November is National Memoir Writing Month!
VPPL has books that will help you write your own memoir and multitudes of notable and celebrity memoirs available for check out! For a guide to memoir writing, you can check out one of these books! Whether you want to read someone else's story or gain inspiration for writing your own, VPPL has plenty of remarkable… [...]
It’s Transgender Awareness Week!
Transgender Awareness Week began November 13 and concludes with Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 to memorialize transgender people who have been killed because of transphobia. From books to graphic novels to documentaries, VPPL has many resources to help you learn about the transgender community and engage… [...]
November is Native American Heritage Month!
Pick up some nonfiction titles and learn about Native cultures and histories! [...]
HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY!
Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day. Check out one of these titles by an Indigenous author to celebrate! [...]
Get Historic for National Hispanic Heritage Month!
VPPL has many representatively authentic titles to appreciate Hispanic Heritage Month from literature to memoirs to histories! Pick up a quintessential classic in Hispanic literature or poetry! Learn something new with these items about impactful Hispanic histories! Looking for more of a personal Hispanic history? Check out a memoir! We also carry… [...]
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, BUT MAKE IT HORROR
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th. Let these Hispanic authors horrify you for Halloween!! [...]
Get your Halloween scares started in September
Check out these spine-chilling stories as we creep into the Halloween season! [...]
TITANIC WRECKAGE DISCOVERED SEPTEMBER 1, 1985
It was 37 years ago this month that the infamous Titanic shipwreck's submerged remains were discovered in the North Atlantic. The Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14, 1912. Then, the great "unsinkable" Titanic sank into the ocean with many passengers stuck aboard at 2:20 am on April 15. Since the September… [...]
REMEMBERING HISTORIAN DAVID MCCULLOUGH
Writer and historian David McCullough passed away Sunday, August 7, 2022. For over 50 years, McCullough wrote books on topics spanning American history. Throughout his professional career he won many awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. The two Pulitzer Prize winners are 1776 and John Adams, both of which can be checked out from VPPL! [...]
AUGUST 2 IS JAMES BALDWIN’S BIRTHDAY!
Check out all things James Baldwin for his birthday! Born in 1924 in Harlem, New York, Baldwin later shared his talent and life experiences with the world in notable works spanning mediums, decades, and countries. [...]