include Refuge by Dina Nayeri (2018) and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2017). The Watertown Free Public Library’s One Book program is an “opportunity to bring people to books they might not have picked up on their

With your 2017 First Year and Community Reading selections confirmed and on their way, it’s never too early to start thinking about 2018! Titles are curated by theme in our reading program catalogs so it’s never been easier to find a book that will meet your needs or interests and fit into your curriculum. Additionally,

Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She’s Not There, Stuck in the Middle With You and I’m Looking Through You, will continue her book tour on October 15th with an appearance at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.  Boylan will give the 10th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture for the Women and Gender Studies program.  She has previously

In August, Téa Obreht was honored as this year’s Marino Family International Writers’ Academic Workshop author at Georgetown University. The Marino Family International Writers’ Academic Workshop has been taking place at Georgetown since 1995 and has featured authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Margaret Atwood, Dinaw Mengestu (a Georgetown alumnus), and Orhan Pamuk. The Workshop

Abandoned at age 15, Sam Bracken battled homelessness, poverty, and abuse to successfully earn a full-ride football scholarship to the Georgia Institute of Technology. When he left for college, everything he owned fit in an orange duffel bag. Now, in this illustrated memoir and road map to personal transformation, Sam shares his story as well as