Join your ReadICT book-loving online community for a meetup and book swap. Bring your favorite book (or bag of books) to discuss and swap. Any leftover books will be donated to the Friends of the Wichita Public Library.
Join us for a book discussion! September: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante; October: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire; November: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Join us for a book discussion! The book for the discussion will be available one month before the program to check out at the Evergreen Branch.
Join us for a book discussion at the Rockwell Branch! September: All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg; October: Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich; November: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker; December: Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Calling all book lovers and collectors! The Friends of WAM will have a wide selection of gently-used books for all ages and interests, including fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and rare-finds. All proceeds from the Mini Used Book Sale benefit WAM’s events, exhibitions, and programs.
Join us for a book discussion! September: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante; October: Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire; November: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
Join us for a book discussion! The book for the discussion will be available one month before the program to check out at the Evergreen Branch.
Join us for a book discussion! The book for the discussion will be available one month before the program to check out at the Evergreen Branch.
January: Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce. February: Vanderbilt: the Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper. The book for the discussion will be available one month before the program to check out at the Evergreen Branch.
Join us for the kickoff of Wichita's 2024 Big Read. Celebrate Tommy Orange's There There with music, dance, and art. Free copies of the book will be available (as supplies last). Get a preview of what's in store for this year's NEA Big Read. To learn more, visit www.bigreadwichita.org.
Adult book discussion featuring "There There" and foods with indigenous roots. (*Must have Base access to attend)
Discussion of 2024 Big Read book, There There by Tommy Orange
Discussion of 2024 Big Read book, There There by Tommy Orange
We will be having a special story time, reading the Big Read companion titles. We will be playing indigenous games for children. (*Must have Base access to attend)
Bring your lunch and join us for a book chat about the 2024 Big Read book, There There by Tommy Orange
The NEA Big Read selection for 2024 is "There There," by Tommy Orange! In this novel, Orange traces the intersecting lives of 12 characters from Native communities whose voices and perspectives converge at the first ever Big Oakland Powwow. NPL will host Newton's community Big Read discussion on Monday, April Read more…
Discussion of 2024 Big Read book, There There by Tommy Orange
Join us at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in the 2nd Floor DeVore Auditorium on Sunday, October 13th to hear Patrick Joseph O’Connor present a program on his new book “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community” (University Press of Mississippi, release date September 16, 2024). This program is Read more…
