This Read Brave season is wrapping up, but we have more exclusive opportunities for your book club. Sign up below to be part of our Minnesota Book Club Network and see what’s next! Our winning book club had their own Read Brave meeting with Mayor Carter on February 12. Congratulations DEED book club! Join our…
Read MoreSAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, February 9, 2018 – The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library announced today that Kathryn Haddad, writer, teacher, community organizer, and founder of Mizna – one of the few Arab American arts and literary organizations in the United States, is the winner of the 2018 Kay Sexton Award. Sponsored by St.…
Read MoreThe elected individuals complete a nearly 50-member board that will play a key role in the organization’s major 2018 endeavors, including strategic planning and resource development. SAINT PAUL, MN, January 9, 2017 —The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library has elected eight new trustees to its board of directors, effective January 1,2018. The new…
Read MoreThe Friends invests in the Saint Paul Public Library so that it can connect individuals with resources that enrich and improve lives and make Saint Paul communities stronger. One of the ways the Library strengthens communities is by fostering a healthy, sustainable workforce. Read our recent case statement below about why investing in the Library…
Read MoreThe artist and professor will be honored with an award and a retrospective exhibition for her work The Love Affair. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library announces Erica Spitzer Rasmussen as the winner of the 2018 Minnesota Book Artist Award for her work entitled The Love Affair. Sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group, this…
Read MoreThirty years of Minnesota literary history flooded the University Club in Saint Paul on Wednesday, November 29. Authors, publishers, and members of the literary community brought their energy, their memories, and even their photos to The Friends’ recent happy hour honoring 30 years of the Minnesota Book Awards program. The event was a book nerd’s…
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