The Cedar Rapids Public Library is holding an essay contest in anticipation of the new library groundbreaking celebration on May 5. The essay contest, entitled “Love my Library” is open to all 6 – 12 ...

Stuart Kells does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Continuing the photo essay about public libraries, which showed many ...

Politics An 18-year-old Pete Buttigieg won a JFK Library essay contest. His subject was Bernie Sanders. "I absolutely would not have pictured then that I’d wind up potentially competing with him." ...

On World Book Day, a look at why good libraries are essential to spark the imagination of a child and strengthen their intellect Among the growing number of literature festivals in India, the ...

I don’t possess one of those personal libraries consisting of 20,000 volumes that writers of past generations could boast of by their early thirties. I live in a 68 square-metre apartment and that ...

What I have is a phantom library: the memory of the books that would now belong to me if I’d kept them. Writing about my library is, therefore, an archaeological exercise based on traces and memories ...

MANDAN, N.D. (KFYR) - The Morton Mandan Public Library is asking writers to submit their work for an essay contest. From April 6-12, the library will be celebrating National Library Week. As a part of ...