Jacksonville Public Library Blog 2022 Archive

Friends of the Bill Brinton Murray Hill Branch Library Book Sale!

Bill Brinton Murray Hill branch library book sale graphic

Please join the Friends of the Murray Hill Branch Library for a book sale! The Friends will be selling gently used materials on April 16 starting at 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. in the meeting room. Find a great read while supporting the Bill Brinton Murray Hill Branch Library!&

Writer’s Lab: Ekphrastic Poetry with Tiffany Melanson

Writer's Lab: Ekphrastic Poetry with Tiffany Melanson

National Poetry Month is in full swing! If you’ve caught the poetry bug from one of our recent Lit Chats or from the great daily poems popping up all over social media and you want to try your hand at writing one, check out this great upcoming Writer’s Lab workshop!

Teen Voices in Poetry

Teen Voices in Poetry

There are so many ways to celebrate National Poetry Month. Some people mark the occasion by reading great poems, others by writing them! You can do both at the Library! 

Lit Chat with Rahman Johnson

Lit Chat with Rahman Johnson

Celebrate National Poetry Month and learn about publishing your own poetry with local author Rahman Johnson, in our first Lit Chat live from the Main Library's Hicks Auditorium!

Springing the Blues

Celebrate Springing the Blues with the Library

If you’re a music fan, you might be heading to Jacksonville Beach this weekend (April 1-3) for “Springing the Blues” at Seawalk Pavilion. This free, three-day festival boasts an impressive lineup of national, regional, and local blues legends along with several emerging artists.

Listen to the blues anytime! Stream full albums instantly with Hoopla. It’s FREE with your library card! And if you’d like to learn some music history, the Library has you covered there, too.

Check out Life Lit, our new series bringing you the workshops you need to improve your day to day life!

Check out Life Lit, our new series bringing you the workshops you need to improve your day-to-day life!

The first skills we’ll help you learn or hone are the ones you need in your own yard or outdoor space! Join us for a variety of workshops with our friends from the UF Extension office that will teach you all about gardening, from choosing the right plant to making sure you keep the pests away and the beneficial bugs happy.

Books to Read if You Love Bridgerton

Books to read if you love Bridgerton

Already binging the new season of Bridgerton? Can't get enough of the rakes, rogues and Regency Era? We've got some readalikes you'll love. Treat yourself to some historical romance!

Lit Chat with Dawnie Walton

Dawnie Walton left Jacksonville after high school to pursue a successful career in magazines. Now she returns to town to chat with us about her first novel, which features a music magazine editor on a mission to discover the truth about an enigmatic music duo – a mission which includes a quick trip to Northeast Florida!

Friends of the Mandarin Library Book Sale

Friends of the Mandarin Library Book Sale

Join the Friends of the Mandarin Library for a book sale! The Friends will be selling gently used materials on March 25 & 26 starting at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the staff parking lot. Find some great books, and great deals too! Fill a plastic bag for $5 or a paper bag for $10! 

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