Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Thanksgiving Closures for Library and Volunteer Guild Bookstore

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Thursday and Friday, (November 23 and 24) in recognition of Thanksgiving, and will be resuming normal hours on Saturday, November 25, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 5 p.m.

The Volunteer Guild Bookstore will be closed from Monday through Saturday (November 20-25) and will be resuming regular bookstore hours on Monday, November 27, opening at 12 p.m. and closing at 6 p.m.

Monday, November 20, 2006

National Book Award Winners for 2006 Announced

The National Book Award Winners for 2005 are listed below:

  • Fiction:
    Richard Powers
    The Echo Maker (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

  • Young People's Literature:
    M.T. Anderson
    The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party (Candlewick Press)

  • Nonfiction:
    Timothy Egan
    The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Houghton Mifflin)

  • Poetry:
    Nathaniel Mackey
    Splay Anthem (New Directions)

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Library Closure -- Veterans' Day

The Buena Park Library District will be closed on Saturday, November 11, 2006, in recognition of the Veterans' Day holiday, and will be resuming normal hours on Monday, November 13, 2006, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.