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Urban Fiction Experience – Saturday, Sept. 25 – Main Library!
Posted about 4 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb
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Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Fiction, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Poetry, Reading Recommendations, Writing
| Tagged with book recs, local authors, poet laureate, public programs, reading suggestions, urban fiction, writing workshop
Experience urban fiction at its finest with New York Times Best-Selling Author Nikki Turner, Richmond Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems, and other notable urban fiction authors. This free program features author […]
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September 11, 2001: How Will You Remember?
Posted about 4 years ago by Jennifer Deuell
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Events, History and Preservation, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions, september11
This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Richmond Public Library is proud to host an educational exhibit made available by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This exhibition […]
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Unusual Book Lists
Posted about 4 years ago by Nico D'Archangel
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Fiction, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with book recommendations, LGBT, new releases, reading suggestions
Every person at a circulation desk can tell you a story or thirty about a patron who can’t remember a title but remembers part of the cover. Sometimes we can […]
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Celebrate the Days – September
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Adult, Book Reviews, crafts and hobbies, Families, Fiction, Health and Wellness, holidays; celebrations, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with banned books, beards, book recommendations, celebrations, classical music, courtesy, currentevents, encouragement, Fiction, Grandparents, gratitude, HBUCs, library cards, make your bed, neighbor, new releases, nonfiction, online learning, positive thinking, procrastination, reading suggestions, reflexology, resumes, self care, sewing, talk like a pirate, voter registration
THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]
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Celebrate the Days – August
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with artistappreciation, behappy, bekind, belazy, bookloversday, celebrations, dogdaysofsummer, holidays, lizzieborden, matchmaker, nationalfriendshipday, nationallighthouseday, nomad, poetry, reading suggestions, romancereaders
THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES ALMOST EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH – SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE. I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING […]
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Only the Lonely
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Fiction, Film, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with bekind, cheerup, cheerupthelonelyday, loneliness, onlythelonely, reading suggestions, smile, spreadkindness, unlonely, unlonelyproject
lonely definitions(from Merriam-Webster online) 1 – a: being without company: LONE // too many lonely nights at home. b: cut off from others: SOLITARY // the train stopped frequently at […]
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Celebrate the Days – July
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Holidays, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with antiboredom, bagpipeappreciationday, book recommendations, celebrations, dogdaysofsummer, eatahamburger, fireworks, forgetful, fourthofjuly, gaming, geek, geeklife, hamburger, Independence Day, internationaldayoffriendship, internationalkissingday, july, july4th, junkfood, keepitsimplestupid, learnanotherlanguage, midyear, motorcycle, nationaldayofthecowboy, nationalhammockday, postalworker, reading recommendations, reading suggestions, summer, truth, ufo, videogames
There are holidays and observances every day of the month — so many reasons to celebrate! I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not saying there […]
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Celebrate the Days – June
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
There are holidays and observances almost every day of the month – so many reasons to celebrate. I’m not saying there should be cake every day, but I’m not […]
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Gemini Book Horoscope
Posted about 5 years ago by Robyn Webb
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Book Horoscopes, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
| Tagged with astrology, book horoscopes, book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, reading suggestions
Every month of 2021, we will be sharing a tailored horoscope blog post for the current sun sign plus something a little extra so the rest of us aren’t completely […]
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Slice-of-life graphic novels for all ages
Posted about 5 years ago by Alexandra Zukas
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Book Reviews
| Tagged with books for adults, children's books, graphic novels, reading suggestions, young adult
So when I say “slice of life,” you might be wondering what that means in terms of genre. In slice-of-life fiction, the story focuses on a short episode in a […]
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