Posts by Carrie McBride

Meet these pioneering women from past and present.

Our Valentine's gift to you this year is 125 Books We Love

Saying goodbye to the "Queen of Suspense"

From picture books for tots to books for teens.

Upcoming events include book discussions, films, genealogy research, author talks and much, much more.

You don't need to know a blitz from a bump-and-run to enjoy these books.

And the award goes to...

"We're ready for our close-up!" say library shelves all over the world today.

We're celebrating National Thesaurus Day with a test of your synonym skills...

Benjamin Franklin's contributions to science, politics, and diplomacy are immense, but his passion for and support of books and libraries is what has endeared him to us most here at the Library.

We're living in an age of great television. Is it a coincidence that so many hit shows are based on hit books? Maybe, maybe not. A slew of new shows are hitting the waves which had their start as books and we can't wait to watch and read them all.

Nominations for the 2020 Oscars awards have been announced. Many of the films are adapted from or draw their inspiration from a reliable and oft-visited well—books! Whether you like to compare the film to the book or eschew the film altogether and go straight to the source, there are some great reads here both fiction and non-fiction.

If you miss the days when your mailbox was fuller than your inbox, take a look through some old New Year's postcards from the NYPL Digital Collections.

Whether you just can't bear to see a movie before you've had a chance to read the book or seeing the movie inspires you to explore the original source material, we've put together a list of about-to-be-released movies and their book counterparts which, of course, you can check out from the library.

Are you in the Star Wars zone? After you see the new movie, further your adventures in this universe through audio books, graphic novels, children's books, non-fiction and more.