BPL’s checkoutBKLYN website features Benicio del Toro, Kazuo Ishiguro, others
Campaign Invites Brooklynites to Recommend Favorite Library Books on Social Media
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is inviting patrons to share their favorite library reads with the world through the checkoutBKLYN campaign.
Bibliophiles can post photos with beloved books (or other media) on Instagram and Twitter, with the hashtag #checkoutBKLYN, for a chance to be featured on the checkoutBKLN website alongside bookworms like author Kazuo Ishiguro, actor Benicio del Toro, NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray and many others.
“By participating in checkoutBKLYN, patrons can recommend books they love and get a glimpse of what other New Yorkers are reading,” said BPL President and CEO Linda Johnson, who posed for a checkoutBKLYN photo with Ursula Hegi’s “Stones from the River.”
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