Literature
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Bucks County Community College Announces Call for Annual Bucks County Poet Laureate Entries
Bucks County Community College recently announced the final call for entries for the 2024 Bucks County Poet Laureate competition, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. The postmark deadline for submission is September 13. The annual program, which is currently in its 48th year, is one of the oldest in the country. It also organizes a…
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Philadelphia Mother Helps Families, Individuals Embrace Transgender Loved Ones
Philadelphia mother nadeen “mothasistah” herring is the mom of a transgender son, Z. While first learning of that fact wasn’t easy to navigate, she has embraced it and is now helping others do the same, writes Josh Sanders for CBS News Philadelphia. When she first learned of it, she started looking for resources to help…
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Free Library of Philadelphia Could Open All Locations 6 Days a Week Starting This Fall
The Free Library has aimed to open all 55 of its Philadelphia area branches six days a week for years, and that soon come to fruition, writes Jacob Brown for WHYY. The Free Library system is close to finalizing its goal. Currently, 25 of the Free Library’s 55 branches are open six days a week.…
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‘Main Line Mutt’ Wows Radnor Nursery School Kids With Message of Being Different
“The Main Line Mutt” has been a story waiting to be told for 30 years, writes Emma Minor for Main Line Today. The children’s book, by author Nancy M. Schwartz and her husband, Michael S. Schwartz, is about Maggie, a mixed-breed dog who is surrounded by snobby purebreds after moving to an upscale neighborhood. The…
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Bucks County Community College Launches 48th Annual Bucks County Poet Laureate Competition
The 2024 search is on for the 48th annual Bucks County Poet Laureate, according to Bucks County Community College professor and director of the program, Ethel Rackin, Ph.D. The Bucks Laureate Program is one of the oldest in the country. It also holds a High School Poet Contest every spring. The Bucks County Poet Laureate Program…
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Plymouth Meeting Author Honors Mother by Turning Her Poems Into Children’s Books
Lydia Cohn, a Plymouth Meeting author, is honoring her late mother Joan Yingling by turning the many poems she wrote into children’s books, writes M. English for The Times Herald. Cohn and her six siblings grew up in Merion Station. When her parents decided to downsize, Cohn was happy to take the folder that contained…
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Author Rick Van Noy Chronicles His Journey In Canoe Down Delaware River in New Book
Author Rick Van Noy took a canoe trip down the Delaware River with his dog, Sully, and chronicles their journey in his new book, Borne by the River, writes Jason Nark for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Van Noy is a New Jersey native who grew up by the river but later moved for school and work…
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Lambertville Author Celebrates Publication of Latest Book, Begins Nationwide Speaking Tour
An author from a town just outside of Bucks County has released a new novel, and it is already making waves in the literary world. James McBride, who lives just over the river from New Hope in Lambertville, New Jersey, just had his latest novel published on Aug. 8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store…
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Just Outside of Bucks County, the Country’s Oldest Bookstore Remains in Operation
Just outside of Bucks County, the country’s oldest bookshop continues to offer incredible reading material for everyone. The Moravian Book Shop, the official bookstore of Moravian University in nearby Bethlehem, was founded in 1745. Still in operation to this day, it is the oldest bookstore in the United States in continuous use, and the second…
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Swarthmore Professor’s Book Looks at the Philadelphia Irish
A book by Swarthmore College sociology professor Dr. Michael L. Mullan takes a look at how the Philadelphia Irish American community grew in the region from its origins in the 1890s. The Philadelphia Irish: Nation, Culture, and the Rise of a Gaelic Public Sphere, published by Rutgers University Press, looks at the Gaelic public sphere…
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Bestselling Author Anna Quindlen Coming to Delaware Valley University in Doylestown for National Book Tour
Anna Quindlen, a New York Times bestselling author, is coming to Bucks County as part of her national book tour for “After Annie“, writes Jeff Werner for the Patch. The event will take place on March 18 at 7 PM in the Life Sciences Auditorium at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. It will be presented…
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Warminster Library Welcomes Back Libby App for Kindle Users: Free Access to Bestsellers
Warminster Library is announcing the return of the Libby app, offering Kindle users free access to a wide range of e-books, writes Dino Ciliberti for The Patch. This move comes after a brief switch to cloudLibrary, which, despite its extensive collection, lacked compatibility with certain Kindle e-reader devices. By reintroducing Libby, Warminster Library aims…
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James Michener Library in Doylestown to Upgrade Facilities with $157,000 Keystone Grant
The Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Commonwealth Libraries awarded a grant of more than $150,000 to the Doylestown branch of the Bucks County Free Library, according to a staff report from TAPinto Doylestown. The money can be used to cover various activities including construction. The grant awarded to the James Michener Library branch that…
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Coatesville Native Now Motivational Speaker, Author After Surviving a Deadly Car Accident
In 2011, Coatesville native Ethan A. Poetic survived a nearly fatal car crash that had left him with numerous injuries, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. “99 percent chance of death versus 1 percent of life. That means I shouldn’t be here,” Poetic said. Three of five people survived the horrendous accident, Poetic being one…
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Meet Kai Davis, Germantown Native and Philadelphia’s New Poet Laureate
Germantown native Kai Davis has been selected as Philadelphia’s new poet laureate, writes Rosa Cartagena for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She succeeds Airea D. Matthews, Philadelphia’s poet laureate from 2022 to 2024. As poet laureate, Davis will be an ambassador for poetry throughout the city. She will be tasked with amplifying literacy efforts, participating in community…
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Bucks County Short Fiction Contest Announces Fall 2023 Winners
The Bucks County Short Fiction Contest has announced its Fall 2023 winners. Jennifer Fritch of New Hope won first place for her story, “Hungry.” LWC Allingham of Doylestown captured second place for “Cellar Door.” Lonn Braender of Washington Crossing took third place for “Red Spinny Dress.” Philadelphia writer Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of the nonfiction…
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Tara Tamburello Named 2023 Bucks County Poet Laureate
Tara Tamburello of Langhorne has been named the 2023 Bucks County Poet Laureate, officials at Bucks County Community College announced. Tamburello, a published poet who works in marketing, rose to the top 60 entries in the 47th annual contest, said Dr. Ethel Rackin, director of the poet laureate program administered by the College. This year’s…
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Yardley Author, Food Historian, Releases Cookbook Dedicated to the Gilded Age
Thanks to Yardley-based food historian and writer Becky Libourel Diamond, families can now enjoy a lavish feast reminiscent of those celebrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her cookbook: “The Gilded Age Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from America’s Golden Era“” is an homage to an era renowned for its opulence and grandeur. Central…
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