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If Birds Fly Back
If Birds Fly Back I just love it when books aren’t entirely centered around the romance aspect, and include it without exclusion of the characters’ original ideals. Such a cute story with some unexpected turns that carry the characters through some difficult choices.
2024 Carnegie Medals – Fiction
2024 Carnegie Medals – Fiction The Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, established in 2012, recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year. These awards are presented by the American Library Association. Check out this list of 2024 fiction honorees!
Book Buzz: Trailer Park Psalms: Poems
Trailer Park Psalms: Poems by Ryler Dustin Ryler Dustin’s latest book of poetry, “Trailer Park Psalms,” is a slender volume of poems that speaks to readers with a quiet voice. Dustin developed his skill as a poet and spoken word performer at the long-running Poetry Night open mic at Stuart’s Coffeehouse on the corner of … Read more
Open Book Schedule
12:15 p.m. MAINSTAGEWelcome with Rena Priest 12:15 p.m.YOUTH STAGEWriting Activities 12:30 p.m. MAINSTAGEPhoebe WahlPhoebe’s Diary 12:45 p.m. LOCAL AUTHORS STAGEI Sing the Salmon HomeGroup Reading with Rena Priest 1:30 p.m. MAINSTAGEBook Talk 1:45 p.m. MAINSTAGEArianne TruePoetry 2:00 p.m. YOUTH STAGEPhoebe Wahl Story Time 2:15 p.m. LOCAL AUTHORS STAGERed Wheelbarrow Writers 2:30 p.m. MAINSTAGEBook Talk 3:00 … Read more
Black History Month – books for kids
Black History Month – books for kids These books affirm and celebrate the Black Experience, fostering empathy and building understanding, as only stories can.
WCLS staff win Washington Library Association award for their service to migrant farmworker community
Whatcom County Library System staff members Diana Antaño, Evie Harman and Amelia Martinez won a Washington Library Association Merit Award for Outstanding Service at the state organization’s spring 2023 conference. The trio was honored for an innovative partnership that provided library services to Lynden and Everson’s migrant farmworker community. In summer 2022, Antaño, Harman and … Read more
Book Buzz: Rose Quartz and I Sing the Salmon Home
Rose Quartz: Poems by Sasha taqʷšblu LaPointe and I Sing the Salmon Home: Poems from Washington State edited by Rena Priest Just in time for National Poetry Month, there are two newly published poetry collections by writers with roots in Whatcom and Skagit counties. “RoseQuartz” is the debut poetry collection by Sasha taqʷšblu LaPointe, the author of … Read more
Ep.32: An Oral History of Whatcom READS
Ann McAllen, Linda Lambert, Chuck and Dee Robinson, Paul Hanson and Christine Perkins tell the origin story of Whatcom READS, now in its 15th year.