BooksA new iconic library helped the city become more beautiful on this week in Philly historyMore than 2,000 people passed through on the Free Library's first day, June 2, 1927.Tommy Rowan Photos Phillies vs Padres Jose F. Moreno Bookhaven in Fairmount to reopen under new ownershipEmily Bloch 5 books by authors with ties to Philadelphia to take to the ShoreElizabeth Wellington Lower Merion parents are continuing to confront the school board over opting out of technologyMaddie Hanna AdvertisementHow to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to author Jennifer WeinerThe 'Good in Bed' author starts her day with Wordle and ends it with supporting local authors. In the middle there's lots of walking, biking, and croissants. Elizabeth Wellington The South Philly author who hopes a billboard on I-95 N will make people rethink fatness and AI slopEmma Copley Eisenberg used a $3,000 settlement from an AI lawsuit to rent a billboard for six weeks. Not just to advertise her new book, "Fat Swim."Elizabeth Wellington Three Philly books to read this springElizabeth Wellington has reviewed a handful of upcoming books with Philly connections for you to read this spring.Samantha Stewart, Lauren Schneiderman, and Elizabeth Wellington Joseph R. DeMarco, prolific writer, award-winning LGBTQ+ activist, and retired librarian at St. Joseph’s Prep, has died at 78A longtime member of the Gay Activists Alliance, he helped establish what is now the William Way LGBT Community Center.Gary Miles Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is moving this fall but staying put in Germantown The Germantown bookstore will expand into a 3,000 square-foot space allowing for more books and bigger events.Elizabeth Wellington Barack Obama was the first American president to celebrate a seder in the White House, a tradition that started in Harrisburg"Why is this night different from all other nights?" Back in 2008, Obama aides forming an impromptu Seder in a hotel basement had more than four answers.Fred Adelson, For The Inquirer 10 books with strong Philly ties for your spring reading listMemoirs, historical fiction, novels, rom-com, and short story collection that's on several "must-read" lists even before its release. Take your pick. Elizabeth Wellington Bookhaven in Fairmount closes after a nearly 40-year ‘labor of love’Beloved used bookstore Bookhaven, located in Fairmount, has closed after almost 40 years in business and the building is for sale. Emily Bloch A rom-com author caught heat for using the phrase ‘Wawa sub’ in her new book. She’s defending it. B.K. Borison's new book, "And Now, Back to You," includes a line about ordering a "sub" — not a hoagie — from Wawa. Some readers are horrified. Now, the author is doubling down.Emily Bloch Meet the journalist-turned-poet chronicling her Cherry Hill childhood in her debut bookJia-Rui Cook's first poetry collection, “Soft Beasts,” is set to publish in fall 2027.Denali Sagner This year’s One Book, One Philadelphia pick was released in 2022 but is uncannily resonant of today’s timesIn Celeste Ng's dystopian novel, a future America set in a time of extreme censorship and erasure of voices. Four years on, it feels eerily familiar.Elizabeth Wellington Philly’s tiniest used bookshop opens in the back of a children’s dress shop on Passyunk AvenueSituated, speakeasy-style, in a 150-square-foot loft above the Painted Lady children’s boutique, Little Yenta Books is near to bursting with over 1,500 titles.Mike Newall WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles Chill Moody’s newest venture is a book about a little girl with magical golf clubsThe rapper wants Gia, the protagonist who rocks a red golf tee and wields magical golf clubs, to inspire more Black and brown children to take up golf. And be the next Dora, the Explorer. Elizabeth Wellington See more storiesAdvertisement
A new iconic library helped the city become more beautiful on this week in Philly historyMore than 2,000 people passed through on the Free Library's first day, June 2, 1927.Tommy Rowan
A new iconic library helped the city become more beautiful on this week in Philly historyMore than 2,000 people passed through on the Free Library's first day, June 2, 1927.Tommy Rowan
Lower Merion parents are continuing to confront the school board over opting out of technologyMaddie Hanna
Lower Merion parents are continuing to confront the school board over opting out of technologyMaddie Hanna
How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to author Jennifer WeinerThe 'Good in Bed' author starts her day with Wordle and ends it with supporting local authors. In the middle there's lots of walking, biking, and croissants. Elizabeth Wellington
How to have a Perfect Philly Day, according to author Jennifer WeinerThe 'Good in Bed' author starts her day with Wordle and ends it with supporting local authors. In the middle there's lots of walking, biking, and croissants. Elizabeth Wellington
The South Philly author who hopes a billboard on I-95 N will make people rethink fatness and AI slopEmma Copley Eisenberg used a $3,000 settlement from an AI lawsuit to rent a billboard for six weeks. Not just to advertise her new book, "Fat Swim."Elizabeth Wellington
The South Philly author who hopes a billboard on I-95 N will make people rethink fatness and AI slopEmma Copley Eisenberg used a $3,000 settlement from an AI lawsuit to rent a billboard for six weeks. Not just to advertise her new book, "Fat Swim."Elizabeth Wellington
Three Philly books to read this springElizabeth Wellington has reviewed a handful of upcoming books with Philly connections for you to read this spring.Samantha Stewart, Lauren Schneiderman, and Elizabeth Wellington
Three Philly books to read this springElizabeth Wellington has reviewed a handful of upcoming books with Philly connections for you to read this spring.Samantha Stewart, Lauren Schneiderman, and Elizabeth Wellington
