Jacksonville Public Library

If you are like us here at the Jacksonville Public Library, a good book sale makes your book-loving heart very happy! Here are 3 reasons why you should join us for The Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library's 3 day Big Bag Book Sale.

As 2019 comes to a close, here are the top 19 highlights of the year. Thank you for all the memories!

Let's face it— the holiday season can be incredibly overwhelming. It's important to take care of yourself during all of the holiday fray.

TubaChristmas is a music concert held in cities worldwide that celebrates those who play, teach, and compose music for instruments in the tuba family. On this week's episode of Completely Booked, we chat with Marc Dickman and Suna Hall, the conductor and coordinator of Jacksonville's TubaChristmas performance, about what to expect at the upcoming concert on Saturday, December 14th.

If you haven't already heard, the Jacksonville Public Library recently added Lynda.com to its digital services. To help you get started, we compiled a list of the ten most popular courses taken by our Jacksonville Public Library customers.

As the holiday season approaches, many kids will write letters to Santa asking for their most sought after gifts. One highly underrated gift that you probably won’t see on their list is a library card. Here are five reasons to gift a library card this year:

Local author and historian Tim Gilmore returns to Completely Booked this week to chat about his recently published book, Channeling Anna Fletcher: On Seances and Women’s Rights. We also talk about Tim’s website, Jax Psycho Geo, that contains nearly 500 unique, unusual, and macabre stories on local Jacksonville history.

Once you’ve sufficiently stuffed your face with turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, it’s time to unwind with a good film. When the tryptophan starts to kick in, the library has you covered. Here are 10 popular movies streaming on Kanopy right now that are definitely worth gobbling up! All movies are on Kanopy are free with your library card.

The holiday season is here, so we invited preschool teacher Rebecca McNeil back to Completely Booked to help you get your family ready. We go over tips for handling holiday traditions and gift-giving with your children, fun activities you can do with your family over the break, and, of course, her top holiday book recommendations for the little ones.

While some family recipes will never be replaced, there's always room for new additions to the table. Browse through this list of cookbooks to help your Thanksgiving contributions stand out from the rest this year.