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Free local author fair! Meet local authors, browse their books, and buy signed copies.

Free gift wrapping will be offered by volunteers.

Some authors may not take credit cards, so we recommend bringing cash or checks.

Authors and books who will be at the fair:

• Vanessa Curry, A Gold Medal Man: A Biography of Kenneth “Tug” Wilson (teens to adults)
• Bonnie Harris, When I Learn to Read; Kids, Kids, Kids; Grandma’s Red Shawl (Kindergarten-2nd grade); and Little Book of Poems (adult)
• Jim Jacobs, No Ordinary Season (teens and adults – sequel in the works!)
• Thomas Leverett, Tall Corn State, short stories, haiku, and more (adult)
• Vicki Lipe, Beau the Basset Discovers the Seasons and Discovering Animal Babies (preschool – 5th grade)
• Jannifer Powelson, Rachel and Sammy series (children), Nature Station Mystery series (adult)
• Becky Robinson, Toot-Toot-Tootie (preschool-3rd grade)
• Nadine M. Roth, The Ink of Time and Not a Moment Too Soon (adult)
• Bill Tracy, Lost in the Fifties and its sequel Runaway (both adult)
• Susan Van Kirk, Death in a Pale Hue, The Witch’s Child, Three May Keep a Secret, Marry in Haste, Death Takes No Bribes (adult)
• Melissa Wangall, Winter Daze (age 16 and up)
• Rick W. Warren, The Scarlet Plan (teens and adults)
• Marie Smysor Watson, The Things I Used to Do and Everything Anything Something Nothing (adult)
• Stormy Weber, Michael My “Imaginary” Friend (early readers, Kindergarteners)
• Galesburg Public Library Foundation, selling books for teens and adults by  LeAnn Morgan, The Best of Galesburg by Andrea Vitale (adults), and Images of America: Galesburg by Patty Mosher (adults)

Authors: the event is now full, but we are keeping a wait list in case an author cancels. Click here for the application. 

It’s our annual Gingerbread House extravaganza! We provide the gingerbread houses and the candy; you provide the creativity. Reserve a one-hour time slot between 2:00 and 7:00 PM. Cost is $5 per house and must be paid in person in the Children’s Department. For more information, call 309-343-6118.

Celebrate the holiday season with food, crafts, music, and games! Open to any teen who has attended a Teen Advisory Board meeting this year.

Take your photo with Santa! Let the Teen Advisory Board warm your heart with their cheer station. Craft holiday cards for our friends in assisted living facilities. Linger in our library where loads of holiday books, films, and more are available for checkout with your library card!

Create your own hero and join the all-new adventure, in person at the library! New players are always welcome. Open to teens ages 12-18 or in grades 7-12. Advance registration is required, so sign up at the Reference Desk or by calling 343-6118. For more information, email johnd@galesburglibrary.org. For December, we will meet two weeks early to avoid conflicting with the holidays.

Meet with other writers to hone your skills and give and receive constructive feedback.

The next Writer Support Group meeting will be on Monday, December 12 at 6:00 pm in the upstairs meeting room at the library.

DECEMBER’S SELECTION: The Woman King

In The Woman King, Viola Davis stars in an action-packed story inspired by true events of an elite all-female unit of warriors determined to defend their nation. Upstairs at the library.

(135 min., rated PG-13, ©Sony Pictures)

Independent readers in grades 4-6 are invited to join our Children’s Librarians for this monthly club. Enjoy talking about novels with other readers your age, playing games, and more. Kids’ book club meets on the third Thursday of each month from September through April.

At our December meeting, we’ll be talking about Spy School: the Graphic Novel by Stuart Gibbs. Limited free copies are available in the Children’s Department while supplies last. Registration is required; please call 309-343-6118 or stop by the Children’s Room to sign up.