Joseph R. DeMarco, prolific writer, award-winning LGBTQ+ activist, and retired librarian at St. Joseph’s Prep, has died at 78A longtime member of the Gay Activists Alliance, he helped establish what is now the William Way LGBT Community Center.Gary Miles
Joseph R. DeMarco, prolific writer, award-winning LGBTQ+ activist, and retired librarian at St. Joseph’s Prep, has died at 78A longtime member of the Gay Activists Alliance, he helped establish what is now the William Way LGBT Community Center.Gary Miles
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is moving this fall but staying put in Germantown The Germantown bookstore will expand into a 3,000 square-foot space allowing for more books and bigger events.Elizabeth Wellington
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is moving this fall but staying put in Germantown The Germantown bookstore will expand into a 3,000 square-foot space allowing for more books and bigger events.Elizabeth Wellington
Barack Obama was the first American president to celebrate a seder in the White House, a tradition that started in Harrisburg"Why is this night different from all other nights?" Back in 2008, Obama aides forming an impromptu Seder in a hotel basement had more than four answers.Fred Adelson, For The Inquirer
Barack Obama was the first American president to celebrate a seder in the White House, a tradition that started in Harrisburg"Why is this night different from all other nights?" Back in 2008, Obama aides forming an impromptu Seder in a hotel basement had more than four answers.Fred Adelson, For The Inquirer
10 books with strong Philly ties for your spring reading listMemoirs, historical fiction, novels, rom-com, and short story collection that's on several "must-read" lists even before its release. Take your pick. Elizabeth Wellington
10 books with strong Philly ties for your spring reading listMemoirs, historical fiction, novels, rom-com, and short story collection that's on several "must-read" lists even before its release. Take your pick. Elizabeth Wellington
Bookhaven in Fairmount closes after a nearly 40-year ‘labor of love’Beloved used bookstore Bookhaven, located in Fairmount, has closed after almost 40 years in business and the building is for sale. Emily Bloch
Bookhaven in Fairmount closes after a nearly 40-year ‘labor of love’Beloved used bookstore Bookhaven, located in Fairmount, has closed after almost 40 years in business and the building is for sale. Emily Bloch
A rom-com author caught heat for using the phrase ‘Wawa sub’ in her new book. She’s defending it. B.K. Borison's new book, "And Now, Back to You," includes a line about ordering a "sub" — not a hoagie — from Wawa. Some readers are horrified. Now, the author is doubling down.Emily Bloch
A rom-com author caught heat for using the phrase ‘Wawa sub’ in her new book. She’s defending it. B.K. Borison's new book, "And Now, Back to You," includes a line about ordering a "sub" — not a hoagie — from Wawa. Some readers are horrified. Now, the author is doubling down.Emily Bloch
Meet the journalist-turned-poet chronicling her Cherry Hill childhood in her debut bookJia-Rui Cook's first poetry collection, “Soft Beasts,” is set to publish in fall 2027.Denali Sagner
Meet the journalist-turned-poet chronicling her Cherry Hill childhood in her debut bookJia-Rui Cook's first poetry collection, “Soft Beasts,” is set to publish in fall 2027.Denali Sagner
This year’s One Book, One Philadelphia pick was released in 2022 but is uncannily resonant of today’s timesIn Celeste Ng's dystopian novel, a future America set in a time of extreme censorship and erasure of voices. Four years on, it feels eerily familiar.Elizabeth Wellington
This year’s One Book, One Philadelphia pick was released in 2022 but is uncannily resonant of today’s timesIn Celeste Ng's dystopian novel, a future America set in a time of extreme censorship and erasure of voices. Four years on, it feels eerily familiar.Elizabeth Wellington
Philly’s tiniest used bookshop opens in the back of a children’s dress shop on Passyunk AvenueSituated, speakeasy-style, in a 150-square-foot loft above the Painted Lady children’s boutique, Little Yenta Books is near to bursting with over 1,500 titles.Mike Newall
Philly’s tiniest used bookshop opens in the back of a children’s dress shop on Passyunk AvenueSituated, speakeasy-style, in a 150-square-foot loft above the Painted Lady children’s boutique, Little Yenta Books is near to bursting with over 1,500 titles.Mike Newall
WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington
WWII-era Philadelphia comes back to life in Count Basie tunes, Strawbridge’s, and South Philly block partiesSadeqa Johnson's "Keeper of Lost Children" reconstructs the city in 1948. "Philly is in my soul. When I sit down and paint pictures of historical moments in Philadelphia, I get to go home,” she said.Elizabeth Wellington
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Helen Cherry, prolific illustrator and artist, has died at 101 “She was always an artist,” said her daughter, also an illustrator and writer. “Art was her hobby, her passion, her work. She said it was something that she can’t not do.”Gary Miles
Chill Moody’s newest venture is a book about a little girl with magical golf clubsThe rapper wants Gia, the protagonist who rocks a red golf tee and wields magical golf clubs, to inspire more Black and brown children to take up golf. And be the next Dora, the Explorer. Elizabeth Wellington
Chill Moody’s newest venture is a book about a little girl with magical golf clubsThe rapper wants Gia, the protagonist who rocks a red golf tee and wields magical golf clubs, to inspire more Black and brown children to take up golf. And be the next Dora, the Explorer. Elizabeth Wellington
