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Saturday Family Storytime

Events: Egg Harbor Township - Sat, 04/29/2023 - 12:23am

Open to all ages. Registration required. Songs, stories, and oh so much fun! We ask that guardians please remain present with children during the event. All programs are subject to change or cancellations.

Drop-In Lego Playtime

Events: Egg Harbor Township - Sat, 04/29/2023 - 12:23am

Open to all ages. Drop by the children's area to make your own Lego creations. This is a self-guided activity. Ask for Legos at the front desk. Please remember to clean them up when you're done! Guardians must remain with children aged 9 and under during the event.

Let's Go LEGO

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Open to ages 5 and older. Registration required. Come meet up with other LEGO enthusiasts and build your own LEGO creations. All materials provided. Guardians must remain with children 9 and under. All programs subject to change or cancellation.

Alexandra Auder, Daughter of Viva, Tells Her Story in a New Memoir

New York Times Book News - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 10:45pm

After an unruly childhood in the Chelsea Hotel and online fame as a yoga parodist, Alexandra Auder writes an ode to bohemian Manhattan and her singular mother, Viva.

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88

New York Times Book News - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 6:05pm

With a wide-reaching spiritual message in books like “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” he drew on his own experience with grief and doubt.

Eleanor Catton on ‘Birnam Wood’

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 4:08pm

The New Zealand writer, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2013 for her novel “The Luminaries,” discusses her latest book.

Eleanor Catton on ‘Birnam Wood’

New York Times Book News - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 4:08pm

The New Zealand writer, who won the Man Booker Prize in 2013 for her novel “The Luminaries,” discusses her latest book.

Book Review: ‘Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,’ by Claire Dederer

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 3:24pm

Claire Dederer’s deft and searching book surfaces a “fan’s dilemma” over such figures as Vladimir Nabokov, Woody Allen, Willa Cather and Roman Polanski.

What I’m Reading: Wives and Muses Edition

New York Times Book News - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 10:25am

A look at women who inspired great art and literature and what might have been.

Dennis Lehane's 'Small Mercies' is a crime thriller that spotlights rampant racism

NPR Book Reviews - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 7:03am

While set in Boston's Southie in 1974, the story is incredibly timely. It's at once a crime novel, an unflinching look at racism, and a heart-wrenching tale about a mother who has lost everything.

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Book Review: ‘The Last Catastrophe,’ by Allegra Hyde; ‘The Archivists,’ by Daphne Kalotay; ‘The House of Love and Prayer,’ by Tova Reich; ‘The People Who Report More Stress,’ by Alejandro Varela

NY Times Book Reviews - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 5:00am

New collections by Allegra Hyde, Daphne Kalotay, Tova Reich and Alejandro Varela range in subject from everyday minutia to our dystopian future.

Book Review: ‘The Last Catastrophe,’ by Allegra Hyde; ‘The Archivists,’ by Daphne Kalotay; ‘The House of Love and Prayer,’ by Tova Reich; ‘The People Who Report More Stress,’ by Alejandro Varela

New York Times Book News - Fri, 04/28/2023 - 5:00am

New collections by Allegra Hyde, Daphne Kalotay, Tova Reich and Alejandro Varela range in subject from everyday minutia to our dystopian future.

Atlantic County Library System

Saturday Family Storytime

Drop-In Lego Playtime

Let's Go LEGO

Alexandra Auder, Daughter of Viva, Tells Her Story in a New Memoir

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, Reassuring Best-Selling Author, Dies at 88

Eleanor Catton on ‘Birnam Wood’

Eleanor Catton on ‘Birnam Wood’

Book Review: ‘Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,’ by Claire Dederer

What I’m Reading: Wives and Muses Edition

Dennis Lehane's 'Small Mercies' is a crime thriller that spotlights rampant racism

Book Review: ‘The Last Catastrophe,’ by Allegra Hyde; ‘The Archivists,’ by Daphne Kalotay; ‘The House of Love and Prayer,’ by Tova Reich; ‘The People Who Report More Stress,’ by Alejandro Varela

Book Review: ‘The Last Catastrophe,’ by Allegra Hyde; ‘The Archivists,’ by Daphne Kalotay; ‘The House of Love and Prayer,’ by Tova Reich; ‘The People Who Report More Stress,’ by Alejandro Varela

Book Review: ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars,’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Book Review: ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars,’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Book Review: ‘A History of Burning,’ by Janika Oza

Fresh Spring Romance Novels

Book Review: ‘A History of Burning,’ by Janika Oza

Fresh Spring Romance Novels

A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library

Playdate at the Library

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