St. Paul Library presents Winter Jackets in February

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Saint Paul Public Library will present a month-long celebration of reading February 1-March 1. During Winter Jackets, adult library customers will have opportunities to read to win a prize, reduce their library fines by reading in the library, get reading suggestions via Facebook, and join a book club or attend an author reading.

The Community Book Review will take place Feb. 1-March 1. Library customers can read a book during the month of February, share their thoughts on a bookmark review form available at any Saint Paul Public Library, and receive a Winter Jackets coffee mug and bookmark when they return the completed form (one mug and bookmark per customer while supplies last). Each library location will display customer reviews to help other library customers discover new books to read.

Find a book on Facebook! on 1:30-4:30 p.m., Friday, February 8. Library customers can visit Saint Paul Public Library’s Facebook page, share the last three books they enjoyed, and library staff

will suggest another book they might enjoy. Visitors to Saint Paul Public Library’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/stpaulpubliclibrary, also can see what other library customers are reading.

Read Down Library Fines takes place the week of February 22 to March 1, and allows library customers 18 years of age and older with unpaid library fines to read down their fines. To participate, adults can simply stop by their local Saint Paul Public Library, check in at the information desk, and read in the library. For every 15 minutes they read, the library will take $1 off their fines (fees from rental books and DVDs are not eligible).

A.S. King, author of "How To Be a Superhero" will read as part of the Read Brave Series at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, February 27. A.S. King, author of "How To Be a Superhero" will read as part of the Read Brave Series at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, February 27.[/caption]

Library customers also can explore new reading activities during Winter Jackets — such as attending an author reading or joining a library book club. Author readings include the Fireside Reading Series, with Hans Weyandt, Wednesday, February 6, 7 p.m., and Wendy Webb, Wednesday, February 13, 7 p.m., at Saint Paul Public Library — Hamline Midway (1558 W. Minnehaha Ave, 651-642-0293). Also, Gayla Marty, author of Memory of Trees, will read on Monday, February 25, 7 p.m., at Saint Paul Public Library – Saint Anthony Park (2245 Como Ave., 651-642-0411). A.S. King, author of How To Be a Superhero will read as part of the Read Brave Series at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, February 27, Saint Paul Public Library – Merriam Park (1831 Marshall Ave., 651-642-0385).

Saint Paul Public Library book clubs meet at the following Saint Paul Public Library locations: Central, Hamline Midway, Hayden Heights, Highland Park, Merriam Park, Rice Street, Riverview, Saint Anthony Park, and Sun Ray. Visit www.sppl.org/books/book-clubs for more information.

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