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Celebrate our community's deep pool of creative talent during Art Walk, held the first Wednesday of each month in Downtown Jacksonville. The Main...
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This November, watch and discuss a fixed gear bicycle documentary with local cyclists, learn how to craft and publish your own graphic novel from...
Lit Chat with Katherine Reay, author of The Undercover Bookshop
During the winter of 1950 in the small Cotswold village of Great Rollright, amateur sleuth Gemma Brown starts to suspect that the town’s...
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What are you grateful for? When it's time to give thanks, we can't forget all those ravenous readers who gobble up great books here in...
Scary and Not-So-Scary Monster Books
From funny picture books filled with make-believe monsters and mayhem to a truly horrifying collection of vampire, werewolf, and creepy cryptid...
Library U Adult Programs newsletter
Thrilling reads, haunting historical fiction... it sounds like spooky season is in full swing! If you're looking for a good scare, check out what...
Tananarive Due with the cover of her book The Reformatory
TANANARIVE DUE (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. A leading voice in...
Author Dorsey Craft with the cover of her book A Brief History of Accidental Inventions
Dorsey Craft is the author of two collections of poetry: A Brief History of Accidental Inventions and Plunder, which won the 2019 May...
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It's officially spooky season! If you're looking for a good scare, check out what library book clubs are reading in October. Chillers and thrillers...
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Meet filmmakers, local subject matter experts, and other movie buffs when you attend a film screening and discussion at your library! Topics range...
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Jacksonville is the largest city in the federally designated Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, which stretches from Wilmington, North...
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Hispanic Heritage Month honors the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latine/Latinx Americans and their impact on American...

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