Brothers in Crime, Figuratively Speaking

Noted mystery author Lee Child's real name is Jim Grant. Grant's brother Andrew is also a mystery author and they both have new books out. Click here to read an article from the 5/14 edition of the NY Times.

Mystery Book Club Reads "Motion to Suppress"

Join us on Tuesday, May 26th @ 6:30 p.m. for the next Mystery Book Club discussion at the Roswell Library. We'll discuss Perri O'Shaughnessy's book Motion to Suppress. See you there!

Interview with Alexander McCall Smith

GoodReads has an interview with the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency on its website. Click here to read it.

Founded in 2006, GoodReads is a social networking website for book lovers. You don't have to be a member to read this interview, but membership is free. They send out a monthly newsletter, which is also free, that helps readers stay up-to-date without making yet another commitment to a networking site.

Noonday Nosh Reads "The Great Gatsby"

Join us on Tuesday, May 19th @ noon for a fun and lively discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Noonday Nosh is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Roswell Library. See you there!

Librarian Moms

A tip o' the hat to Moms today. Click here to read an article in School Library Journal titled "My Mom, the Librarian." It highlights several famous Americans whose mothers happen to be librarians. It even gives a shout out to Jane Saliers, retired Children's Librarian from the Ponce de Leon Branch who happens to be the mother of Emily, one half of music duo the Indigo Girls.

Delaware Library To Auction Wyeth Collection

The Wilmington Library in Delaware is planning to auction off its collection of N. C. Wyeth's "Robinson Crusoe" paintings in order to fund a much needed renovation and to also increase the endowment. Bad news for the library, but good news (one supposes) for collectors. Click here to read the article at DelawareOnline.

Blogs for Foodies

Folks who love to cook will enjoy this list of 50 popular food blogs from the Times Online/UK. Click here to check it out.

Donations Needed!

Help spread the word! The Friends are looking for donations.

Acceptable items include clean fiction and non-fiction books, magazines less than one year old, videos, DVD's, CD's, text books (math, physics), and computer and IT books.

We are not able to accept Encyclopedias, stained or damaged items, and magazines older than one year.

Donation bins are located in the library's lobby. Thank you!

A Patterson of a Different Name

Another Patterson was in yesterday’s NYT. This time, an article about Richard North Patterson’s new fictionalized account of the life and murder of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Readers of this genre will see a painful similarity to South African activist Steven Biko. Click here to read the article.

James Patterson’s Protégé

Followers of James Patterson know he co-writes most of his books now. One of his protégés, Peter de Jonge, has branched out on his own. Read this profile from the May 5th edition of the New York Times.

MAY Book Club Selections

Noonday Nosh
Tuesday May 19th @ noon
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mystery Book Club
Tuesday May 26th @ 6:30 p.m.
Motion to Suppress by Perri O’Shaughnessy

An Ode to Reading in Bed

Sunday's AJC featured a poignant essay on reading by local novelist and playwright, Pearl Cleage. Titled "Nothing Beats Reading in Bed," it is an ode to the joys of reading. Click here to read the piece by this master essayist.

Annual Meeting - Sunday @ 3:00 p.m.

Join us for our annual meeting on May 3rd @ 3:00 p.m. We will elect new officers, review the past year, and make plans for the year ahead. A slide show featuring a brief year in review will be presented and we will formally dedicate a painting purchased in memory of longtime Friend, Don Tefft.

Writer's Rooms

The Guardian UK has an ongoing series of photos and articles featuring writer's rooms. If you've ever wondered how author's work spaces look, wonder no more. Click here to read more.

It took 341 years!

It could have been Christina Rosetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning or a host of other English woman poets, but no. It wasn’t time. But now it is. The UK has selected its first female Poet Laureate. Click here to read about it in the New York Times.