Love Your Library Day!

The Trustees of the Canton Free Library invite the public to attend an open house at the library on February 14 during the hours of 1 to 6 pm. Join friends and neighbors for punch and Valentine’s Day cookies, receive the thanks of the volunteer Board of 15 trustees for continued and steadfast support of CFL over the years and view the creative “book” plaque honoring all donors to the recent Centennial Capital Campaign.

Empire State Book Festival

New York State Writers Hall of Fame & Empire State Book Festival Gala

The New York Library Association presents the first ever Empire State Book Festival, funded in part by a legislative grant from Senator Neil Breslin.

Writers Hall of Fame Gala
Friday April 9th
Crowne Plaza, Albany NY

Twelve honorees with be inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame. The twelve writers are: James Baldwin, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Caro, Frederick Douglass, Mary Gordon, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Isaac B. Singer, Edith Wharton, E.B. White and Walt Whitman.

Robert Caro and Mary Gordon are scheduled to attend this event. Tickets are $75 per person and will include a cocktail reception and dinner.

Empire State Book Festival
Saturday, April 10th
Empire State Plaza, Albany NY

The festival is free and open to everyone! The day will be filled with author talks, writing workshops, tutorials, exhibits and vendors and storytelling. Author Gregory Maguire is a featured speaker.

For more information visit www.empirestatebookfestival.org