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Headquarters:
Bay County Public Library
850-522-2100
Panama City Beach
850-233-5055
Parker Public Library
850-871-3092
Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Library
Port St. Joe
850-229-8879
Charles Whitehead Public Library
Wewahitchka
850-639-2419
Harrell Memorial Public Library
Bristol
850-643-2247
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library
Hosford
850-379-3300
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The Stolen Queen
by Fiona Davis
Egypt, 1936: Anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. But after an unbearable tragedy strikes, Charlotte knows her future will never be the same. New York City, 1978: Eighteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for iconic former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who's in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala. Meanwhile, Charlotte, now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met's celebrated Department of Egyptian Art, wants little to do with the gala. She's consumed with her research on Hathorkare-a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists. That is, until the night of the gala. When one of the Egyptian art collection's most valuable artifacts goes missing . . . and there are signs Hathorkare's legendary curse might be reawakening. As Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she'd never return: Egypt.
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Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor
The future of storytelling is here. Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when she's fired from her university job and her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that she has written prior. 'Rusted Robots' is a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu's novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next.
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The Crash
by Freida McFadden
Tegan is eight months pregnant and her world is crashing down around her. The father of her baby wants nothing to do with her and has promised to make her life hell. She's lost her job at the convenience store. And she has no idea what she's going to do to take care of little one. In a last ditch effort to find help and get away from the threats of her ex, Tegan heads out in a storm to drive to her brother's. But she never arrives. Tegan wakes in a ditch, having skidded off the road. Stranded and terrified, she's taken in by a couple living in a remote farmhouse. But they may have ulterior motives and Tegan soon realizes she's stuck in the middle of nowhere at the mercy of strangers. The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.
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The Small and the Mighty
by Sharon McMahon
From America's favorite government teacher, an inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.
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Water Moon
by Samantha Sotto Yambao
On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones - those who are lost - will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back.
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The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
by Emma Knight
A witty and warm debut that is at once a love story, a story of female friendship and motherhood, and an irresistible mystery surrounding a British family. Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term, Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her. She believes she'll find the answer here in Scotland, where an old friend of her father's - now a famous writer known as Lord Lennox - lives. When she is invited to spend the weekend at Lord Lennox's centuries-old estate with his intriguing family, Pen begins to unravel her parents' secret and to fall in love for the first time... Her best friend, Alice, an aspiring actor, is starring in a university production and making the most of the feminine power she wields - until a tryst with her tutor threatens to spin out of control. As Pen experiences the sharp shock of adulthood, she uncovers the truth about her own family and comes to rely on herself for the first time in her life.
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Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets
by Christopher Farnsworth
Chief of Police Jesse Stone is on his way home from a long shift when a call comes in for a welfare check on an elderly resident of the wealthy seaside town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Inside a house packed with junk and trash is a man's dead body. It's a sad, lonely end, but nothing criminal. That is until Jesse finds the photos of murder victims strewn around the corpse, on top of $2 million in cash. Jesse takes on the case and finds a trail leading to an aging mobster who will do whatever it takes to keep the past from coming to light. Before long, Jesse has a price on his head as hit men converge on Paradise to take back the cash and destroy any remaining evidence. But the real danger might be coming from inside his own department. Jesse Stone must unearth the truth buried under the wreckage of a dead man's life before he winds up in the ground himself.
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Bonded in Death
by J. D. Robb
His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old friend, he landed in New York and then died within minutes in a waiting car. Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she reaches out to Summerset. When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear because he himself was one of The Twelve. It's not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must assist Eve's investigation, because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain -and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished...
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Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
by Peter Beinart
In Peter Beinart's view, one story has long dominated Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history, and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, he argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew? Beinart imagines an alternate story that would draw on other nations' efforts at moral reconstruction and a different reading of Jewish history. A story in which Jews have the right to equality, not supremacy, and in which Jewish and Palestinian safety are not mutually exclusive but intertwined. One in which we inhabit a world that recognizes the infinite value of all human life, beginning in the Gaza Strip.
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Deep End
by Ali Hazelwood
Scarlett Vandermeer is a junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving. Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It's how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes. So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water...
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Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing and Touching Plants is Good for our Health
By Kathy Willis
Good Nature reveals how, if we bring nature more into our lives, it can help improve our health and well-being in so many unexpected ways. Oxford professor Kathy Willis has spent her career researching fossilized plants and plant matter - but when she stumbled across a study that showed that patients recovering from surgery improved faster just by being able to see trees from their hospital bed, it radically changed the way she viewed the natural world. Professor Willis has since embarked on a process of discovery to find the research that has shown, time and time again, that there is a causal link between plants in our lives, both indoors and outside, and better physical and mental health. Consulting plant scientists and biologists, medical practitioners and psychiatrists, city planners and government health authorities, she encourages us to transform how we design and inhabit our environments.
