Two Harbors Public Library

10/15/2026

New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein, have co-authored a new graphic book called 'The Two Saddest Kitchens' in which they chronicle, via what they call a "comics conversation," the fear and shame sparked by their own apartment kitchens and their lack of interest in cooking anything in them.

The Two Saddest Kitchens is a comic conversation between Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Book critic Maureen Corrigan says it made her laugh and feel better about her own (lack of) cooking.

10/14/2026

Bonnie Garmus, author of 'Lessons in Chemistry', has a new book out called 'Peck & Peck'.

Elizabeth Zott, the feisty 1960s-era chemist in Bonnie Garmus’ mega-selling first novel Lessons in Chemistry, captivated readers with her early feminist point of view and transformative approach to…

10/12/2026

Did you know that BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) includes a special-format music collection with more than 25,000 audio, braille, and large-print music scores, texts, and other instructional materials? Check out the newest additions to their collection.

If you are interested in this service you can stop in at the library, visit this website https://education.mn.gov/MDE/fam/mbtbl/index.htm , or call (800) 722-0550 for more information.

For this month’s blogpost, NLS is pleased to present a wide variety of braille music offerings for instrumentalists.

10/11/2026

Florence Pugh and Zoe Kazan, the star and screenwriter (respectively) of Netflix’s “East of Eden,” a fresh take on John Steinbeck’s classic 1952 California novel, recently came to the Library of Congress to get a look at some original Steinbeck material.

Florence Pugh and Zoe Kazan, the star and screenwriter (respectively) of Netflix’s “East of Eden,” a fresh take on John Steinbeck’s classic 1952 novel, recently came to the Library to get a look at some original Steinbeck material. There were signed first editions of “Eden,” manuscript p...

10/10/2026

Not sure what to read next? Take a look at the list of finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards.

Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and q***r parenthood.

10/09/2026

Author Leigh Bardugo's take on what makes a book immortal.

I’m not really interested in wrestling with what defines a classic. It’s the kind of question that fills up think pieces and podcasts with bouts of teeth gnashing and hand-wringing and endless rumi…

10/06/2026

Miss Marple is back! Check out this interview with author Lucy Foley, who is writing a new series featuring one of Agatha Christie's favorite characters.

British author Lucy Foley revives Agatha Christie’s beloved Miss Marple in her new novel, “Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.” Foley joined Kerri Miller in St. Paul on Sept. 25 for Talking Volumes.

10/05/2026

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