The Minnesota Book Awards is pleased to announce Mary François Rockcastle, Director of The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University, as the recipient of the 2015 Kay Sexton Award. Sponsored by Common Good Books, the Sexton Award is presented annually to an individual or organization in recognition of long-standing dedication and outstanding work in fostering…
Read MoreThe Minnesota Book Awards is pleased to announce Harriet Bart and her longtime collaborative partners, printer Philip Gallo and binder Jill Jevne, as the winners of the 2015 Minnesota Book Artist Award for a new piece entitled “Ghost Maps”.
Read MoreFrom Publisher’s Weekly By Claire Kirch Minnesota license plates proclaim that the state is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. It could just as well be called the land of 10,000 presses. Many consider the Twin Cities, with their concentration and variety of publishers, literary organizations, and related businesses, second only to New York City in…
Read MoreFrom the Pioneer Press By Mary Ann Grossmann [email protected] Kay Sexton, a former vice president of B. Dalton Bookseller whose reading recommendations were nationally influential, died Friday, October 17, at her home in Arden Hills. She was 91 and had been in declining health for several years, according to her niece, Leslie Walters. Sexton, who…
Read MoreSaint Paul Public Library’s “Borrow the Internet” project will offer loans of Wi-Fi hotspots with free Internet service, focused on neighborhoods along the Green Line transit corridor.
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SAINT PAUL, October 13, 2014 – The Saint Paul Public Library has named Tony Yang as Deputy Director. Yang, who will begin in this position on November 3, 2014, will serve as the library’s chief operating officer with responsibilities for budgeting and finance, administration and staffing, contracting, management reporting, and program evaluation. Yang will succeed Deputy…
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