Palisades
Neighborhood Library

Palisades Winter Readathon

Jan. 11-Feb. 28, 2015

Join in the fun this winter at Palisades Library!   From Jan. 11 to Feb. 28, children from birth to age 12 can join the Palisades Winter Readathon! Simply stop by the Children's Desk to sign up, and start earning fantastic prizes for reading.

J. California Cooper

J. California Cooper (J for Joan, California a pen name) was an intensely private person.  She gave few interviews and never admitted to her exact age.  Starting out as a playwright, Cooper decided to try fiction at the suggestion of novelist Alice Walker. Her efforts at novels and short stories won the American Book Award, the James Baldwin Writing Award, and the Literary Lion Award.  In celebration of her life, Palisades Library has a display of Cooper’s works:

The Small Talk Book Club

Stillness Speaks

For Decmeber, we're reading Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle. Pick up your copy at the library, read it, and come to discuss your findings with fellow members on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.

The Creative Juices Workshop

The Creative Juices Writing Workshop group (CJWW) invites you to an evening of sharing peotry and prose. For two years, CJWW met twice a month at the Georgetown Library under the direction of Ginger Ingalls to compose a compiliation of poetry and prose called Barrier and Freedom which was published by DC Public Library in 2014.