Explore amazing stories you make yourself! For ages 9–14.

This event is in partnership with the A2 Community Bookfest. For a list of all events and authors, go to aadl.org/bookfest.

Join David Roth and Rinee Shah for a joke writing workshop in support of their new book LOL 101: A Kid's Guide to Writing Jokes!

Want to write your own jokes? This book shows you how!

Join us as we announce the winners of the Write On 3rd-5th grade writing contest!

Writers in grades K–6 are invited to work with high school students from the Skyline Writing Center to create writing gifts for the special people in their lives. We will have several fun writing activities to spark your creativity!

Join us for an evening with local authors doing short readings from their four published works.  Have a chat with an author or buy a copy of their book during the event!

Join us for an evening with five local authors doing short readings from their published works.  Have a chat with an author or buy a copy of their book during the event!

We'll kick off the evening with authors from two books published by the library's Fifth Avenue Press publishing imprint: Bring Your Words: A Writers' Community Anthology by Kathryn Orwig and Dali, Dalai by Rick Solomon.

Meet the authors:

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Novels are all about characters we love, but how do you create a protagonist that readers will want to spend a whole novel with? In this workshop, Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will show you how to craft relatable characters from the ground up that are flawed, lovable, and as real as the people we know.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Did you ever read a book and wonder how the author wrote it? There are valuable writing lessons to be learned from reading our favorite novels. In this workshop, Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will share the secrets of reading like a writer by looking into character, decoding plot, and understanding why writers make the choices they do.