Queer Lit Review: March 2023

Welcome to the March edition of the Queer Lit Review! This month we have a YA fantasy inspired by Slavic folktales, a picture book about one girl's crush on Valentine's Day, and an adult fantasy/romance featuring two gay men. These titles may be available in other formats or languages. Check our catalog for availability.
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Queer Lit Review Does the Winter Reading Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to a Winter Reading Challenge special edition of the Queer Lit Review! This brand new reading challenge from the BPL requires you to read a book by an author from each of six geographic regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania between January and February of this year. In this blog post we have recommended one queer book for each of the six regions and listed books we're hoping to read next, which you may see reviews for in future posts. 
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Resources at the Boston Public Library to Celebrate National News Literacy Week

January 23-27, 2023 is National News Literacy Week. Presented by The News Literacy Project and The E.W. Scripps Company, this week is dedicated to highlighting the vital role of news literacy in a democracy and provides knowledge, tools, and skills to become more news-literate. Building and exercising news literacy skills is important all year round too; and the Boston Public Library is here to help! Here's a roundup of ways you can utilize BPL resources to learn more about news literacy topics, keep up-to-date on news and current events, and build critical thinking skills to help be an informed news consumer.
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World’s Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival

When you think of a multi-day music festival, what comes to mind? Woodstock? Coachella? Newport Folk Festival? One hundred and fifty years ago, Boston hosted a music festival that lasted for 18 days! The World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival took place from June 17 through July 4, 1872, and was held in the Back Bay neighborhood in a Coliseum also known as the Peace Temple. It was created to honor the ending of the Franco-Prussian War.
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