CALS Blogs

Silas House to Speak on Love, Faith, and Judgment in His Novel SOUTHERNMOST

On February 25, author Silas House will speak in person on his timely and powerful novel Southernmost, as a guest of the Oxford American magazine’s speaker series South Words.

House’s novel tells a story that manages to be both fresh and painfully familiar for many in the south. When evangelical preacher Asher Sharp offers shelter to two gay men after a catastrophic flood,


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Book Boyfriend Battle

He’s thoughtful. He’s hot. He takes out the trash without being asked. Clearly, this dream guy doesn’t exist…except in books. We’ve rounded up some of the best book boyfriends in the library and we want you to choose a winner. Here’s how:

  1. Review the Book Boyfriends competing in each bracket below.

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Six Bridges Book Festival: Rob Hart

Visionary Thriller The Warehouse Warns that Dystopia Looms Near

Rob Hart was already a successful author when he began work on his latest novel, The Warehouse. With a number of crime thrillers under his belt and another novel co-authored with mega-author James Patterson, Hart’s future looked bright. But when The Warehouse garnered a six-figure book deal and was optioned for film by Ron Howard,


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What Are You Reading? Gretchen Hall

 

Gretchen Hall is the CEO of the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau.

She has lived in Little Rock for almost 20 years. 

In her spare time, she coaches her nephew’s 5th grade basketball team, and she enjoys attending theatre productions.


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Six Bridges Book Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

CALS presents a stellar line-up for the seventeenth annual celebration of the written word

Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) presents the seventeenth annual Six Bridges Book Festival, April 23-26. More than 60 award-winning and best-selling authors, including some whose work has been adapted for the big and small screen, will discuss wide-ranging topics and genres from comedy to thrillers,


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Staff Pick: Heather Zbinden

I’m a public historian who got so obsessed with yarn and knitting that I owned a yarn shop. I love grand history and pretty dresses. I’m addicted to TV and love to binge everything from Nordic Noir mysteries to anything British to Hallmark Christmas movies. When I do read, I want a series with a great story and supernatural flair.


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Win a Kindle Fire in February

Check out books, DVDs, CDs, and more in February for a chance to win a Kindle Fire!

Kindle Giveaway February 2020 Official Rules

  • During February CALS will give away four 7-inch Kindle Fire tablets. The drawing for the Kindles will be held after close of business each Friday in February: Feb 7,

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What Are You Reading? Crystal C. Mercer

I am Crystal C. Mercer, just a little girl from Little Rock, Arkansas. All-around Afro-Creative, Textile/Fiber Artist, Actor, Activist, Poet, Author (A Love Story Waiting To Happen), Founder and Creative Director of Columbus Creative Arts + Activism, and Lead Designer and Merchant of Mercer Textile Mercantile. I fuse arts and activism by using theatre,


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