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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
For veterans of NaNoWriMo, November never comes as a surprise. You’ve been dreading the turn of your calendar for weeks and now it’s here. For you, November is not just a pre-holiday slump, but a time...
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2014 American Library Association Youth Awards
Newbery Award Winner: Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Honor: Doll Bones by Holly Black Honor: The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes Honor: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake Honor: Paperboy by...
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Book list: Black History in Young Adult Nonfiction
For those teen readers who believe nonfiction is a snore, it might be a good time to reconsider. Over the past decade, writers have uncovered some excellent, never-before-told stories, particularly in...
View ArticleBook review: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
I only make one mistake where I mix up names. Can you find it? And actually I don’t know if Koko the gorilla will write you back. I guess I was inspired and thought it would be cool if she did. We Are...
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Book Review: Half Brother
If you know a teen or young adult reader who might feel left out of the literary side of the Nashville READS, I suggest a book called Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel. Not only is this an excellent and...
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Book review: Wild tales : a rock & roll life by Graham Nash
Wild Tales: a rock & roll life by Graham Nash Those of you who came of age in the sixties and seventies will want to rearrange your calendars Friday to make sure you don’t miss the Nashville Public...
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Helping Nashville Grow: NPL Seed Exchange
When the staff at Nashville Public Library tell you books are only half the story, we’re not joking. Check out seeds from your favorite library. That’s right gardeners – seeds! We launched the...
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Choose Privacy Week
Choose Privacy Week is an annual event to encourage community dialogue about privacy in the digital age. Nashville Public Library supports your right to read, browse the internet, and otherwise seek...
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Event : The Art of Fermentation
Are you ready for some live culture at your library? On Saturday, June 21st fermentation writer and revivalist Sandor Ellix Katz will be here at the downtown library to explain how easy it is to get...
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A challenge for you, book lovers
Summer is in full swing at NPL, and if you haven’t heard, we’ve issued you a seasonal challenge: READ! This year, our Summer Reading Program has been re-vamped into a Summer Challenge that encourages...
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50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer
In the summer of 1964, around one thousand young people, mostly college students, mostly white, headed to Mississippi. Their goals seemed simple. Help black people to register to vote. Start community...
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Jon Scieszka: a visit and a book review
The Stinky Cheese Man, True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Time Warp Trio, Guys Read – the list goes on. The master of fractured fairy tales and pied piper of boy readers is coming to NPL. Tonight!...
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