Lit Chat 2025

We are looking for local authors who have published books for children and/or teen readers to participate in Jax Book Fest 2025: Young Reader's Day.

There are three opportunities to meet and support local authors at different library locations this July. Plus, save the date for Jax Book Fest 2025.

While we love to feature Jax authors throughout the year, we have some exciting things planned to point a spotlight on these local literary icons.

Are you a fan of Southern Gothic, ghost stories, and horror? This June, we're bringing two Jacksonville authors together for a "spirited" discussion.

Never stop learning! Join a Library Book Club, meet bestselling authors and up-and-coming local writers, learn how to write your own books, and more!

Meet the creator of the punk zine, Shotgun Seamstress, live at the fourth annual Duval Comic and Zine Fest at the Main Library.

Mother Emanuel is a sweeping history of the first AME church in the South and a profound story of courage and grace amid the fight for racial justice.

Never stop learning! Join a Library Book Club, meet bestselling authors and up-and-coming local writers, learn how to write your own books, and more!

The Book Club for Troublesome Women is a perfect book "for those who love book clubs, nostalgia for the 1960s, and stories of female friendship."

In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells.