Pennsylvania Center for the Book

Our Editor, Nicole Miyashiro, sent an update from the Canserrat - Art Residency program in El Bruc, north of Barcelona, Spain! Nicole writes, "I've been polishing Words of Art pieces of past, catching up on audio... facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…

Congratulations to our Editor, Nicole Miyashiro! Nicole was accepted as a Resident in the 2020 Canserrat - Art Residency Program. While at Can Serrat, Nicole will continue developing the Words of Art project. Nicole, we are thrilled for you --... canserrat.org/es/espanol-con…

With support from the Pennsylvania Center for the Book & in collaboration with Eberly Family Special Collections Library curator Clara Drummond at Penn State University Libraries', our editor Nicole... sites.psu.edu/wordsofart/201…

MASSIVE thanks to our #BookFestPA partners for making this day of celebrating books and the art that surrounds them possible: @CPArtsFestival, @ComicSwap, @LenoxArtist, @PACFTB, #SchlowLibraryFoundation, @Setsucon, and @_ubam. We couldn’t do it without you! ☺️📚

Our FB livestream is not working, but please join us online via Zoom for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award ceremony, in progress: psu.zoom.us/my/library

We'll live stream the 2019 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award right here, starting at 11 am! Please join us!

Attend a poetry reading by Penn State Altoona professor & one of our 2011 Public Poetry Project poets, Todd Davis, hosted by the 3rd Way Collective & University Mennonite Church!... facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…

Read a poem by PSU grad student, Sarah McDonald recently published in the American Literary Review! Creative Writing at Penn State; Penn State LGBTA Student Resource Center; Penn State English Department americanliteraryreview.com/2019/04/09/s-a…

Andrea Oh of Electric Literature promotes a booklist for inclusivity! electricliterature.com/30-books-by-wr…

Save the Date! Ridgelines Language Arts hosts Philly writer, Nico Amador at the Bellefonte Art Museum - Fri, May 17 at 7:30p! ridgelineslanguagearts.org/events

The Pennsylvania Humanities Council invites public libraries to introduce the Teen Reading Lounge to their young patrons - apply today! Deadline May 31. pahumanities.org/conversations/…

WJAC-TV News highlights the Pennsylvania Center for the Book & Juniper Village Senior Living At Brookline's collaborative project, Poems from Life! crdpala.org/2019/03/20/poe… facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…

Oak Lane Branch - Free Library of Philadelphia hosts PA writer & Rosemont College MFA in Creative Writing Program alumna, Vernita Hall, who will read from her new book 'Where William Walked: Poems about Philadelphia and its people of color' - Sat,... libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event…

In the spirit of National Poetry Month, check out book reviews by Maria Kenney Burchill of Schlow Centre Region... statecollegemagazine.com/news/2019-04-0…

TONIGHT, 7:30p! The Bellefonte Art Museum hosts Out Loud, a free, open poetry reading sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association (BHCA)! bellefontemuseum.org/events/4

The Nittany Valley Writers Network announces the Mountain City Book Fest in Altoona - seeking PA authors! facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…

TONIGHT! Join us for Poems from Life with Juniper Village Senior Living At Brookline, featuring poets: Michael Bourgo, Peter Buckland, Joe Bueter, Steven Deutsch, Hannah Inglesby, Rachael Lyon, Mary Rohrer-Dann, Teresa... facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…

Tomorrow! Pennsylvania Center for the Book & Juniper Village Senior Living At Brookline's 3rd annual Poems from Life project, featuring poets: Michael Bourgo, Peter Buckland, Joe... crdpala.org/2019/03/20/poe…

The Kelly Writers House hosts a reading in support of the survivors & victims of the attacks at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, Aotearoa-New Zealand. facebook.com/pacftb/posts/1…