Associates of the Boston Public Library https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Associates’ Honors Alan Andres Through Writing Fellowships News Contact Us About Alan Andres Writer-in-Residence Program Events and Programs Press Coverage Support Home Donate Literary Lights Gala Alan Andres Picture Book Writer Fellowship Marcas de Fuego, or “marks of fire” at the Boston Public Library Associates of the BPL New 2025 Board Members Hands-On Book Conservation Internship at the Boston Public Library Literary Lights 2025 LITERARY spotLIGHTS Unlocking Hidden Histories in the BPL’s Anti-Slavery Collection Meet the BPL’s new Digital Imaging Production Assistant How the Alan Andres Writer-in-Residence Fellowship Helped Me Finish My Manuscript Pierce Performance Series Hundred-Year Book Debate BPL Archives Intern Discovers Hidden Histories Meet the BPL’s new Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts Reimagining the Declaration: Regie Gibson’s New Poem Change in Leadership at the Associates of the Boston Public Library Announcing the 2026-27 Alan Andres Writing Fellows Koussevitzky, Innovator: A Night to Remember A Masterclass in Koussevitzky as a Double Bass An Interview with the Boston Public Library’s Lead Archivist Call for Literary Influencers Five New Board Members 2023 2023 Writer-in-Residence Reading and Reception 2023 Pierce Performance, “Faces of Phillis” Associates of the Boston Public Library’s 34th Annual Literary Lights Recap Meet the BPL Curator of Music – Jared Rex BPL Intern Conserves ‘The Underground Railroad’ Announcing our 2024-25 Writer-In-Residence: Yssis Cano-Santiago! Excited for Literary Lights 2023 Meet BPL Conservation Officer – Mary French Four New Board Members 2024 Guest Blog Post from our 2023-24 Writer-in-Residence Koussevitzky’s Legacy: A Fascinating Musical History Writer-in-Residence Stipend More Than Doubles for Emerging Authors Hundred-Year Retroactive Book Award of 1924 Event Recap Celebrating Ellen Craft: American Abolitionist who Escaped Slavery in 1848 Writer-in-Residence Program Supports Emerging Authors  Meet Lucretia Baskin – Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloger  Celebrating David McCullough: the Man who Inspired our Conservation Fund What was the best book of 1925?