Literature
UpBEAT Book Club
VirtualThe UpBEAT Book Club allows for lively discussion of a book selected by the UpBEAT Book Club. This program is for adults ages 55 and older and is held on... Read More
Meet the Author: Dan Gearino and Comic Shop [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
The comic book store is now a common feature of American towns and cities across the nation. Our guest author, Dan Gearino will read from his book, Comic Shop, and trace... Read More
The Borders of Our Minds: An Armchair Traveler Event with Global Trekker, David Mould [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Join historian and journalist David Mould on a journey to borders, both real and imagined. In his latest book on travel, history and culture, Postcards from the Borderlands, David explores... Read More
Meet the Author: Paul Gaus and the Amish Country Mysteries Series [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Paul Gaus is a native Ohioan, who has had a life-long fascination with the Amish culture, particularly as expressed in the county where he grew up, Holmes, which has the... Read More
Fiction Writing Series [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Receive an introduction to the basic bones of the craft: character, plot, setting and scene, and how they work together to breathe life into your story. These four integrated seminars... Read More
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (Weekly Virtual Program)
NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) is a national program that "focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy." Join Athens County Public Libraries' YWP Club to meet virtually with other... Read More
NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program (Weekly Virtual Program)
NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) is a national program that "focuses on developing students’ creative voices, writing fluency, resilience, and self-efficacy." Join Athens County Public Libraries' YWP Club to meet virtually with other... Read More
Virtual Bandits Book Club/NCBC
"Virtual Bandits" is our online version of the Next Chapter Book Club, a reading group inclusive of developmentally disabled adults. If you want to join us, please register, making sure... Read More
Winter Book Club: The Underground Railroad (In 3 parts) [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Winner of the National Book Award (2016), The Pulitzer Prize (2017) and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (2017), Colson Whitehead's novel of slaves seeking escape from thralldom in 19th Century... Read More
Play Discussion: Tantrum Theater’s Spring Awakening [VIRTUAL PROGRAM]
Discussing a play elicits added dimensions for analysis. Read a copy of the play by Frank Wedekind that is the source for the 2006 musical of the same name by Steven... Read More