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Ravenous Readers Book Club with Author Taryn Souders

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Tween
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Imagination Room
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Details:

Grades 5-7. Discuss The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders and enjoy book-related games and activities, and pizza!

Shaking Pages Book Club

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Adult
Waitlist
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Details:

Books, food and milkshakes…what’s not to like? This "foodie-themed" book club will meet at Shake Shack on the 2nd Wednesday of every other month to read, eat and discuss a fiction book selection. Enjoy a FREE milkshake during the meeting!

Between the Covers Romance Book Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Details:

Ages 21+. Come share your passion for happily-ever-after with fellow romance story lovers in this new book club! Whether you prefer historical, contemporary, paranormal, sweet, or spicy romance, we’ve got you covered.

Author Salon: Dr. Ruth D. Edwards

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 37
Details:

Historian Valada Flewellyn will be in conversation with Library Director of Education Dr.

Author Salon: ACA Mentor Artists OUTreach with Kwame Dawes

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Cancelled
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Event cancelled. Rescheduling information to follow.

Teen Book Guild

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Teen
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: The Hideout
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Grades 8-12. The Teen Book Guild is a volunteer opportunity for teens who love to read and talk about YA books. Their purpose is to advocate for and spread that love of reading to other teens in the community.

Better Read Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Collaboration Room 3
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Details:

Readers meet the third Wednesday of the month to discuss and share insights. All kinds of books are welcome, whether they are fiction, nonfiction, classic or contemporary.  

Armchair Detectives Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Collaboration Room 3
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Details:

Mystery lovers meet on the third Thursday of the month to discuss what they're reading. 

Email Emily McQuade at emcquade@winterparklibrary.org for suggested reading lists and more information. 

Author Salon: Frank W. Baker

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Ages 18+. We Survived the Holocaust is the story of Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg, who were both young Polish Jews caught up in the Holocaust, Hitler’s rise to power, the rise of antisemitism, and more. Yet they survived.

Orlando WordLab

6:45pm - 8:45pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Fiction and non-fiction writers meet the 4th Wednesday of the month, in association with the Writers of Central Florida, offering each other support and critiques. 

Spooky Stories

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Tween, Teen, Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Children, Tween, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Details:

Ages 5+. Spark imaginations with spooky (not so scary) tales perfect for Halloween. 

Author Salon: Thomas Swick

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Age 18+. Falling into Place is a former Sun Sentinel reporter’s discovery of the world, his development as a travel writer, and a love story of overcoming cultural differences, communist bureaucracy, and unhealthy separations.

Book Boxes for Teens & Tweens

All Day
Tween, Teen
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Age Group: Tween, Teen
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Grades 5-12. Sign up each month to receive a Book Box containing one surprise book (selected especially for you based on your input) and a selection of snacks and surprises.

Just For You: Reading Recommendations for Adults

All Day
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Sign up each month to receive one surprise book (selected especially for you based on your input) and a fun bookish item.

Storytellers of Central Florida

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Creative Arts, Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Experienced and fledgling tellers gather monthly to share stories and practice their craft. This event is free and open to the public.

Writer's Atelier: Fall Write-In

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Murrah Community Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Ages 18+. Writers, bring your writing instruments of choice, along with any other writing supplies. The write-in will be timed sprints with short breaks in between. We can’t wait to write with you! Partnership with Writers’ Atelier.

Ravenous Readers Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Tween
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: The Hideout
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Details:

Grades 5-7. Discuss Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks and enjoy book-related games and activities, and pizza!

Between the Covers Romance Book Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Outreach
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Details:

Ages 21+. Come share your passion for happily-ever-after with fellow romance story lovers in this new book club! Whether you prefer historical, contemporary, paranormal, sweet, or spicy romance, we’ve got you covered.

Teen Book Guild

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Teen
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: The Hideout
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Grades 8-12. The Teen Book Guild is a volunteer opportunity for teens who love to read and talk about YA books. Their purpose is to advocate for and spread that love of reading to other teens in the community.

Better Read Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Collaboration Room 3
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Details:

Readers meet the third Wednesday of the month to discuss and share insights. All kinds of books are welcome, whether they are fiction, nonfiction, classic or contemporary.  

Author Salon: Mary E. Pearson

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adult
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Edyth Bush Theatre
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Details:

Ages 18+. A New York Times bestselling author, Ms.

Armchair Detectives Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adult
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Winter Park Library
Room: Collaboration Room 3
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Stories, Language & Lit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Details:

Mystery lovers meet on the third Thursday of the month to discuss what they're reading. 

Email Emily McQuade at emcquade@winterparklibrary.org for suggested reading lists and more information. 

LIBRARY CLOSES EARLY

5:00pm - 9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Winter Park Library, Outreach
Description:

Library closes early, Thanksgiving Eve.