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A poet, a doctor, a muse: Meet the bookstore cats of Philadelphia
They’re often rescues, sometimes stars, and generally in their element.
In advance of the Latin American Book Festival, where to find Spanish-language books in Philly
Whether you’re a native speaker or just starting to learn, you can get good reads all over the city.
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Renowned culinary scholar Michael Twitty on how food helps you ‘understand why you exist’
The Black, Jewish, and Southern queer chef will sign copies of “Koshersoul” after a talk at the Weitzman.
Still trying to fill hundreds of open positions, the Free Library has managed to expand service at over a dozen branches
Saturday hours could be on their way as early as this winter.
How to get a library card in Philly (and everything you can do if you get one)
Stream a movie, download an audiobook, borrow an instrument, and more. Make sure to check the hours before you try to visit a branch.
Port Richmond school gets a library after years of planning, and students are reading up a storm
Donations are helping Liguori Academy fill up the shelves.
About 1 in 7 Philly neighborhood libraries can’t fully open each day, on top of already reduced hours
Advocates — and the new Free Library director — say the solution lies with increased funding for staff.
Black history through memories at Brewerytown’s Bailey Street Books
Professor Anyabwile Love wants the community to share in his collection of rare Black literature.
Indie bookstore The Head and The Hand is expanding to a new, bigger location on Frankford Avenue
The nonprofit publisher first opened in Kensington three years ago.
Joseph Fox Bookshop in Center City closing after 70 years, as neighborhood bookstores press on
The Sansom Street store was a mainstay of the local literary scene.
How Giovanni’s Room reinvented itself to succeed as the oldest gay bookstore in the country
The shop has been an LGBTQ haven for nearly 50 years.
Novelista puertorriqueño radicado en Filadelfia gana beca nacional
Francisco Font Acevedo es uno de los veinte escritores puertorriqueños, tanto en Puerto Rico como en la diáspora estadounidense, que recibió la beca inaugural Letras Boricuas de $25,000.
Philly-based Puerto Rican novelist wins national fellowship
Francisco Font Acevedo is one of 20 writers awarded the inaugural $25,000 Letras Boricuas award.
Users upset as costs force Free Library to drop free movie streaming service
Kanopy and Hoopla funds will be redirected to physical branches.
Books and community: How Blue Stoop is surviving — and even thriving — despite coronavirus
10 Philly authors will read about revolution in the literary collective's year-end fundraiser film.
Former Penn Book Center closes for good, coronavirus ends 60-year run in West Philly
The shop nearly shut down last year, before new owners stepped in.
My Free Library: Why I love South Philly’s Charles Santore branch
An essay in recognition of National Library Week.
10 underrated Philly books to devour in the quarantine era
Buy them online to support local independent booksellers.
She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.
Harriet’s Bookshop is now welcoming customers to browse its woman-centric shelves.