From the Pioneer Press, by Maja Beckstrom, January 29, 2016 Peter Pearson can sell almost anyone on the library. He speaks with affability, an ease born of more than 20 years’ practice and the conviction that what he’s selling is worth every $1 million donation. Here’s the pitch that opened checkbooks to help fund recent…
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Faith Sullivan returns to kick off the 22nd annual Fireside series with a reading from her new novel, Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse, which celebrates the strength and resourcefulness of independent women, the importance of community, and the transformative power of reading. Nell Stillman’s road is not easy. When her boorish husband dies soon after they move…
Read MoreJim Sitter, advocate for literary nonprofit organizations and founding executive director of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, announced as the winner of the 2016 Kay Sexton Award.
Read MoreSaint Paul Public Library has received two new sources of funding to support the digitization of select materials held in the library’s Saint Paul Collection. The library received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage grant in the amount of $85,035 through the Minnesota Historical Society for the “Digitizing Saint Paul City Directories” project. The library…
Read MoreMayor Coleman announces Saint Paul Public Library’s publishing of two children’s books in Karen language Saint Paul is home to largest Karen population in the U.S. December 17, 2015, SAINT PAUL, MN – Mayor Chris Coleman today announced that the Saint Paul Public Library has curated and published two Karen language children’s books, the first…
Read MoreThe Friends and the Minnesota Book Awards announce Wendy Fernstrum as the 2016 Minnesota Book Artist. Fernstrum writes, designs, prints, and binds artist books under the press name of Fernwerks. Her work is exhibited and collected nationally.
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