One of life’s little treats is finding a mystery series where the books are good but so is the TV show. The British are excellent at this...

Books for Lunch had its first post-Zoom era in person meeting at the library last week, a dozen strong including three new people. Here...

Before the “big reveal,” consider how the library has created new space out of old space all along without increasing its footprint since...

For whatever reason, it appears that this column has only featured romance novels a couple times over the past nine years. Yet when I...

Nine years ago, during a discussion about the library needing a book club, then-director Mary Chasseur told me there was a history of...

We’ve all done it. We’ve been baited into an argument about the best way to read a book. Paper only! many say. The feel, the smell, the...

Beginning Monday, June 14 – two days before this article is published in the newspaper – Summer Reading is once again happening for every...

Catalog systems in libraries are largely something we don’t think about. But as of June 1 we have a new one, and we all need to give it a...

This week let’s feature an author, no doubt toward the end of his career (he’s 79), who has a Michigan connection and has been productive...

Although I’m not usually drawn to numbers, the library’s quarterly reports are always interesting reading. These are public, of course,...

This past week, I sat down with Library Director Pamela Williams and discussed a number of Frequently Asked Questions that I’ve been...

April’s Books for Lunch Zoom meeting found some interesting threads between historical time periods, what order books should be read in,...

One of the library’s most popular adult programs is the series of Constitutional Law Seminars led by retired United States Magistrate...

Have you ever noticed when watching mysteries how often the English professor did it? As soon as I see an English professor as part of...

Funny books have enough in common to make up their own genre. Read more in this article about funny books -- and notice that David...

We all know tone when we hear it. Is there any mom or dad ever who hasn’t looked at their kid and said, “Don’t use that tone with me.”...

Beverly Cleary's books stand the test of time through decades with children and their parents and teachers. Although she died last week,...

Only one quarter of 2021 has passed, and we’ve lost two important American writers, Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry. We can take heart...

Of course we all expect to get books and other reading resources at the library. But public libraries are so much more. Here's a good...

It’s time to review and highlight what’s happening at the library during these changeable times. First, what are our hours currently?...