Author Archives: rlorino
Pride Podcasts
Love podcasts? We’ve got some queer themed & queer hosted podcasts for your listening pleasure. Alice Isn’t Dead A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she … Continue reading
QBG Reads… If I Was Your Girl
Join us on Wednesday 6/28 @ 7pm in the 4th floor Conference Room for a discussion of the Stonewall Award winning novel If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo! Haven’t read it yet? There’s still time! Grab a copy … Continue reading
Contemporary Queer Films
Looking for some good contemporary queer films to watch this Pride Month? Look no further! Beginners “A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male … Continue reading
Award Winning Books for Pride
Want some quality queer books to help you celebrate Pride this month? Check out these 2017 award winners! 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Winner Lesbian Fiction Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn Gay Fiction The Angel of History by … Continue reading
Celebrate Pride
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg is a Scheherazade-esque tale of two women in love, Hero and Cherry, telling seemingly unrelated tales that eventually weave into a tapestry that reveals how they came to be where they … Continue reading
Rockin’ Robbins Book Cart Drill Team Gets The Gold!
Tonight was the 9th annual Massachusetts Library Association Book Cart Drill Team competition. The Robbins Library Rockin’ Robbins Book Cart Drill Team have been regular competitors since the first annual competition back in 2008, but have never nabbed the elusive … Continue reading
Geek Con!
Get your geek on at the Robbins Library Geek Con! Saturday June 10th from 10 – 4! Join us for a celebration of all things geeky! From superheroes to anime to sci-fi/fantasy and beyond – embrace your inner geek, meet … Continue reading
Cover Crushes
Our librarians sound off on some of their favorite book covers! (Because let’s face it – we all judge books by their cover sometimes.) When Hild by Nicola Griffith was published, I was instantly captivated by the cover art. Although … Continue reading
New Blu-Ray Collection!
We’re very excited to announce that the library now offers Blu-Rays for rental, in addition to our DVDs! Just remember, these won’t play on your standard DVD player. You’ll need a device that is Blu-Ray compatible – like a Blu-Ray … Continue reading
Overdue!
Sometimes books don’t come back to the library before their due date. We get it – life happens! In most cases overdue books are safely back on our shelves within a few days. But every so often that’s not the … Continue reading
