Brendan Dowling Author Archive

Email: bdowling@ala.org

New FYI Podcast Episode! Directors Dialogue

From leadership and management matters to current public library hot topics to strategic planning, capital projects, collection development, program planning, and so much more, the Directors Dialogue episodes aim to share ideas, best practices, and lessons learned.

Cover Photo of Ray Scott's Memoir

“That Little Brown Ball Saved My Life” — Ray Scott On His Compelling New Memoir and Groundbreaking Career in the NBA

Juneteenth Freedom Day 6/19/1865

Public Libraries Celebrate Juneteenth

Love Maps? GIS Mapping Exchange info

GIS-Mapping Exchange Grant Program

Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada, incoming ALA President

Brave Communities – A Conversation with Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada

Free and Fresh Fridge

Natalie Jacobson Author Photo

“Whatever Job You Give Me, I’ll Learn” — Natalie Jacobson Reflects on Her Illustrious Career in Television News

HOW TO Manage Fiction Series

New Podcast Episode! Celebrate National Voter Registration Day @ Your Library

Federal Broadband Funding Guidelines Now Available for States to Begin Planning, Applications

The Conversation Around Policing and Public Libraries

Beyond Yuck and Yum: Programming with Picture Books about Food

Jennifer Close Author Photo

Jennifer Close on How Politics, Pasta, and 90’s Cover Bands Informed Her Hilarious New Novel About a Family in Crisis

Sara Baume Author Photo

“I’m Always Writing in Extremity of My Life” — Sara Baume on Her Gorgeous and Poetic New Novel

Azar Nafisi Author Photo

Azar Nafisi on How Reading Is Crucial To Our Survival

Ruchika Tulshyan Author Photo

“To Make Meaningful Long-Term Change We Have to Take a Systemic Approach To It”—Ruchika Tulshyan on Creating a More Inclusive Workplace

Jane Pek Author Photo

Jane Pek on Subverting Genre Tropes and the “What If” Scenario at the Heart of Her Ingenious New Mystery

Renee Branum Author Photo

Renée Branum on Buster Keaton, Giving Herself More Freedom, and Her Secret Shelf at the Library

Book Cover of Correctional by Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar on His Revelatory Memoir and The Embrace of The Totality of The Experience

Tim O'Brien Author Photo

“Memoir is a Strange Word When you Don’t Remember a Whole Lot” – Tim O’Brien on How Memory, History, and Literature Inform his Joyous New Book

Lynne Truss Author Photo

“Anything That Strikes You As Very Different From Now Is A Very Good Place to Start” – Lynne Truss On Creating The Delightfully Funny World Of Constable Twitten

Jeffrey Lewis Author Photo

“My Process is Usually One of Necessity and Escaping Disaster” — Jeffrey Lewis On His Haunting New Novel

Kevin Young Author Photo

Kevin Young on the Poets in Conversation in His Extraordinary New Anthology

Jo Hamya Author Photo

Jo Hamya on Virginia Woolf, The Worst Bits of Twitter, and The Smell of Library Hand Soap

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