Dear Librarians: A Letter from Khaled Hosseini, Author of The Kite Runner

Inside a drawer in my office desk sits a stash of manilla envelopes. Inside each are some of the letters I have collected over a span of nearly twenty years from high school students across the U.S. In these writings, the students share with me, often quite poignantly, what impact reading The Kite Runner has had on their lives.

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Join Us at the Urban Librarians Conference

Penguin Random House Library Marketing will be exhibiting at the Urban Librarians Conference: We Didn’t Start the Fire on Friday, September 22nd. This virtual gathering is hosted by Urban Librarians Unite, a passionate group of urban library professionals and advocates working to build community centered 21st Century Libraries.

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LISTEN: Library Love from Authors in the Audio Studio: Ruta Sepetys, Aurora James, Najwa Zebian, Christian Cooper, & more!

“Our library is like the heartbeat of our city.”—Ruta Sepetys
Hear more from inside the audiobook studio as beloved authors share the library love…

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Indie Press Autumn Wednesdays at NYPL

We’re partnering with New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) again this fall to present Indie Press Autumn Wednesdays. Beginning September 13 – November 1, 2023, every Wednesday between 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET, SNFL visitors are invited to meet New York-based independent publishers and discover some exciting new reads.

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