Our free all-ages summer reading games are back in person! Read for fun, complete activities, and attend events to earn prizes! Pick up a game board beginning May 23 at the Downtown Library, Ellettsville Branch, or on the Bookmobile! This year, the Friends of the Library Foundation will donate $1,000 to the Community Kitchen of Monroe County when we meet our registration goal of 1,000 people! Learn more at mcpl.info/summerreading. 

Looking for something fun to explore? Come view the 3" x 3" painted tiny art masterpieces at the Ellettsville Branch Art Gallery, painted by local kids, teens, and adults! All ages. Drop in throughout the month of June.

 

Featuring recent recipients of the Indiana Author Awards. Visit granfalloon.indiana.edu for more information.

Lindsey Alexander

Lindsey D. Alexander is a writer who lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Her book Rodeo in Reverse is the winner of the 2017 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize selected by Sean Hill. To read more of her writing, visit LDAlexander.com or subscribe to her newsletter.

Maurice Broaddus

His novels include the urban fantasy trilogy, The Knights of Breton Court, the steampunk novel, Pimp My Airship, and the middle-grade detective novel series, The Usual Suspects. He co-authored the play Finding Home: Indiana at 200. His novellas include Buffalo Soldier, I Can Transform You, and Orgy of Souls. As an editor, he’s worked on the Dark Faith anthology series, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Horror, Fireside Magazine, and Apex Magazine. Learn more about him at MauriceBroaddus.com.

Eugene Gloria

Eugene Gloria is the author of four books of poems— Sightseer in This Killing City (Penguin-Random House, 2019), My Favorite Warlord (Penguin, 2012; winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award), Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006), and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (Penguin, 2000; a National Poetry Series selection and recipient of the Asian American Literary Award). He is the John Rabb Emison Professor of Creative and Performing Arts and English Professor at DePauw University. Read more about him at eugenegloria.com.

Kevin McKelvey

Kevin McKelvey is a place-based poet, writer, designer, and social practice artist. He teaches at the University of Indianapolis and directs the M.A. in Social Practice Art and oversees the undergraduate major in Environmental Sustainability. At the University of Indianapolis, he founded Etchings Press, a student-run publisher, helped start a community garden and microfarm, and has contributed to numerous interdisciplinary efforts for students and the community. He is the author of the collections Dream Wilderness Poems and Indiana Nocturnes. You can read more about his work at kevinmckelvey.org.

Presented with Indiana Humanities, IU Writers Conference, and Monroe County Public Library.