For #cartoonists , GR 3 - 6! A #MassKidsLitFest #comics workshop @ Clapp Memorial Library in #belchertownma w/ Jonathan Todd, #author of TIMID (@GraphixBooks)! Register: ow.ly/ITTf50RsMVI #ChildrensBookWeek #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC Odyssey Bookshop

Announcing the 2024 #MassBookAwards Longlists! Congrats #Massachusetts #authors & #illustrators ! See lists & downloadables: ow.ly/oTQk50RtB51 #Fiction #Nonfiction #Poetry #kidslit #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Mass Poetry

In honor of #MassKidsLitFest , join #Massachusetts Rep. Patricia Duffy ( #5th Hampden) for an all-ages #storytime HolyokePublicLibrary! Info: ow.ly/8xl350RsJWN #childrensbooks #pioneervalley #ChildrensBookWeek #holyokema #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

There is only 1️⃣ month left to submit an entry to #AmericasFieldTrip , a contest that invites students in grades 3–12 to be part of America’s 250th anniversary!

Enter by May 17 for the chance to explore our nation's iconic historic & cultural landmarks: america250.org/fieldtrip/

Come to #MassKidsLitFest ! Meet #childrensbook #author David A. Kelly @ Southwick PL! He'll read his #STEM #book TEE TIME ON THE MOON (@PenguinRandomCA) Info: ow.ly/7ocR50Rsmon #ChildrensBookWeek #CenterForTheBook #pioneervalley Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

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Conclude #NationalPoetryMonth Smith College w/ @adaLimon, 24th US #Poet Laureate. Free, public: ow.ly/8AHb50Rr1yw #adalimon #poetry #northamptonma #CenterForTheBook Library of Congress Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Mass Poetry

Thx #Massachusetts #authors Ilyon Woo & Caleb Gayle for an engaging conversation re: #masterslavehusbandwife (@SimonSchuster) Newburyport Literary Festival, w/ #nbpt details of #williamandellencraft ! Crowd was buzzing! #abolition #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

See you Newburyport Literary Festival! Don't miss bestselling #author Ilyon Woo discussing MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE (@SimonSchuster) w/ #journalist Caleb Gayle. See: ow.ly/MM1l50Rn8sL #nonfiction #abolition #bookstagram #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

Remember to #shoplocal on Saturday on #IndieBookstoreDay ! #ShopIndie #books tagram #booklovers #books #Massachusetts #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

Hope to see you this weekend in beautiful #newburyportma ! Newburyport Literary Festival promises to be a fabulous #litevent ! See: ow.ly/8GTW50RnZmo #authors #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #bookstagram #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Mass Poetry Jabberwocky Books

Hey Massachusetts friends! Join me on May 8th at 3:30 at Longmeadow’s Storrs Library for storytime + creative bug fun!! 🐝🐛🦋

Thanks to Mass Center for the Book for inviting Dirt and Bugsy to be part of the new #MassKidsLitFest during #ChildrensBookWeek ! Details here:

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We'll be Newburyport Literary Festival Sat! #Massachusetts #author Ilyon Woo to discuss her bestselling MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE @SimonSchuster w/ #journalist Caleb Gayle. See: ow.ly/MM1l50Rn8sL #nonfiction #abolition #bookstagram #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

There's still time to earn this month's badge in the Mass Center for the Book 2024 Reading Challenge on Beanstack! Read a book about nature, the environment, or climate change to earn the badge. Get started at bit.ly/3pM3PJU! #HPLLibrary #HaverhillMA

Celebrate #IndieBookstoreDay & #shoplocal in #Massachusetts on Saturday! This national party features exclusive #books , #literary items, contests, goodies! #indiebookstore #ShopIndie #booklovers #books tagram #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

Don't miss Newburyport Literary Festival this wkend! An incredible lineup of #authors & #literaryevents ! See: ow.ly/ynj550Rl3JT #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #bookstagram #litfest #nbpt #newburyportma #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Mass Poetry

It's #EarthDay ! The theme is #PlanetVsPlastics : #plasticistoxic . Learn more: the April #MassBookReadingChallenge : read a book re: #nature , #environment , #climatechange . See ow.ly/5YtH50Rl2Hm #EndPlastics #CenterForTheBook EARTHDAY.ORG Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

HYBRID: @CambridgePL hosts Dr. Natalie Dykstra w/ @pulitzerprizes winning The Washington Post #art critic Sebastian Smee re: CHASING BEAUTY (@MarinerBooks). See: ow.ly/m1ny50Rj9IG #isabellastewartgardner #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association Massachusetts Historical Society NEH

PLAN for #MassKidsLitFest during #ChildrensBookWeek May 6-12! Free #author events throughout #pioneervalley #Massachusetts . Info: ow.ly/e78i50RceAL #childrensbooks #bookstagram #familyliteracy #NoRulesJustRead #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

It's #NationalPoetryMonth ! #worcesterma #poetlaureate Oliver de la Paz of College of the Holy Cross to read @neibabooks winner & National Book Foundation longlisted THE DIASPORA SONNETS (@LiverightPub) Norwood Library. ow.ly/wQoj50Rj3Xl #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC Mass Poetry