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By ALISON KUZNITZ

Public transit riders without library cards in the Pioneer Valley can now access online materials, including e-books and audiobooks, as they wait for their buses as part of a growing initiative that launched in Boston this year.The “Browse, Borrow,...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Are you making a New Year’s resolution to read more? If so, you’re in luck.The Book Forge at 3 South Main St. has a grand opening scheduled for Jan. 1, and owner Tyler Hauth is putting the finishing touches on the roughly 2,000-square-foot...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Kate Spencer of Montague is a woman of many talents. She is a musician and has also manufactured banjos professionally. Her first love, though, and one she is currently pursuing perhaps more than ever, is art.“I grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and...

By DOMENIC POLI

BOSTON — With hopes of providing important context for proposed legislation, a Ware author and historian was the featured speaker at the State Library Author Talks Series on Wednesday to discuss her book about three of the people who were forced to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Residents are invited to the Sunderland Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 21, for a presentation and discussion about a locally produced photobook.The library is hosting photographer Sandra Matthews and Nolumbeka Project President David...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — The Transfer Station book exchange had amassed nearly 1,000 books — that is, until Nov. 10, when volunteer Frank Dufresne showed up to find all the books were missing. “I can tell you it was quite a surprise,” Dufresne said.Dufresne...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — The former Hubie’s Tavern is entering a new chapter. The beloved tavern and restaurant at 66 Avenue A has been transformed into a bookstore owned by Adam Tobin and Penelope Bloodworth. As the only bookstore in the village of Turners...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It is not unheard of for a library to host an event so authors can read their work to the public and answer questions. But those writers typically don’t have homework and bedtimes.Emma Barrett, 11, and Belley Barrett, 8, recently published...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Children’s books never age. The JoJo stories by Peter Rosnick of Conway, with illustrations by Kathryn Burke, originated decades ago, according to the author. They seem eternally fresh, however.JoJo is an extremely small person — half an inch tall at...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GILL — Years after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools, many students are still suffering from a lapse in their motivation to learn. Observing this firsthand in her classroom, Four Winds School Co-Director and English language arts teacher Becca...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The Friends of the New Salem Public Library will host a series of free book readings by local authors starting Thursday with Florence writer Celia Jeffries, who will read from her debut novel, “Blue Desert.” All events are scheduled to run...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — The Montague Public Libraries have been selected as one of 29 organizations to take part in the national “Great Stories Club” reading and discussion program for teens.As part of the Great Stories Club, youth services staff will work with a...

BERNARDSTON — Cushman Library will hold a Book & Bake Sale on the first floor of Town Hall, 38 Church St., on Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Items for sale include books and movies for all ages, and homemade treats....

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Change is brewing at Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co., which is set to become a worker-owned cooperative on July 1.Dean Cycon founded the business in 1993 and, having recently turned 70, is ready to hand the reins to his 16 employees.“Who...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

About 20 years ago I attended a class at the King Arthur Baking School in Norwich, Vermont. I didn’t actually bake that day; instead, a group of other writers and I learned about food writing from cookbook author Nancy Baggett.I obtained a lot of good...

By MARY BYRNE and JULIAN MENDOZA

Several Franklin County shops will celebrate the 10th annual Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday with special events and activities, discounts and giveaways.The nationally recognized event, which has been observed on the last Saturday of April every...

By CHRIS LARABEE

The annual Schoen Books charity sale is returning next weekend, as the store looks to continue its tradition of raising money for local organizations.The sale will be held Sunday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the store, at 7 Sugarloaf St. in...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GREENFIELD — Northfield senior Jinx Hastings wants to read again.Hastings is among the Franklin County residents whose declining vision hinders her from enjoying books and newspapers like she used to: she can only read a few enlarged words at a time...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Now is perhaps a better time than ever for young readers to pick up a good book, with a recent donation bolstering a home library initiative geared largely toward bilingual English and Spanish-speaking households.The “Love2Grow”...