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    Recent & Upcoming Adaptations To Read & Watch This Spring

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | May 2, 2024

    Sci-fi thrillers, age-gap romances, true crime, and more, these adaptations are based on award-winning and bestselling books.

  • five books on a table with Some People Need Killing's cover shown

    Meet the 2024 Finalists for NYPL’s Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism

    By NYPL Staff | May 2, 2024

    The award honors a journalist whose work raises awareness about current events or issues of global or national significance.

  • Black and white photo of Paul Auster outside on a stoop

    NYPL Remembers Author and Library Lion Paul Auster

    By NYPL Staff | May 1, 2024

    The novelist, screenwriter, poet, and essayist was a passionate library enthusiast and supporter of The New York Public Library. 

  • Photo collage of Steven Mahoney and Siva Ramakrishnan posing in library settings

    Siva Ramakrishnan and Steven Mahoney Receive Movers & Shakers Honor from Library Journal

    By NYPL Staff | May 1, 2024

    NYPL Staff Steven Mahoney and Services Siva Ramakrishnan named as Library Journal Movers & Shakers.

  • three people sit at a table holding digital pencils and drawing in iPads

    Learn to Draw with Procreate & Enter Our Digital Art Challenge!

    By Walter Ferguson, TechConnect | April 26, 2024

    This May, we're inviting participants in our digital art classes to create new book cover art for your favorite banned books.

  • lion mascot and a museum curator stand looking at a painting together

    Storytime With NYPL Librarians at the Whitney Museum's Second Sundays

    By NYPL Staff | April 24, 2024

    Enjoy songs, rhymes, and favorite read-aloud books for young kids and their grownups.

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    Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga

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    Digital Collections

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