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St. Paul’s Libraries Have Long Benefited from Their Friends

January 30, 2016

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…

Faith Sullivan (2016 Fireside Reading Series)

January 27, 2016

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,…

Jim Sitter Named 2016 Kay Sexton Award Recipient

January 22, 2016

Jim 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.

Legacy and Cultural STAR Grants Bring Funding for Digitization Technology

December 30, 2015

Saint 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…

St. Paul Library Publishes Karen Language Children's Books

December 17, 2015

Mayor 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…

Wendy Fernstrum Announced as 2016 Minnesota Book Artist Award Winner

December 4, 2015

The 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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