Mass Center for the Book
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2025 marks our 25th year as Massachusetts Center for the Book, and to celebrate we are launching our own Literary Bingo! More details about how to play, and prizes, at
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The Letters about Literature program has been around for all 25 years of Massachusetts Center for the Book. We are so excited to begin reading the 2025 submissions! Learn more about the program on our website at
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For Black History Month, we've compiled a list of great Black history books published by MA authors. Check them out today! @kcarterjackson, Chad L. Williams, Patricia J. Williams, Kerri K. Greenidge, Margaret A. Burnham, Tiya Miles, @HenryLouisGates, @ibramxk, Annette Gordan-Reed
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Join the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers for a special event with Mass Book Award-honoree Emily Habeck (@EmilyHabeck)! Emily will share her gorgeous novel of metamorphosis, marriage, and motherhood, Shark Heart: A Love Story.
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Events this week! M-@LorettaJRoss @cambridgepl @HarvardBooks T- @AutumnAAllen @seekonklibrary T- Kip Wilson at Molly's Bookstore @penguinrandom Feb. 7th- Carol Joy Munro @carlemuseum Feb. 8th- Ada Ari @BPLBoston
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Check off "6" on our 25th Anniversary Bingo Card this weekend with a trip to a Little Free Library (@LtlFreeLibrary)! Little Free Libraries are all over the state and their website has a map feature where you can easily find ones nearby.
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Congratulations to Tiya Miles, Massachusetts author and Professor of History @RadInstitute. Her book "Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People" has been selected as a National Book Critics Circle Finalist.
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The Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader announced Mac Barnett as the 2025-2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Proposals are now being accepted from schools, libraries and community groups to host Barnett in 2025.
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As we continue to look back over 25 years of Mass Book Award Winners we take you to 2003! (@gautreau_author, @RolandMerullo, Jorie Graham, @RealJackGantos)
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Mark your calendar for another Speaker's Bureau event! Join Chelmsford Public Library (@chelmsfordlib) in welcoming River Adams, Mass Book Award-Honoree, as they present their acclaimed and richly textured novel, The Light of Seven Days.
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Events this week! W- @PamJenoff @unlikelybkstore W- @JennyBoylan @HarvardBooks F- @JennBouchardBOS at Belmont Books S- Carmen Fields at the Randolph Women's Club @OUPress
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February starts tomorrow with a new Reading Challenge prompt! Join us by reading "A book with the name of a city in the title". Swipe for some recommendations! Join our 12 Month Reading Challenge and be entered for monthly book raffles and yearly events!
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Did you know we have a Student Reading Challenge? Just like the Adult Reading Challenge, we have monthly prompts and chances to win books. Here are some recommendations to get you started! Happy Reading! Learn more about the program at
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Rescheduled! Join the Rockport Public Library (@RockportLibrary) for a special Winter Solstice program with Mass Book Award Winner Nina MacLaughlin, in conversation with Gloucester author John R. Nelson!
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Congratulations to MA authors, illustrators, and publishers for being recognized at the 2025 Youth Media Awards! @sammysavos @Candlewick @lesleanewman @AALBooks @vespersongs @MrSchuReads @JoeRetener @MacmillanUSA @RevDrReynolds @imaroxburygirl @simonschuster @RestlessBooks
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The 2025 Reading Challenge has begun! And here at MCB we are always reading. Here are our current staff reads: - Horse by Geraldine Brooks - The City and It's Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami - Tin Man by Sarah Winman
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Events this week! M- Bella Lavevi & Mo Schweiger at Greenfield Pub Lib T- @lukeleafgren @booksmithtweets Th- Emily Austin @cambridgepl Sa- Nina MacLaughlin @RockportLibrary Su- Elizabeth Gonzales James, @paulGtremblay, & @MarjanKamali @trilliumbrewing
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Join the Pollard Memorial Library for a special event with Mass Book Award-winner Crystal Maldonado! Crystal will share her satisfying and multidimensional YA novel, The Fall of Whit Rivera.
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We are happy to share the top books from each month of our 2024 Reading Challenge. Join us for 2025! @rickriordan @kuangrf @tarawestover @Milkweed_Books @PantheonBooks @doubledaybooks @penguinrandom @Kristin_Hannah1 @HarperCollinsIN @authorRyarros
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This week we are looking back at 2002 Mass Book Award winners (books published in 2001)! Definitely some familiar titles! - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane - The Imprisoned Guest by Elizabeth Gitter - Poems Seven by Alan Dugan - Moonpie and Ivy by Barbara O'Connor
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Join the Attleboro Area Industrial Museum for a special storytime with Mass Book Award-Honoree Susan Edwards Richmond! Susan will share her nature adventure story, Night Owl Night and attendees will learn more about our fine feathered friends.
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