by Club Ink | Apr 30, 2018 | Club Ink, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
Ed. note: We asked Paula McLain, best-selling author of historical fiction, to share her personal library story with our patrons. She is visiting Newbury Auditorium, Sat., May 5, 4 p.m. to talk about her new novel Love and Ruin, in which she returns to the topic of...
by Club Ink | Mar 21, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
Admittedly, I grew up rarely visiting the library. Those card catalogs were intimidating (yes, I’m dating myself)! I was also too busy drawing and doodling to spend a lot of time reading. I did have my favorite books, but they were tattered, reread copies of Judy...
by Club Ink | Mar 12, 2018 | Club Ink, Comic books, GCPL Comics Month, Graphic Novels, Manga, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
What the library means to me, by Jenny Campbell When I was a kid growing up in Arizona, there was absolutely nothing better than a trip to the library – specifically, the Saquaro branch of the Phoenix Public Library – where I could roam the stacks and pick out...
by Club Ink | Jan 10, 2018 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
My book The Cleveland Rams is as much about the history of Cleveland as it is about the NFL franchise now based in Los Angeles, so it was built in no small part on published histories. For these I turned to local libraries, which were absolutely indispensable to my...
by Club Ink | Jan 5, 2018 | Club Ink, Visiting Authors, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
The Best Things in Life ARE Free My love affair with reading began with a two-shelf wooden bookcase in the corner of our family living room. The top shelf held a row of old furrowed paperbacks with yellowed dog-eared pages, the bottom mostly the same. Except for the...
by Nick Fagan | Oct 23, 2017 | Club Ink, Mobile Services, What the Library Means to Me, Why I love the library
Libraries offer a wealth of materials—books, movies, audiobooks, playaways, and more. However, a library’s vast resources are little use to those who cannot visit the buildings. As Mobile Services, we bring the library to these patrons with our three vehicle fleet. We...
