Author: madisonlibrary

Leonora and I just got back from a whirlwind one-day visit to the PLA (Public Library Association) annual conference in Boston. We attended programs on readers’ advisory (what librarians call what they do when someone asks for a book suggestion),

Just in time for weekend viewing (for those not watching NCAA basketball): Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Howl’s Moving Castle (anime), and Giggle, Giggle, Quack! (The last one is for the little

The Front Porch on NHPR had an interview last evening with Jodi Picoult, the popular New Hampshire author whose new book, The Tenth Circle, has just been released. With elements from Dante’s Inferno and contemporary graphic novels, this book should–as