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It's LCK! time again. If you find yourself downtown today or tomorrow for the Kerouac festival you should stop by the first floor of the library and check out our Kerouac Corner and Young Promethean Poetry Collection (look for the YPPC call number for those searching our catalog). We dedicated the corner this past March as part…Read More
Our nonfiction book club is set to discuss an interesting book that tells the lesser known story of one of history's supporting characters, who so happens to be a woman. The Book of Ages tells the story of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, as much as anything can be known about the person with whom Franklin corresponded…Read More
Author (nationality) Title (imprint) Marlon James (Jamaica) A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld Publications) Tom McCarthy (UK) Satin Island (Jonathan Cape) Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) The Fishermen (ONE, Pushkin Press) Sunjeev Sahota (UK) The Year of the Runaways (Picador) Anne Tyler (US)…Read More
The 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize short list is here. After the Parade by Ostlund "An ESL teacher seeks closure from a rejection-marked childhood and his own questionable choices by exploring his relationships with fellow misfits in his youth. A first novel by the award-winning author of The Bigness of the World." Against…Read More
"I’ve always wanted to take a road trip across America. Due to a long history of getting pulled over for dumb stuff and a general fear of driving, it’s never happened. So I’ve lived vicariously through books, hitching a ride with Jack Kerouac or piggy backing along with Cheryl Strayed on toe-nail-murdering hiking trails." Click here for more.Read More
This long lost manuscript has just been published and is a Dr. Seuss take on "make up your mind already". Click here to put it on order.Read More
Until June 23 the Big Library Read title is available for checkout. It’s free, and there’s never a waiting list during the program. All you need is a library card to join the global eBook club. This year's selection is: Eyes on You A Novel of Suspense by Kate White "After a painful divorce and losing…Read More
The Pollard was happy to welcome Stephen O'Connor to the library last week to promote his new novel The Witch at Rivermouth published by Merrimack Press -- a new publishing arm of the nice folks that regularly bring you the awesomeness that is Merrimack Valley Magazine. The novel is actually a mystery so O'Connor couldn't talk too much about the…Read More
It's a local author bonanza at the Pollard next week as we'll have not one but two great local authors here to give talks and book signings: Ianna Hondros McCarthy "Stickier Rice, Clearer Purpose" Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm Local author and UMass Lowell alum, Ianna Hondros-McCarthy will present her book on mindfulness and Buddhism…Read More
TEACHERS: Want free books for your classroom? Come on Saturday, May 16, between 2:00 and 3:00 PM, to collect unsold books at the annual library book sale. Please bring ID or proof of school employment. Special Preview Night for Friends members only: Come and buy used books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs for adults and children! Most…Read More
More than 20 featured authors from diverse writing backgrounds, including Margaret Atwood (@MargaretAtwood), Jackie Collins (@jackiejcollins), Lemony Snicket (@DanielHandler), and Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) will participate in this digital storytelling extravaganza, sharing creative works via words, photos and videos. While these authors will be part of the official festival lineup, we encourage all of you storytellers from…Read More
The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation annual Author Night brings Michael Tougias to Memorial Hall (2nd Floor reference room) April 30, 2015. Michael J. Tougias is an award winning author and co-author of 23 books. Among his bestsellers are A Storm Too Soon, The Finest Hours (soon to be a major motion picture by Disney), Fatal…Read More
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) self-published the first edition of his opus, Leaves of Grass in 1855. At the time, he was living in Brooklyn and working as a freelance journalist and a printer / bookseller. The book drew favorable attention from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. After the outbreak of the Civil War he…Read More
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a founding force behind the Transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century. He was a preacher and lecturer in Concord Massachusetts who gained international notoriety through his series of essays on nature and humanity. He was closely associated with other Transcendentalist thinkers including Margaret Fuller and Henry David Thoreau. He was also an…Read More
These apps can help you write poetry in interesting ways such as including images or beginning with writing prompts. There are also voice recording for those on the go and several rhyming dictionary apps. And check out the Poetry Daily app to get your daily requirement of poetry - Vitamin P. Click here for the…Read More