All DMPL locations are serving as warming centers during open hours. DART will be providing free rides to designated warming centers through Friday, December 5. Learn more about additional warming centers.
The Hugo Awards get underway this week! The annual convention honors the best Science Fiction and Fantasy media of the year, covering everything from books to TV to movies and more. The awards are usually held in August, but are being held in December this year as part of DisCon III. We're coveri...
Read MoreJason Mott's Hell of a Book took home the National Book Award fiction prize and Tiya Miles won the nonfiction prize for All that She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. The winners were announced during a virtual ceremony Wednesday evening. Hell of a Boo...
Read MoreThe Promise, by Damon Galgut, was named the winner of the 2021 Booker Prize in London this afternoon. His novel follows the life of three South African siblings reunited over the course of three decades by four different funerals, all while the turmoil of their nation reflects on their own lives. ...
Read MoreThe National Book Award has release the finalists for their annual awards. Each year, the National Book Foundation receives hundreds of nominations, narrowing down the list to ten, and then five, in several different categories. To be eligible, a book must have been published between December 1 of l...
Read MoreThe Booker Prize has announced six books that have made their 2021 shortlist. Four writers are finalists for the first time, including Patricia Lockwood making her debut with a debut novel, while Richard Powers and Damon Galgut return as finalists for their respective novels. The Booker Pri...
Read MoreSusana Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for fiction for her novel Piranesi! The fantasy novel is just her second book, published sixteen years after her acclaimed debut Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. The Women's Prize for Fiction began in 1992, in the aftermath of a 1991 Booke...
Read MoreAs the weather begins to cool this fall, the inclination to curl up with a book increase. Thankfully, there are tons of great new books this fall to spend all day reading. We’ve highlighted a few below – be sure to get your holds in for these! Don't forget to check out our Popular Page to see what e...
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