We’re working hard to bring you a new library app that will help you find books, download digital titles, search for events, and more.
In the meantime, you can find all of these features on our website and in the mobile version of our library catalog.
more: Using the Library Catalog on Your Mobile Device
Each month, we interview a published writer who shares their favorite writing prompt. Whether you’re just getting started or have written for years, you’ll find ideas and advice to inspire you and help you become a better writer.
Prompt to Page is brought to you in partnership with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
Author and arts administrator JC McPherson is also a trained master electrician who approaches poetry with a troubleshooting mindset. He says that “writing a poem is no different than wiring up a new room, like putting new lights in the outlets. And it’s a process.”
more: Prompt to Page with JC McPherson
JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.
On this episode, we celebrate Women’s History Month with fiction and nonfiction about women’s history, one of the prompts on the Winter-Spring 2024 Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge. From a graphic novel about Soviet women fighter pilots to a page-turning book about the evolution of female bodies, we’ll show you that there’s nothing dull about women’s history. Listen below to find out more about our selections!
more: Books for Women’s History Month
Each month, we interview a published writer who shares their favorite writing prompt. Whether you’re just getting started or have written for years, you’ll find ideas and advice to inspire you and help you become a better writer.
Prompt to Page is brought to you in partnership with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
On this episode of the Prompt to Page podcast, we talk to Tracee de Hahn, author of the Agnes Luthi mystery series and coordinator of the Carnegie Center’s Author Academy.
more: Prompt to Page with Tracee de Hahn
Celebrate Black History Month by learning more about African American lives and history.
Newspapers and other primary source documents are a great way to supplement book research. Reading directly from these sources can help you understand more about the everyday experiences of Black people.
That’s why the library subscribes to Black Life in America, the most comprehensive digital collection of primary source documents related to Black American life. This online resource provides access to more than 19,000 global media outlets, including the largest and richest collection of African American newspapers.
more: Explore Black History with Black Life in America
JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.
On this episode, we discuss romance novels, one of the prompts on the Winter-Spring 2024 Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge. This popular book genre has something for everyone, even the horror fans among us. Listen below to find out more about our selections!
more: In the Mood for Romance
Each month, we interview a published writer who shares their favorite writing prompt. Whether you’re just getting started or have written for years, you’ll find ideas and advice to inspire you and help you become a better writer.
Prompt to Page is brought to you in partnership with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
On this episode of Prompt to Page, Sean L. Corbin, the Poetry Gauntlet Coordinator for the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, discusses his belief that “everything is a prompt.”
“If you sit down to write a poem, you don’t just pour it out,” he says. “Something had to prompt you to do that.”
more: Prompt to Page with Sean L. Corbin
JCPL librarians bring you book recommendations and discuss the bites and beverages to pair with them.
On this episode, we ring in the New Year with the Winter-Spring 2024 Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge!
From now through June 30, 2024, keep track of books you read or listen to by writing the title and author in the matching bingo square. Complete all 25 squares for a chance to win a $100 Joseph-Beth gift card or an Amazon Kindle. You’ll also earn an enamel pin (while supplies last).
Ease into the challenge with our suggestions for books you can read in one sitting. Grab a cozy blanket to read under, and you’ll be able to check off two prompts on your bingo card!
more: Books You Can Read in One Sitting
Start the new year with a new Books & Bites Bingo reading challenge!
Reading challenges are a great way to set reading goals for yourself, discover new authors and genres, and have fun while doing it.
We polled the Books & Bites Facebook group to find out how many bingo cards you’d like to play this year. That’s why in 2024 we’ll bring you two Books & Bites Bingo cards instead of just one.
more: Read Even More in 2024 with Books and Bites Bingo
Each month, we interview a published writer who shares their favorite writing prompt. Whether you’re just getting started or have written for years, you’ll find ideas and advice to inspire you and help you become a better writer.
Prompt to Page is brought to you in partnership with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning.
On this episode of the Prompt to Page writing podcast, we talk to poet and visual artist Jay McCoy, author of The Occupation.
more: Prompt to Page with Jay McCoy