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Join us this Friday, June 5 for the first performance in the Concerts in the Courtyard series!

🎙️Meet the performer:
Macy Brassell is an introspective singer-songwriter who practices self-awareness through song, intertwining her guitar and vocal melodies. She simplifies what’s complicated and twists what’s simple.

This concert is presented in partnership with the Berklee College of Music and is also part of their Summer in the City concert series.

We are grateful to the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, the presenting sponsor of Concerts in the Courtyard for the third year in a row.

Learn more about this concert: https://ow.ly/4RXl50Z5lhc.

Join Associates of the Boston Public Library on Tuesday, June 9 for an Author Talk with Natalie Lemle!

This will be an evening celebrating her new book, Artifacts. Lemle will be joined in conversation with RISD Senior Critic of Art and Architecture Nick De Pace; moderated by
Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America Lisa Fagin Davis.

Learn more about this event: https://ow.ly/MHyR50Z5lws

Join us on Wednesday, June 10 for an Author Talk with Nicholas Boggs!

Boggs will be speaking about his bestselling biography of James Baldwin, Baldwin: A Love Story, in celebration of both Pride Month and Juneteenth.

Learn more about this event: https://ow.ly/pGx150Z5loK

To honor LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we're releasing our We Are Pride booklist!🏳️‍🌈

This features 75 recent titles about the diverse experience of the LGBTQ+ community and includes selections for adults, teenagers, and children. We'll be highlighting titles from this booklist all month!

See the full booklist at: https://ow.ly/zpI150Z5l74.

Summer Reading at the Boston Public Library is BACK!

☀️ Pick up a bingo card at your local BPL location and complete fun prompts and challenges between June 1 and August 31, 2026!

📖 Participants may visit any BPL location to receive an exclusive BPL Summer Reading tote bag, while supplies last!

📖 Once you complete bingo, you may visit any BPL location to receive a Summer Reading sticker, while supplies last.

📖 This year, participants can choose a bingo card designed specifically for children, teens, or adults. Adults who want an extra challenge can choose the Read More card instead of the classic Adult bingo card.

Learn more at bpl.org/summer.

Summer Reading at the BPL is generously supported by the Boston Public Library Fund.

In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, here are 9 events you cant miss during the month of June!🏳️‍🌈

We have everything from q***r crafts, pride trivia, panel discussions, friendship bracelet making, and even drag queen bingo.

See the full list of Pride Month events: https://ow.ly/yc1C50Z5jGi

To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the BPL has released the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month booklist!

This booklist features select books written either by AAPI authors or about AAPI history and culture. Swipe for 5 poetry book recommendations!

📕Building the Perfect Animal by C. Dale Young
📗Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin
📙Mele by Kalehua Kim
📘Primordial by Mai Der Vang
📓Tan's Donuts by Maya Cheav

Learn more about the booklist: https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1860812659/2953334397

Applications are OPEN for the Associates of the Boston Public Library's 2026-27 Alan Andres Writing Fellowships!

📚 Alan Andres Writer-in-Residence: A year-long residency (Oct 2026–Sept 2027) with a $70,000 stipend, $2,500 for professional development, and a private office in the BPL to complete a children’s or YA project (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, or graphic novels).

📖 Alan Andres Picture Book Writer Fellowship: A $25,000 stipend plus $2,500 for professional development to write picture books for ages 0–2 (board books) and 3–8 (picture books and early readers).

Applications close on Friday, June 5, 2026.

For more details and the application form: https://www.associatesbpl.org/events-and-programs/writer-in-residence-program/