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Book cover for In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson. Picture of city square in Nazi Germany.

10.12.2024

Virtual Book Club

Sign up for our Virtual Book Club to discuss In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American more >

Coming soon to your library: Americans and the Holocaust. What did the Americans know? What more could have been done?

10.09.2024

Americans and the Holocaust

YouTube: Americans the the Holocaust

The Athens-Clarke County Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries newly selected to host more >

NEA Big Read. Novel Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi. Cover shows drawings of two African American women on red background.

10.02.2024

NEA Big Read: Homegoing

The Athens-Clarke County Library is pleased to be one of 62 communities participating in the 2024 NEA Big Read. From more >

A to Z Databases. Hands typing on laptop.

09.19.2024

AtoZdatabases

We’ve added AtoZdatabases, the the premier Reference, Research, Marketing, Mailing Lists/Sales Leads, and Job-Search Database! The database includes 65 million business more >

Improv with the Flying Squid Comedy group on June 20 at 6:00pm. Free, family-friendly event. Features the Flying Squid logo of a squid with a hat and wings.

06.14.2024

Improv night!

Come and experience an evening of family-friendly improv with us on Thursday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at the Athens-Clarke more >

Author Talk: Randy Cox. 6:00PM. June 12, 2024. Athens-Clarke County Library. Books will be available at the event for purchase and signing. Shows a photograph of a man smiling and a book cover for "715 at 50: The Night Henry Aaron Changed Baseball and the World Forever."

06.05.2024

Author Talk with Randy Cox

Athens author Randy Cox was a newspaper reporter when he was called in to cover the Atlanta Braves game on more >

Author Talk: Rebecca McCarthy. 7:00PM. May 22, 2023. Athens-Clarke County Library. Books will be available at the event for purchase and signing. Shows a photograph of a woman smiling and a book cover for "Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers."

05.03.2024

Author Talk with Rebecca McCarthy

Local author Rebecca McCarthy will discuss her new book, Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers at the Athens-Clarke more >

Let Freedom Read: A Tiny Art Show for Banned Books. All ages welcome to participate! Features a graphic of a canvas and paintbrush.

09.17.2023

Enter the Banned Books Tiny Art Show

Celebrate freedom of expression and show your passion for literacy by participating in the Athens-Clarke County Library’s tiny art show, more >

Librarian handing a patron a Chromebook and smiling

07.13.2023

Chromebooks Available to Borrow

Need a laptop for work or school? Check one out from the library! Thanks to a grant from the more >

Puzzle Palooza. June 9, 2023, 2-4PM. A graphic of people's hands putting together a heart made of puzzle pieces.

06.01.2023

Puzzle Palooza!

Think you’re a jigsaw puzzle master? Now’s your chance to prove it on Friday, June 9, at 2 p.m. at more >

The U.S. and the Holocaust documentary and panel discussion. Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7:00PM.

04.16.2023

Film Screening and Discussion: The U.S. and the Holocaust

Join us for this special screening of selecting from The U.S. and the Holocaust. The three-part documentary, directed and produced more >

Join us for Celebrating Poetry: readings from local authors & students. Amanda Dzimiankskia and J.R. Barner will be features. Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 3:00PM.

04.13.2023

Celebrating Poetry

It’s National Poetry Month, and the Athens-Clarke County Library will be celebrating with original readings by local authors and students more >

NEA big read is Ilya Kaminsky's "Deaf Republic" from April 1 - May 17, 2023. Features a quote by the New York Times reading, "A visit to this republic will not leave the reader unchanged." Presented in collaborate between the Athens Clarke County Library, the University of Georgia, the Georgia Museum of Art, and National Endowment Arts Big Read.

03.31.2023

NEA Big Read

The Athens-Clarke County Library announces a National Endowment for the Arts Big Read series exploring Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. more >