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Our collection is indeed pretty scary 📚👻
Come and see for yourself…
Our Rare Book Open House Collection will be on display just in time for Halloween 🎃
See rare books on the occult, witchcraft, horror, and other spooky matters, PLUS select items from our Edgar Allan Poe Collection.
Friday, October 30, 11:00am-4:00pm
📍Special Collections Reading Room, Central Friends of the Canton Library
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Join us for an evening with Maryland State Delegate Lily Qi
Thirty years after her solo journey to America, Chinese-born Lily Qi became a Maryland state delegate. It was a gratifying moment she did not take for granted. Qi had overcome a viral WeChat disinformation campaign from her Chinese community and met with skepticism from the Democratic establishment before being elected.
Elected American tells the inspirational story of Qi’s dreams, setbacks, and achievements with candor and humility. Growing up in Mao’s Shanghai when “politics meant danger,” she never imagined running for public office. However, living in America, Qi came to see political participation as a missed opportunity for immigrants. As she campaigned to energize her cultural base, Qi realized she had to teach first-time voters how to make their votes count in a system not designed for them.
As the only U.S. state legislator to have lived through China’s Cultural Revolution, Qi brings a rare cross-system perspective to American politics and the modern-day Asian American identity. Elected American is a political memoir and an immigrant story that emphasizes that democracy doesn’t wait on the sidelines—it favors those who participate.
Lily Qi will be joined in conversation by Maryland State Delegate Regina Boyce.
10/12/2026
We were honored to host the great Lois Lowry at the Pratt Library earlier this month to talk about her newest book 'Building 903'.
Missed her talk? Read more about her return to dystopian writing in this NPR interview, taken at the Pratt:
Lois Lowry on 'Building 903,' 'The Giver' and relationships between the old and young : NPR's Book of the Day It’s been more than a decade since Lois Lowry has dealt with the end of the world. Her 1993 YA dystopian novel The Giver became a hugely popular middle school staple. She expanded that universe into a quartet of novels wrapping up with 2012’s Son (her personal favorite of the series). Since then...
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