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5 Reasons #WhyIGiveBIG to the Seattle Public Library

May 5, 2015, is #GiveBIG Day in Seattle, a huge day for local nonprofits. Through the Seattle Foundation, your charitable donations are “stretched” with matching dollars — and special $1,000 Golden Ticket bonuses will be added to random donations throughout the day. Over 1,600 nonprofits will be participating, but I hope you’ll consider giving to the Seattle Public Library, and here’s why. Books are just the beginning. The library offers a ton of materials and services besides books: ebooks and audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, streaming music and videos, digital magazines, free museum passes, and more. Learn more about what the library [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:17-07:00May 5th, 2015|Tags: |

Want to Be First to Know About YA Releases?

We’ve been working on something pretty great for you lately, and I think you’re really going to like it! Or at least you will if you like being in the know about upcoming 2015 releases in YA fiction. (And who doesn’t?) On our brand-new 2015 YA Releases page, you’ll find publication dates for your favorite YA authors and series, plus debut books from new authors. We’ll update it every week with new titles and short descriptions, to help you decide what to add to your to-read list. Click the title to go directly to the Amazon page for more info. [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:19-07:00April 15th, 2015|

Literary Travel: Buenos Aires, Argentina

The third and final stop on our South American trip, after Montevideo and Cordoba, was Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Well, we’d been to and from the airport a few times by this point, but that hardly counts.) My #1 vacation activity is museums, so I was particularly excited to visit the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, MALBA, and the Museo Evita, among others. Buenos Aires 101 The capital of Argentina as well as its largest city, Buenos Aires has about 15.5 million people in the greater metro area. Oddly enough, though, it’s not part of Buenos Aires Province — the city [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:20-07:00April 8th, 2015|Tags: , , , |
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