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Call for Local Authors: Sell and Sign Books at Jax Book Fest 2026

Jax Book Fest 2026 Call for Local Authors

We are looking for local authors living in or near Jacksonville, Florida, to participate in Jax Book Fest 2026. Applications to table are due by June 30.

Dig into Summer Reads at Library Book Clubs in June

Challenge yourself to read more this summer, with help from Library Book Clubs.

Cash & Scholarships for Young Writers & Performers

James Weldoh Johnson Young Writers Festival

Students in grades 3-12: Win cash and scholarships in the Friends of Brentwood Library's annual James Weldon Johnson Young Writer's Festival!

Jax Book Fest Presents: Writer's Day 2026

Pick from over a dozen different Writer's Lab workshops—lead by publishers, authors, and other industry insiders—at Jax Book Fest: Writers' Day.

June Art Walk: Art Tours and Local Art Exhibits at the Main Library

Celebrate our community's creative talent at Art Walk, on the first Wednesday of each month in Downtown Jacksonville. The Main Library is open late.

Special Collections: Stanton Memories, Newspaper Archives, and More

The cover of the 1939 Stanton Memories booklet, including a photo of the school and 'Reminiscence of Yesterday.'

Recently, the Library's Special Collections department received a lovely donation of a 1939 Memories book for Stanton High School.

Junior Lit Author Talk and Book Giveaway with Nola D. Oracle

Author and filmmaker Nola D. Oracle joins us at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at Brentwood Branch for a 30-minute Junior Lit Chat Author Talk.

Books About Mothers and Motherhood

This month, help mark Mother's Day in style with books about and for those book-loving moms in your life.

Screening Room: The Little Brown Bird with Duval Audubon Society

Andrew Schumann with a little bird on perched on his finger

Film screening and discussion about America’s most endangered songbird, Florida grasshopper sparrow, with the Duval Audubon Society.

History Chat: Stanton - Florida's Oldest African American School

Stanton with an historical photo of the building, from the book cover

Stanton gives a pictorial history of the buildings, faculty, student life, and traditions that have left an indelible mark on African American life in Jacksonville.