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Trans By Trans Book Club | The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Tue, October 15, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing craft, the art of creating our lives, and more. Free…
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, October 17, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
Saadia Faruqi Author Visit
Mon, October 21, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author and interfaith activist. She writes the popular children’s early reader series “Yasmin” and other books for children, including chapter books, graphic novels, and picture books. Her middle grade novels include “A Place At The…
Short Story Book Club
Mon, October 21, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
at
Parkway Central Library
On the second Monday of each month, join us for short story book club. We’ll meet from 6:00-7:30 pm among the Philbrick Hall Short Story Collection. Because the library will be closed for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, this month’s meeting will instead be on the third Monday,…
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, October 24, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, October 31, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, November 7, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
The Bad Seed and Behavior
Thu, November 7, 2024
5:00 P.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Our partners at The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will be hosting this program. We will read The Bad Seed by Jory John and then discuss a person's ability to change behavior and the importance of how we talk to ourselves and about each other. This program is ideal for…
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, November 14, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
Fox Chase Book Club
Mon, November 18, 2024
5:30 P.M.
Fox Chase Library
Parable of the Sower Parable of the Sower is a 1993 speculative fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and social inequality. The novel follows Lauren Olamina, a young woman who can feel the pain of others and…
Short Story Book Club
Mon, November 18, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Philbrick Hall
at
Parkway Central Library
On the second Monday of each month, join us for short story book club. We’ll meet from 6:00-7:30 pm among the Philbrick Hall Short Story Collection. Because the library will be closed for Veterans Day, this month’s meeting will instead be on the third Monday, November 18th.…
Trans By Trans Book Club
Tue, November 19, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Virtual
Join us on the third Tuesday of the month for a virtual citywide book club for trans and nonbinary readers aged 25–45. Each month, we will be reading books written by trans and nonbinary authors and discussing trans imagination, writing craft, the art of creating our lives, and more. Free…
Teen Writer’s Club
Thu, November 21, 2024
3:30 P.M.
South Philadelphia Library
South Philadelphia Library will be hosting its first ever Teen Writers Club! Whether you want to become a novelist, writer, or just want a place to express yourself, this is a place to develop your writing skills with fellow young writers.
Colin Hamilton | The Discarded
Thu, November 21, 2024
7:30 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: $25.00
The Author Events Series presents Colin Hamilton | The Discarded REGISTER A dazzling array of metafictions, Colin Hamilton’s The Discarded focuses on the lonely work of a solitary librarian assigned to the discard room. This hidden basement space is piled high with books purged from the…
The Intertextual Self: New Approaches to the Memoir
Thu, December 5, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Parkway Central Library
Cost: Pay What You Wish
The Author Events Series presents The Intertextual Self: New Approaches to the Memoir REGISTER Memoirists most often focus on the authenticity of their own voice and experience, and how best to render on the page the intersection of memory and current insight. This traditional approach creates…
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Author Visit
Tue, February 25, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Children's Department
at
Parkway Central Library
Cost: FREE
Join us for a special visit with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is a Philadelphia-based author of popular educator-recommended children’s books. She is a two-time winner of the Muslim Bookstagram picture book award, and she has earned the prestigious Walter,…