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💙 Check Your Heart at the Library 💙 | |
Blood Pressure Monitors are now available for check out for up to 3 weeks at a time! It shows up in the library catalog as Blood Pressure Monitor [Kit] and comes with a how-to guide and tips. Click on the image to place a hold on a Blood Pressure Monitor today!
Bay County Public Library
Blood Pressure 101
Tuesday, March 11 at 2 p.m. CT
Learn how to monitor your blood pressure. Program taught by Dixie Williams, RN from FL Health Bay County.
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Gulf County Flower Contest:
Marvelous Marigolds!
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Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Library in Port St. Joe
Thursday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
Thursday, May 22 at 4:30 p.m. CT
Free seeds available at both Gulf County libraries. Check out 1-2 packets of seeds. Get them planted in time for the contest! Prizes awarded in age categories (kids to adults) for both individual blooms and bouquets. Pick up rules at the library. Sponsored by the Garden Club of Port St. Joe and the Gulf County Seed Library. This is Port St. Joe's Third Annual Flower Contest!!
Gulf County Seed Libraries
Seed Library Select from over 125 varieties of herbs, vegetable, and flower seed chosen to perform well in zone 9. Presented in partnership with the Port St. Joe Garden Club, UF/IFAS Master Gardeners, & the Florida Wildflower Foundation.
| Children's Library Programming | |
Image: February's Discovering Art History for Homeschool included painting Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'.
Bay County Public Library
Bouncin’ Babies & Toddlin’ 2s (Ages 0 - 2 with Caregiver)
Tuesdays at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. CT (Same Class, limited to 40 people)
Read & Rhyme Storytime (Ages 3 - 5 with Caregiver)
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. CT
Ukulele Social Club (All Ages)
Monday, March 3 at 3:30 p.m.
A few spare instruments will be available. Program held in the Youth Services program room.
Mini Makers (Ages 5 - 7) Registration Required.
Wednesday, March 5 at 3:30 p.m. CT
**Dress to mess. Call 850-522-2118 to register.
TCG Day (Trading Card Game Day - Ages 6 +)
Friday, March 7 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Craft Camp (Ages 8 - 12) Registration Required.
Monday, March 10 at 4 p.m. CT
**Dress to mess. Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Youth Dungeons and Dragons (Ages 8 - 12, all skillsets) Registration Required.
March 12 and March 13 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Discovering Art History for Homeschool (Ages 8 - 12) Registration Required.
Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m. CT
**Dress to mess. Call 850-522-2118 to register.
LEGO CLUB (Ages 6 – 12) Registration Required.
March 19 and March 20 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
STEM Straw City (Ages 6 - 12) Registration Required.
Monday, March 24 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Japanese Language Club (Ages 6 - 12) Registration Required.
Wednesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
After-School Switch League (Ages 8 – 12)
Friday, March 28 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Family Game Day (Families with children Ages 6+)
Saturday, March 29 from 12:30 - 4 p.m. CT
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Panama City Beach Public Library
Book Babies (Ages 0 - 2)
Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. CT
**Same Class/Limited to 24 people. No class on February 4.
Sail into School (Ages 3 - 5)
Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. CT
**Class limited to 24 people.
LEGO Club (Ages 7 - 11) Registration Required
Tuesday, March 11 at 4 p.m. CT
*Call the library at 850-233-5055 to register.
All programs on the Panama City Beach Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Parker Public Library
Saturday Storytime + Craft: St. Patrick's Day (Ages 3 - 6)
Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m. CT
St. Patrick's Day LEGO Challenge (Ages 6 - 12)
Saturday, March 1 at 12:30 p.m. CT
Homeschool Hangout
Tuesday, March 11 at 12:00 p.m. CT
All programs on the Parker Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe
Preschool Storytime (18 months - 5 years with caregiver)
Fridays at 11 a.m. ET
LEGO Club
Thursday, March 6 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Crafternoon at the Library: Yarn Art
(All Ages, under 12 must be with caregiver)
Tuesday, March 11 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Community Drum Circle (All Ages)
Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Nintendo Switch (Ages 6 and up)
Thursday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Chess Club (All Ages, school kids can arrive after school gets out)
Mondays at 2:30 p.m. ET
All programs on the Port St Joe - Corrinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Image: Budding Bookworms program featuring the letter 'D'.
Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
Budding Bookworms
Mondays at 10 a.m. CT
Saturday Stories + Craft (Children with caregiver)
Saturday, March 1 at 10 a.m. CT
LEGO Club
Thursday, March 6 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 22 at 10 a.m. CT
Chess Club (All Ages and Abilities)
Friday, March 7 at 3 p.m. CT
Tuesday, March 11 at 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 15 at 10 a.m. CT
** Children can arrive after school gets out.
Scrapbooking Workshops (All Ages)
Thursday, March 13 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Roar! Dinosaurs! (Family Program, Registration Required.)
