Associates Of The Boston Public Library Inc

The organization sponsors the associates of the boston public library writer-in-residence program to provide emerging authors with the financial support and office space needed to complete one literary work for childern or young adults. This program draws attention to the importance of writers and writing in our culture, as well as the many educational oportunities offered by the boston public library.

The organization hosts literary and curatorial programming designed to heighten awareness of the boston public library and its special collections. This programming includes the hundred year retroactive book award, which weighs the enduring literary merits of best sellers published a hundred years ago, and the pierce performance series which seeks to raise the visibility of treasures in the bpl's special collections through free public performances.