Come Craft With Us - make your own beach inspired sign. Sat. June 8th at 11:00 a.m. in the Main Library meeting room. Free and open to the public. Teens and adults are welcome. All supplies are provided. Pre-registration is requested to ensure we have enough supplies for all attendees. Register in person or by calling (540) 672-3811.
Get your popcorn and take a seat as we chat with the queen of twists herself, Freida McFadden! McFadden will join us to chat about writing psychological thrillers and her mega-bestselling hit The Housemaid series, in particular her forthcoming (June 11, 2024) third installment, The Housemaid Is Watching. The next installment is full of unbelievable twists and tension as it continues to follow Millie Calloway. She used to clean other ... Read More
Tiffany Jewell, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School, Thursday, June 20th Join us as #1 New York Times bestselling author Tiffany Jewell highlights the inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college as she presents lessons and knowledge from her new book Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School. From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About ... Read More
Adult Craft Program - make your own beach inspired sign. Wednesday, June 26th at 2 pm in the Wilderness Branch Library meeting room. Free and open to the adults 18 years and older. All supplies are provided. Spots are limited and pre-registration is required to ensure we have enough supplies for all attendees. This program is not meant for organized groups. Register in person or by calling (540) 661-5434.
Join us for a visit to Deckawoo Drive with everyone’s favorite adventure loving pig, Mercy Watson! Newbery Medal winning author Kate DiCamillo will be sharing the stories behind the creation of her early chapter book series, the original Mercy Watson, and the follow up series, Tales from Deckawoo Drive. We will also be celebrating the publication of the final book in the Mercy Watson series! Mercy is selfish and impulsive, ... Read More
The Gordonsville Friends of the Library Present: Author Talk by Alice Martin "Pathways to Publishing" Writing, Pitching, Selling a Book Tuesday July 9th 7:00 p.m. Gordonsville Branch Library 319 N. Main St. Gordonsville, VA 22942 Ms. Martin will discuss the publishing pathways available to fiction and creative nonfiction writers at every stage of their development. She will cover everything from independent publishing and small presses to how to get ... Read More
Paint Pouring Class Join Lana to learn the basics of this exciting new art form. This is a great chance to see if this is something you would want to pursue on your own. We provide instruction and all of the supplies. You provide your creativity and eye for color and leave with your personal creation. Program is free for the first 20 adults to register. Register at the Main ... Read More
Paint Pouring Class Join Lana to learn the basics of this exciting new art form. This is a great chance to see if this is something you would want to pursue on your own. We provide instruction and all of the supplies. You provide your creativity and eye for color and leave with your personal creation. Program is free for the first 20 adults to register. Register at the Main ... Read More
You’re invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse, The Poet X serving as the backdrop to this amazing chat! The Poet X is about the Afro-Latina heroine, Xiomara Batista, who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara feels ... Read More
Dan Santat, A First Time for Everything, Tuesday, July 30th (5th-8th Grade) Join this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Dan Santat, as he inspires tweens and teens to tell their own stories through graphic novels. His winning book, A First Time for Everything, is a graphic memoir based on his own awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his ... Read More
