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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 17h

Reserve free tickets here: pierce2025.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 17h

This new, short play explores the fraught relationship between female abolitionists, Lydia Maria Child and Maria Weston Chapman. The staged readings will be held at 6 PM on November 12 and 13, and at 2 PM on November 15 at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 17h

Join the Associates of the Boston Public Library for our seventh annual Pierce Performance Series: A Revelation of Character, in collaboration with @playsinplace.bsky.social 🎭 Written by @patrickgabridge.bsky.social

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 8d

The two Writers-in-Residence met today during Zarlasht’s orientation in the beautiful BPL courtyard, with our Writer-in-Residence Committee Chair, Betsy Groban.

Reserve free tickets now: wir25.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

Writer-in-Residence Reading and Celebration

Celebrate the Associates of the BPL new 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence, current W-I-R, and new Illustrated Children's Book Fellow!

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 8d

Hear from our Writers-in-Residence TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 7, at 6 pm in the Central Library at our Reading and Celebration! Zarlasht and Yssis, pictured here, and our Illustrated Children’s Book Fellow will all read from their respective manuscripts.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 11d

Reserve free tickets for our Reading and Celebration on October 7, 2025, to see our current writer, Yssis Cano-Santiago, hand David her completed manuscript here: wir25.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

Writer-in-Residence Reading and Celebration

Celebrate the Associates of the BPL new 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence, current W-I-R, and new Illustrated Children's Book Fellow!

wir25.eventbrite.com

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 11d

In this photo from last year's Reading, 2023-24 Writer-in-Residence, Danielle Emerson, is handing her completed manuscript to Boston Public Library President, David Leonard, for inclusion in the Special Collections.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 12d

We look forward to honoring our incoming and outgoing Writers-in-Residence, Zarlasht Niaz and Yssis Cano-Santiago, and our newly announced Illustrated Children’s Book Fellow, Jessica Ruan!

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 12d

RSVP for the Associates' Reading and Celebration on October 7 at 6 pm at the Boston Public Library.

Join us for a night of literary celebration. Reserve free tickets 🎟️ wir25.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 13d

Hear from Jessica at our Writing Programs Reading on October 7, 2025, at the Central Library 🎟️ Reserve free tickets here: wir25.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

Writer-in-Residence Reading and Celebration

Celebrate the Associates of the BPL new 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence, current W-I-R, and new Illustrated Children's Book Fellow!

wir25.eventbrite.com

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 13d

Meet our 2025-26 Illustrated Children’s Book Fellow, Jessica Ruan ✍️

Thanks to an anonymous investor’s dedication to emerging writers, this fellowship’s stipend of $25,000 and funds for coaching or editing will give Jessica the support needed to complete her proposed book.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 21d

Jade digitizes various books and materials, primarily using the BPL’s state-of-the-art camera workstation. Read more here: www.associatesbpl.org/2025/09/11/m...

Meet the BPL’s new Digital Imaging Production Assistant - Associates of the Boston Public Library

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is proud to underwrite the salary of one of the BPL’s Digital Imaging Production Assistants; a role filled in July by Jade Alderman.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 21d

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is proud to underwrite the salary of one of the @BPLboston’s Digital Imaging Production Assistants, a role filled in July by Jade Alderman.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 22d

A huge congratulations to our Writer-in-Residence alum, @anniehartnett.bsky.social, for winning the New England Book Award for fiction for her latest book, A Road to Tender Hearts!

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 29d

Playwright @patrickgabridge.bsky.social drew from original letters in the Boston Public Library's Anti-Slavery Collection, many of which were conserved and digitized with funding from the Associates of the Boston Public Library.

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 29d

Directed by Lisa Rafferty, the staged readings take place in Rabb Hall at the Central Library on November 12 and 13 at 6 PM, and November 15 at 2 PM. Reserve free tickets! 🎟️ pierce2025.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

A Revelation of Character - New play about Boston's female abolitionists

A Revelation of Character honors female abolitionists, presented by the Associates of the BPL in collaboration with Plays in Place.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 29d

This new, short play dramatizes the fraught relationship between abolitionists Lydia Maria Child and Maria Weston Chapman amid their shared fight to end slavery.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 29d

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is thrilled to invite you to A Revelation of Character, in collaboration with @playsinplace.bsky.social ! 🎭

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · 29d

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! This watercolor of a Spanish fort by Edmund Blampied is from the Boston Public Library’s Edmund Blampied Prints and Drawings Collection.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Save the date: The Hundred-Year Book Debate of 1926 will take place on February 10, 2026. Stay tuned for more details.

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Help us finalize the three titles up for debate as the best book of 1926 by September 27, 2025: forms.gle/QcQvsbEGy8mh...

Nominate Books for the Hundred-Year Book Debate of 1926

The Associates of the Boston Public Library would love to have your input in selecting the line-up for the Hundred Year Book Debate of 1926. Nominate your three favorite titles below by September 27, ...

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are books from a century ago still relevant today? That’s the question we ask every year at the Hundred-Year Book Debate, where three distinguished panelists champion a 1926 classic- and the audience votes for the winner.

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Associates is proud to have funded the digitization of many of Leslie Jones’ photographs in the Boston Public Library’s Special Collections.

Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day! This tradition was born from the late 19th-century labor movement's efforts to establish fair and safe working conditions amidst the Industrial Revolution 💪

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Associates of the Boston Public Library @associatesbpl.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you to @bostonglobe.com Globe for announcing our 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence, Zarlasht Niaz!

Read this fabulous article to learn more about Zarlasht, her proposed novel, and the Associates!

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/20/a...

The Associates of the Boston Public Library announces 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence - The Boston Globe

Houston writer Zarlasht Niaz, with her coming-of-age verse novel, "Unfurling," is the recipient of this year’s fellowship.

www.bostonglobe.com