Join us for our virtual celebration of Indie Author Day, the annual event which brings local writing and reading communities together. Our special online events will include readings by local authors of children's and adult prose and poetry and the workshop "Publishing Practice…
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Every Thursday at 4pm, the Library hosts a guest author for Literary Thursdays. On Thursday, October 22, our guest was Margaret Andersen, the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emeritus of Sociology from the University of Delaware. Andersen’s latest book,…
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It’s back...the mobile library will be touring Queens. Visit the mobile library’s walk-up window to sign up for a library card and more! Learn about how to attend virtual programs, how to reserve a book, and how to chat with a librarian. Get a free gift! For your health and…
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All Queens Public Library locations providing to-go service will be closed on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020. QPL's telephone reference and Chat with a Librarian services will also be unavailable. Although the Library will be closed, several of our branches will still…
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Happy National Friends of Libraries Week! It’s the annual celebration of library Friends groups and everything they do for their neighborhood libraries. In honor of Friends of Libraries Week, we asked the staff at our branches to talk about the special relationship they have…
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