The Library of Congress’ 2011 National Book Festival is September 24th and 25th in Washington, DC. There is lots of fun information about authors and books on the Festival’s website including some great interviews with three of the authors featured at this year’s festival.
The new Random Review schedule has just been announced! On the second Wednesday of each month, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the Library’s Main Meeting Room, a different book will be reviewed by a community member. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served, and you are free to bring your lunch.
The Help, which opens today at the Carmike Cinema in Corvallis, is based on the bestselling book The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Keep reading to find out what books are being made into movies.
It’s been over 4 years now since my father passed. When Father’s Day comes around I remember the bottles of Old Spice aftershave that we kids would buy him. Or the colorful ties that my mother would help us pick out. My favorite was a chocolate tie with a bite already taken out of it. [...]
Most of us recognize the influence music has on our mood. Why else do we listen to music at the gym, if not to harness its potency to make us exercise harder while enjoying it more?
While vacationing in Ohio recently, I hiked a wilderness trail and some family members were treated to a scarlet tanager sighting. This week at the reference desk a library user asked me where the bird books were to help identify a bird he had seen in his yard. As we walked to that section of [...]
Train your brain author Robert Winningham will present a program on improving your memory at any age on Friday, May 20, from 2:00-3:15.
OSU’s Visiting Writers Series sponsors an exciting event this Thursday: a round-table discussion and Q and A on the state of publishing.
A friendly library user and cat lover shared this site with us showing writers with their cats. I thought you might enjoy it.
Moonwalking with Einstein is getting great reviews. Be sure to place a hold so you won’t miss this title when it hits the library shelves. Just click on the book jacket to be taken to our online catalog, and join me in the queue. Less interested in winning an international memory competition, and more interested [...]
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