Blog Posts tagged as: women writers

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POTW: Emma Bullet, Paris correspondent

Alice

[Emma Bullet at desk], 1911, gelatin silver print, EAGL_0306; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Emma Bullet, seated at her desk in this week's Photo of the Week, was the Brooklyn Eagle's Paris correspondent. Looks glamorous, no?Emma Bullet was born in Belfort, France in 1842 and moved to New York with her mother in 1849. She stayed with a family in Brooklyn for a few months until she and her mother again relocated, this time to Cincinnati, Ohio. Bullet attended school in Cincinnnati, eventually becoming a French teacher at…

Catch the Small Press Flea This Saturday!

Djaz

This Saturday, August 14th Brooklyn Public Library presents SPF21: Small Press Flea, in collaboration with BOMB Magazine. More than 20 different publishers will join us this year!  Small presses are publishers who release a limited number of new titles per year. They often focus on niche subjects and bring local voices to a larger audience. While small presses represent only 20% of the publishing market, they potentially outpace their larger counterparts in creative and thought-provoking content. Ted Dodson, Director of Circulation at BOMB, thinks of small press publishing in…

What You Read in 2020

Liza

This tumultuous start to 2021 notwithstanding, we can all agree that 2020 was a year unlike any other. Brooklynites masked up and quarantined for months on end; we showed our support for frontline workers at 7pm; we took to the streets in support of Black Lives Matter; we voted in a controversial presidential election. We also read—even when the libraries and bookstores were closed. With our doors mostly shut, it’s no surprise you started checking out eBooks and eAudiobooks more than ever before—forty-nine percent up from 2019 and still climbing! But to what books does the County of Kings…