CLOSING

Cinco Ranch Branch Library will be CLOSED for several weeks starting Mon, Jan 12, because we are replacing carpet throughout the building. The outdoor book drop will remain OPEN during the time the building is closed, and library items may be returned at Cinco Ranch Branch. 

All items that were requested to be held at Cinco Ranch Branch should be picked up at Fulshear Branch library. If another location is more convenient for you, please contact Fulshear Branch to reroute the items to your preferred location.

Writers' Corner

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BiblioBoard Library

Discover new authors by exploring self-published eBooks. The best submitted books, as determined by Library Journal, appear in Library Journal Select Collections. Create a BiblioBoard account to browse and instantly read ebook

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Indie Author Project

The Indie Author Project (IAP) is a publishing community that includes public libraries, authors, curators, and readers working together to connect library patrons with great indie-published books. IAP includes annual contests and a year-round discovery program designed to help indie authors reach more readers through the library, both locally and potentially all across the U.S. and Canada.

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Pressbooks

Pressbooks is an easy-to-use online software that allows authors to create professional-quality ebooks and print-ready files in ePUB, MOBI and PDF formats. Free for library customers – sign in with your BiblioBoard account.

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Writing & Publishing Events

The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply with David Brooks

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adult
Virtual Programs
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing, Lectures
Description:

Registration Required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Writer's Workshop

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adult
Fulshear Branch Library
Registration Required
Library Branch: Fulshear Branch Library
Room: Conference Room (Fulshear)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing
Registration Required
Description:

Learn the basics of creative writing including story structure, characterization, setting, tone and more! If you are a budding writer, this introductory class is for you! Registration is required.

Story Spinners Writing Club

5:30pm–8:30pm
Teens, Adult
George Memorial Library
Registration Required
Library Branch: George Memorial Library
Room: Room 2A (George Memorial)
Age Group: Teens, Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing, Workshop
Registration Required
Description:

Are you writing a book?  Or have you always wanted to write but don't know how to start?  Join fellow authors for creative thinking and discussions of the writing process.

The Writing Hour

10:30am–11:30am
Teens, Adult
University Branch Library
Library Branch: University Branch Library
Room: Conference Room #1 (University)
Age Group: Teens, Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing
Description:

Bring your laptop or notebook and join us for some quiet writing time. Participants will spend the majority of the hour writing. Then they will have the opportunity to share what they have been working on, if they wish to.

Libraries closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

All Day 1/18–1/19
Some Branches
Closing
Branches:
George Memorial Library, Albert George Branch Library, Cinco Ranch Branch Library, First Colony Branch Library, Fort Bend County Willie Melton Law Library, Fulshear Branch Library, Mamie George Branch Library, Mission Bend Branch Library, Missouri City Branch Library, Pinnacle Senior Center Library, Sienna Branch Library, Sugar Land Branch Library, University Branch Library, Off Site, System-Wide, Branch, Virtual Programs
Description:

Our buildings are closed, but our online library is always open!

You can access our:

Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine with Journalist Julia Hotz

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adult
Virtual Programs
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Virtual Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing, Lectures
Description:

Registration Required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Authors Spotlight: Weston Breaux and DeAndrae Hinton: CANCELLED

2:00pm–3:00pm
Adult
Missouri City Branch Library
Cancelled
Library Branch: Missouri City Branch Library
Room: Meeting Room (Missouri City)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Writing & Publishing, Lectures
Description:

Weston Breaux: Growing up as a middle child often means learning to live in between — between attention and invisibility, independence and belonging.