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The Reader
Is a publication of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative. The Reader includes an events calendar for all public libraries within Jefferson County.

Calendar of Events (BPL only)

JCLC (all public libraries in Jefferson County) Calendar of Events

BPL@Night - (Calender of Upcoming Events)

Brown Bag Programs - (Calendar of Upcoming Events)

Rickwood Field (June 11-August 15, 2010)

Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience (May 1- June 11, 2010)

Gallery Exhibits

• Booker T. Washington and the Shiloh Baptist Church Tragedy
• Boys of Summer 1953 Little League World Champions
• Dr. Arthur Harold Parker: The Life and Legacy of a Pioneering African American Educator
• Miss Iwate - Japanese Friendship Doll
• The New Deal in Jefferson County

• Benjamin Franklin
• Central's East Building -- 25th Anniversary
• Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption
• Women Artists of Birmingham

• Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain -- 2010 (The Big Read : Alabama Reads)
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank -- 2009
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- 2008 (The Big Read)
• Bodies from the Ash by James Deem -- 2007
• Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper -- 2006

Alabama Bound is an annual celebration of Alabama authors and publishers.

Local Authors Expo is sponsored by the Friends of the Birmingham Public Library and provides an opportunity for local authors to sell and autograph their books. Included will be both adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction titles.