Tag: books
‘The Moby Dick of carpeting’: Delco author pens novel about his working-class father
David Amadio’s debut novel is based on his father, a carpet master in Upper Darby.
1 year ago
Listen 4:26The first American edition of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ was published in Philly. Almost 200 years later, The Rosenbach dives into the novel.
2 years ago
Listen 2:21Anti-LGBTQ flyers target West Chester Area School District’s book collection
The anonymous flyer circulating in West Chester falsely claims that the district’s middle and high school libraries contain over 80 books with sexually explicit content.
2 years ago
Book donors want Pa. prisons to stop paying for shipping with inmate funds
A change in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy means donated books must be processed at a secure center outside the prisons.
5 years ago
After pushback, Pennsylvania changing approach to books in prisons
All the donated and purchased books will be searched for drugs before being delivered to inmates.
5 years ago
Delaware's 'Food for Fines,' program sees significant drop in participation
Participation in last week's New Castle County Libraries' annual "Food for Fines," amnesty was down 79 percent, compared to the year before.
6 years ago
Listen 1:09The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.
7 years ago