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Mount Vernon Public Library Events Nov. 2023

Visitors of the Main Library in Mount Vernon will soon see significant improvements to the children’s floor, thanks to a major grant of $25,000 from the Knox County Foundation.

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County has resumed its Teen Writing program and #KnoxWrites workshops.

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County has extended its popular community book discussion program into November with a visit from Ohio Writer Michael Croley, author of "Any Other Place: Stories."

November is National Novel Writing Month, i.e. “NaNoWriMo” and the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County has big plans for 2022.

The Public Library’s Ohio Writers Series presents its final installment on Tuesday, Oct. 11, featuring internationally acclaimed Ohio storyteller and author Lyn Ford.

After a nearly three- year-COVID-19 shutdown, the Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County is reopening a program for teens this month.

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County welcomes author Marcus Jackson, recipient of the 2019 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry as part of our “Ohio Writers Series" at the Main Library on Tuesday, July 12.

Appalachian author Alison Stine will discuss her novel “Trashlands” Tuesday, June 21, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Main Library’s Outdoor Annex/West Parking Lot.

The Gambier Community Library has been undergoing a significant upgrade in facilities under the leadership of recently appointed Branch Manager Cindy Dean. With support from Gambier Village Council and her husband Doc, Cindy has painted, replaced ceiling tiles, and redecorated the Childrens’ section of the Library. The coup de gras in Cindy’s plan for Gambier is her vision for a new circulation desk. Under Cindy’s leadership, the project came together with enthusiastic support from all parties involved.

Writer Lee Martin is a bit of a legend, although you’d never know it by his relaxed, friendly demeanor and love of goofy puns. The author of over a dozen books, he is a Pulitzer-Prize nominee, a Distinguished Professor of English at the Ohio State University, and he’ll be at the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County on Tuesday, May 10, at 6:30 p.m. to talk about his latest novel: "Yours, Jean."

A new bookmobile and some technology upgrades will be affordable now for the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (PLMVKC) after receiving an ARPA grant.

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County wraps up its NEA Big Read program on Saturday, April 23, at 2 p.m. with a free performance from Toledo’s award winning ballet folklorico group, “El Corazon de Mexico” at the historic Woodward Opera House in Mount Vernon.