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The St. Louis County Foundation, theJCC of St. Louis and The Novel Neighbor are pleased to host an SLCL Authors @ the J event with  Award-winning novelist Paulette Jiles, author of “Chenneville.” The event will take place on Thursday September 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the JCC’s Staenberg Family Center – Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

St. Louis County Library will offer a series of potty training programs for parents with young children starting in September and running through April 2024. The program is a partnership between SLCL and the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank.

The St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences and the Novel Neighbor are pleased to host award-winning middle grade author Amina Luqman-Dawson for a discussion of her historical novel “Freewater.” The event will take place on Tuesday, September 12 at 6:30p.m. at the Florissant Valley Branch, 195 New Florissant Rd. South,  Florissant, MO 63031. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

St. Louis County Library and St. Louis County Department of Public Health announced that Narcan kits are currently available at 5 SLCL branches and will be expanded to all 20 library locations by the end of 2023. 

The St. Louis County Library Foundation, Left Bank Books  and the JCC of St. Louis are pleased to host an SLCL Authors @ the J event with Bestselling Western Suspense Writer Craig Johnson, author of “The Longmire Defense.” The event will take place on Tuesday, September 12  at 7:00 p.m. at p.m. at the JCC’s Staenberg Family Center – Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Left Bank Books.

St. Louis County Library Foundation is pleased to host an event with Dr. Jovita Oruwari, author of “Black Girls in White Coats: Black Female Doctors.” Dr. Jovita Oruwari will be in conversation with Cillah Hall, Publisher of Gazelle Magazine. They will also be joined by St. Louis doctors who featured in the book including: Dr. Ronke Akintola, Dr. Melba Akinwande, Dr. Lannis Hall, Dr. Jade James and Dr. Leslie Scott. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 6 at 7:00 p.m. at the Florissant Valley Branch,195 New Florissant Rd. S., Florissant, MO 63031. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event.