Author John Green Announces Book Cover Design Contest

John Green
Bestselling, Award winning author
2006 winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
has written several popular books including:
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
And co-wrote Will Grayson, Will Grayson

He along with Penguin is giving you a chance to design the next paperback edition cover of An Abundance of Katherines.

To find out more, visit the Abundance of Covers contest minisite.

We will be Closed...

Friday, November 4th
Our Library, along with several others in Jefferson County will be closed for system maintenance.
We will re-open Saturday at 11 am.

For a list of closed libraries, visit http://www.jclc.org/

No materials will be due on that day.

Bunko Fundraiser

The Friends of IPL are hosting a "Bunko Night" Fundraiser to benefit the new friends group

Monday November 14th
6:30-8:30pm
at the Irondale Public Library

Tickets are $10 at the door.
There will be refreshments and prizes

Everyone is Welcome

For reservations, call 951-1415

We hope you'll join us tonight for our Book Club at 6:30. This month we are discussing Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin.

Tom Franklin is a native Alabamian who has won multiple literary awards including the Edgar Allen Poe Award for his short story Poachers and the Crime Writer Association's (CWA) Gold Dagger for Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.

To serve you better...

The Public Libraries of Jefferson County are partnering with students at the University of Alabama to conduct a survey on library usage.
The survey will only take a few minutes of your time.
This information will help us provide the services you want.

To take the survey, Click Here

This survey is anonymous. Thank you for your help.

PreSchool Storytime Tomorrow

Celebrate Fall with Ms. Nina's Storytime

This Thursday, October 6th

10:15 am in the Meeting Room

Please note the time change-- we are having it a little earlier this month.