Thursday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. CT
**Call 850-639-2419 to register.
The Velveteen Rabbit with UF/IFAS Gulf County 4H
Thursday, March 27 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Owls of Florida with Hands-On Dissecting Lab
Saturday, March 29 at 11 a.m. CT
All programs on the Wewahitchka - Charles Whitehead Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Harrell Memorial Public Library in Bristol
Yoga for Kids (K - 5th Grade, Registration Required)
Tuesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. ET
**Call 850-643-2247 or visit the library to register.
Homeschool Hangout
Tuesday, March 11 at 12 p.m. ET
LEGO Club (Ages 6 - 12)
Thursday, March 20 at 4 p.m. ET
All programs on the Liberty County Public Libraries Facebook page and the library website.
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library in Hosford
Saturday Storytime (Ages 4 - 8 recommended)
Saturday, March 8 at 11 a.m. ET - St. Patrick's Day
Saturday, March 22 at 11 a.m. ET - National Craft Month
All programs on the Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library Facebook page and the library website.
| Lucky Mud Performance at Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries Annual Celebration | |
Bay County Public Library
Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. CT
Lucky Mud with special guest, Sierra Everly will perform at the Bay County Public Library. The set will be a combination of Lucky Mud’s original Americana folk tunes and several Celtic tunes. The afterhours program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. A short Friends meeting will take place following the performance. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries. To become a member of the Friends or learn about how the Friends support the library, visit https://baycountylibraryfriends.org/.
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Bay County Public Library
Anime Club (Ages 12 - 17) Registration Required.
Tuesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Teen Dungeons & Dragons (Ages 13 – 17) Registration Required.
March 8 and March 15 from 2 - 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Upcycled Origami with Kat: Chicken (YouTube)
Wednesday, March 12 at 2 p.m. CT
Teen Advisory Board (Ages 14 - 17) Registration Required.
Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Cherry Blossom Art (Ages 11 - 13)
Tuesday, March 25 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Teen Game Night (Ages 13 - 18) Registration Required.
Wednesday, March 26 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe
YA Book Club
Saturday, March 1 at 12 p.m. ET
Pizza provided. **Call 850-229-8879 for book titles.
All programs on the Port St Joe - Corrinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
Technology Training Q&A Session (6th Grade - Adults)
Thursday, March 20 at 2 p.m. CT
All programs on the Wewahitchka - Charles Whitehead Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
| Adult Library Programming | |
Bay County Public Library
Program in Meeting Room unless otherwise noted.
Writing Corner (Geared for Adults, Teens Welcome)
Saturday, March 1 from 2 - 4 p.m. CT
*Bring your laptop/notebooks to a dedicated writing space.
Ukulele Social Club (All Ages)
Monday, March 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Held in Youth Services program room. A few loaner instruments are available; all ages and playing levels welcome.
Through the Eyes of Zora Neale Hurston taught by Laura Roesch
Tuesday, March 4 at 2 p.m. CT
Computer & Internet Basics Class. Registration Required.
Tuesday, March 7 from 9:30 - 11 a.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2107 to register. Held in computer lab.
Blood Pressure 101 with Dixie Williams, RN from FL Health Bay County
Tuesday, March 11 at 2 p.m. CT
BCPL Book Club (Virtual)
Thursday, March 13 at 10:30 a.m. CT
Virgil Wonder by Leif Enger
**Email rfillingame@nwrls.com for the Zoom link.
Cybersecurity Basics. Registration Required.
Tuesday, March 14 at 2 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2107 to register. Held in computer lab.
Legal Clinic with Legal Services of North Florida
Tuesday, March 18 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. CT
First come, first served. Bring necessary documents.
Buried, But Not Forgotten: Learn about Local Cemeteries with Nancy Hudson
Tuesday, March 18 at 2 p.m. CT
Murder in March Collaborative Mystery Game
Registration Required.
Tuesday, March 18 from 5 - 7 p.m. CT
Call 850-522-2107 to register your team of 2 - 8 members.
Shelf Indulgence @ The Press (310 Harrison Ave.)
Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. CT
March's Genre: Historical Fiction
Friends Annual Celebration Concert: Lucky Mud & Sierra Everly
Thursday, March 20 at 6 p.m. CT
Short Friends meeting following the performance. Sponsored by the Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries.
11th Street Dulcimer Group Practice (Youth Services)
Friday, March 21 at 2 p.m. CT
Crafternoon @ The Library (Adults, Teens welcome)
Friday, March 28 from 2 - 4 p.m. CT
Bring your current craft project or join us for adult coloring!
