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St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Favorite Author Series and The Novel Neighbor present an evening of historical suspense with two bestselling novelists: Ariel Lawhon and Katherine Reay. The event will take place on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Grant’s View Branch, 9700 Musick Rd., St. Louis MO, 63123. 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 Foundation and the JCC of St. Louis are pleased to host an SLCL Authors @ the J event with Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel for a discussion and signing of his book “An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country.” The event is presented by St. Louis County Library’s Westfall Politics and History Series. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:00 p.m. at the JCC’s Staenberg Family Center – Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146. David Finkel will be in conversation with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger.

St. Louis County Library (SLCL) is excited to announce two new initiatives to help address digital equity in the St. Louis region.

Starting February 28, SLCL will begin offering bookable wi-fi hotspots. Adults with a valid St. Louis County Library can reserve a hotspot for a specific period of time. Bookable hotspots are perfect for accessing the internet while traveling, for online job interviews, exams or when moving to a new home. Bookable hotspots can be reserved up to one year in advance. The devices can be checked out for 21 days. More information is available at www.slcl.org/bookable-hotspots.

Additionally, starting this summer, SLCL will partner with TechSTL to host free Digital Proficiency Pro certifications. TechSTL was one of 10 national recipients of the Verizon Community Enhancement Award to drive Digital Inclusion. Through their new TechLAUNCH program, TechSTL has pledged to equip 10,000 underserved St. Louisans with digital literacy training over the next three years.