Jacksonville Public Library Blog

Celebrate our community's deep pool of creative talent with us on the first Wednesday of each month in Downtown Jacksonville! The Main Library stays open until 9 p.m. for the festivities! This month, join us after the tree lighting ceremony and check out local art in the first and third floor galleries, join the zinesters meeting and collaborating in the Zine Zone, or sign up for a 20-minute art tour.

The writer/editor relationship can be a bountifully productive, creative collaboration. It can also leave both parties frustrated with each other and the resulting manuscript. Join us as we expel some myths about the author/editor relationship and expand your publishing knowhow with author/editor Jessica Hatch at our next Writer's Lab workshop! Or, meet local civil rights activist and author, Rodney L. Hurst, Sr. and hear about his latest book, Black and Brilliant.

Whether you're a fan of L. Frank Baum's classic Oz books, Gregory Maguire's Wicked series, the much-beloved (and long-running) Broadway musical, or the brand-new film adaptation: You'll be tickled practically pink with all the Wicked read-alikes on the shelves at the Library! Between "Popular" and fun witchy read-alikes to gravity and genre-defying fractured fairy tales, we've got something for old fans and new (even if you're really green). 

The writer/editor relationship can be a bountifully productive, creative collaboration. It can also leave both parties frustrated with each other and the resulting manuscript. Whether you're an aspiring author reaching out to literary agents, who will likely request a revision pass before sending your manuscript out on submission; an indie writer wondering how best to use your time and money to hire a freelance editor; or a writer doing their best with a round of self-revision, there's something in this hour-long, virtual workshop for you.