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Panama City Beach Public Library
Sea Needles
Fridays from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT
**Bring your knitting or craft project.
Beach Book Club
Wednesday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. CT
Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
Extra copies of the monthly title provided by the Bay County Public Library Foundation. Call the front desk to see if a copy is available.
WJHG Chapter Chat Book Club with Jessica Foster
Tuesday, March 25 at 2 p.m. CT
Follow the news or our Facebook page for this month's book. Extra copies of the monthly title provided by the Bay County Public Library Foundation. Visit or call the front desk to see if a copy is available!
AARP Tax Help. Registration Required.
February 8 - April 14 on Mondays and Saturdays
**Call AARP Tax Help to set up an appointment at 850-583-4606. Leave your name and phone number.
All programs on the Panama City Beach Public Library Facebook page or the library website.
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Parker Public Library
Spring Crafternoon (Adults & Teens 16+, Registration Required)
Saturday, March 8 at 1 p.m. CT
Visit or call the library at 850-871-3092 to register.
Book Club
Saturday, March 29 at 1 p.m. CT
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
All programs on the Parker Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe
Seaside Stitchers
Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET
**Bring your current knitting or needlework project.
Chess Club (All Ages)
Mondays at 2:30 p.m. ET
Friends of the Gulf County Library at PSJ meeting
Monday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Ask a Master Gardener!
Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. ET
Crafternoon at the Library: Yarn Art
(All Ages, under 12 must be with caregiver)
Tuesday, March 11 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Learn and Grow with the Master Gardeners!
Saturday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. ET
*Call the library for the monthly topic at 850-229-8879.
Community Drum Circle (All Ages)
Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Past Peoples of the St. Joe Bay Region with USF archaeologist, Nancy White
Tuesday, March 18 at 2 p.m. ET
Library Book Club
Monday, March 24 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Call the PSJ Library at 850-299-8879 for the title.
English for Speakers of Other Languages
Schedule one-on-one tutoring with our trained volunteers. Call us at 850-229-8879.
Sewing and Crochet Classes
One-on-one sewing and crochet classes available to individuals or families. Please call the library for more information at (850) 229-8879.
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Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
All About Birdwatching in Gulf County
Thursday, March 6 at 10 a.m. CT
Mahjong (All Ages and Abilities)
Friday, March 7 at 1 p.m. CT
Gardening: Invasive Species with Anne Grace, Gulf County Master Gardener
Saturday, March 8 at 11 a.m. CT
Chess Club (All Ages and Abilities)
Friday, March 7 at 3 p.m. CT
Tuesday, March 11 at 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 15 at 10 a.m. CT
** Children can arrive after school gets out.
Friends of the Wewahitchka Library Monthly Meeting
Thursday, March 13 at 10 a.m. CT
Scrapbooking Workshops (All Ages)
Thursday, March 13 at 3:30 p.m. CT
RummiKub
Thursday, March 18 at 1 p.m. CT
Technology Training Q&A Session (6th Grade - Adults)
Thursday, March 20 at 2 p.m. CT
Busy Bee Readers Book Club
Monday, March 31 at 11:30 a.m. CT
Call library at 850-639-2419 for monthly book club titles.
VITA Free Tax Preparation (February - April 15)
Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CT
Appointment Required. Visit https://www.unitedwaynwf.org/vita or call 850-227-8737 to schedule. Program in partnership with United Way.
All programs on the Wewahitchka - Charles Whitehead Public Library Facebook page or the library website.
Harrell Memorial Public Library in Bristol
Healthy Living and Wellness Class with UF/IFAS Liberty County Extension Office: The Importance of Sleep (Adults & Teens 16+)
Wednesday, March 5 at 11 a.m. ET
Healthy Living and Wellness Class with UF/IFAS Liberty County Extension Office: Brain Health (Adults & Teens 16+)
Wednesday, March 26 at 11 a.m. ET
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library in Hosford
Creative Crafters (Adults and Teens 16+)
Thursday, March 20 at 1 p.m. ET
**Bring your current craft project.
The Book Buzz
Thursday, March 20 at 2 p.m. ET
All programs on the Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library Facebook page or the library website.
| New eBooks and eAudiobooks | |
Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler
Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband, Max, arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay, and without even a suit. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.
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Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old
by Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields has spent a lifetime in the public eye. Growing up as a child actor and model, her every feature was scrutinized, her every decision judged. Today Brooke faces a different kind of scrutiny: that of being a "woman of a certain age." And yet, for Brooke, the passage of time has brought freedom. At fifty-nine, she feels more comfortable in her skin, more empowered and confident than she did decades ago in those famous Calvin Kleins. Brooke is changing the narrative about women and aging.
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix
Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. Under the watchful eye of Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who. Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid...and it’s usually paid in blood.
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