...and journalist Kate Waters won't stop sleuthing until she has all the answers. Author Fiona Barton's characterization of Kate is particularly well done. She is a reporter for a London tabloid and can be seen as manipulative, as being manipulated, or as a feisty investigator determined to find the truth. She is in her fifties, juggling…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Naw Rúz and Hola Mohalla
March 19-21, 2019 - Naw Rúz Naw Rúz (also known as No Rouz, Nowruz, or Noruz), translates to "New Day" in English is the Bahá'í and Persian New Year, which occurs on the date of the vernal equinox. The holiday is fixed as March 21 for Bahá'ís in all countries outside the Middle East, regardless of…
Celebrating 165 Years: The BPL Through Time and Place
March 20, 2019 marks the 165th anniversary of the opening of the Boston Public Library in its first building! To celebrate, take a look at these digitized images of the BPL's Central Library through the years (and buildings). These photos and images are available through the Digital Commonwealth, which is made possible through digitization services from the Boston Public…
Notable Women, Notable Manuscripts: Emily Dickinson
In celebration of Women’s History month, this is the third post in a series by guest blogger Kim Reynolds (Curator of Manuscripts) focusing on BPL's special collections featuring notable 19th century American women. Poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in the family home known as Homestead. From a prominent family, Dickinson attended Amherst…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Ostara, Holi, and Purim
Learn about 3 holidays coming up that celebrate spring: Ostara, Holi ,and Purim. Learn their backstory as well as how they are celebrated.
National Library Week: Why I wanted to become a librarian
National Library Week I love libraries; I always have. I have wanted to be a librarian since I was a small child. I loved going with our babysitter to the branch library near her house after school. I remember getting a book with a cassette tape that I would play at home in my little…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2019 - St. Patrick's Day There will be many people celebrating Saint Patrick's Day on March 17, 2019. The holiday, which is also referred to as the Feast of Saint Patrick or Lá Fhéile Pádraig in Irish, is a cultural and religious celebration of the death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland…
The Irish War of Independence Centenary
March is Irish-American Heritage Month. This is an ideal time to take a look at a pivotal event in Irish history whose 100th anniversary is this year: the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921. The first shots were fired on January 21, 1919, when a group of Irish Republic Army (IRA) volunteers ambushed and killed two…
Notable Women, Notable Manuscripts: Celia Thaxter
In celebration of Women’s History month, this is the second post in a series by guest blogger Kim Reynolds (Curator of Manuscripts) focusing on BPL's special collections featuring notable 19th century American women. Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She grew up on the Isle of Shoals and Appledore Island, Maine, where…
Traditional Irish Music
A guest blog post by Rebecca Hunt, Music Librarian Ireland’s musical tradition goes back well over a thousand years. For nearly all of this time, it’s been an oral tradition passed on from one musician to another. It’s only been fairly recently that the music has been recorded in written and audio forms. The music…
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