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Join a Reference Librarian for a Short Story Series Discussion From the internationally best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author, a superbly crafted new work of fiction: eight stories—longer and more emotionally complex than any she has yet written—that take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they enter the lives of sisters and brothers, … Continue reading "Short Story Series Discussion: “Unaccustomed Earth” by Jhumpa Lahiri"

Meet the school board candidates in Helena and East Helena.

“To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.” —Chinese Proverb

The Wareham Free Library will hold an in-person Non-Fiction Book Club on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:0

The Wareham Free Library will hold an in-person Non-Fiction Book Club on Tuesday, April 12 at 5:0

This year I had the privilege of being one of three SALALM Conference Attendance Scholarship recipients to attend SALALM’s 60th conference at Princeton University. There I was exposed to a dynamic and energizing group of engaged professionals who are passionate about what they do. I can only describe this feeling as contagious. This year’s theme, … Continued

By Melissa Chim, General Theological SeminaryThe poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has a special place among Christmas traditions, right alongside hot chocolate, caroling and bright lights. It has also inspired the modern image of ...

Melissa Chim’s profile on The Conversation

The special contribution of 14 Toowoomba City Library volunteers has been recognised as they prepare to retire after a collective 131 years of service

By Melissa Chim, General Theological SeminaryBooks have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers – figuratively. But one book that was quite popular from the 15th to 17th centuries, and infamously so, is literally about spells: what witches do, how do identify them, how to get them to...