Johann Fust Library Foundation

03/24/2026

Thank you to Professor Chrissy Kolaya and to all of the writers who attended and participated in the Library Foundation's generative class "Writing Memoir or Your Family's Story." The writers spent this past Friday and Saturday finding ways to tell their own or their family's stories, sharing their work, and acquiring new tools for their writing "toolbox."

02/16/2026

The Johann Fust Community Library has been at the core of the Boca Grande Community for decades. After more than 75 years, the Johann Fust Library Foundation would like to share some of its rich history with the community.

In February, March, and April, the foundation offers weekly docent-guided tours of the building and grounds (weather permitting). The tours will be offered on Wednesday afternoons at 2 p.m.

To register for these free docent-led tours, go to https://jflfbg.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/14971

01/29/2026

A Celebration of Local Authors

You're invited to meet these local authors and explore their books!

Michael Alexander • David Parker Allen • Kathy Auman • Boca Grande Historical Society • Gail Cleveland • Linda Fairstein • Alice Gorman • Susan Hanafee • Candy Hooper • Julie Horning • Patsy King Hosman • Virginia Hume • Lindsay Major • David Mumford • Whitney Ransome • Fred Rich • David Sparks • Erin & Dusty Stanczyk • Daly Walker • Joyce Woollcott

No registration required and no cost to attend.
Car & golf cart parking on East Railroad Avenue

12/05/2025

Congratulations to Alice Gorman! She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her collection of poems titled "Daffodils in December"! We are so proud of you Alice, and honored that we all had the chance to hear you read from your book at Poetry in the Garden.

"A national literary magazine since 1976." The Louisville Review has been in continuous print publication for over 45 years. We continue our mission to import the best writing to local readers, to export the best local writers to a national readership, and to juxtapose the work of established writer...

11/24/2025

For more information about this event, or the Library Foundation's Literary Series events, visit: JFLFBG.ORG

11/03/2025

We're so excited to welcome David S. Ferriero this Thursday in the library's loggia & courtyard. If you'd like to attend, please click here: https://jflfbg.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/19970

10/31/2025

10/31/2025

The Johann Fust Library Foundation’s 2025-2026 Literary Series features author Libby Buck presenting her novel, "Port Anna," on Thursday, December 11, at 4 p.m., in the library's loggia and courtyard. Her debut novel was published by Simon & Schuster in July. She is the niece of local author and poet Alice Bingham Gorman.

There is no charge to attend this event, but registration is required.

10/10/2025

We look forward to the start of our 2025-2026 Literary Series of events. There is no charge to attend this event, but registration is required.

09/02/2025

We are so proud of Alice Bingham Gorman, Boca Grande's honored poet and author and emerita board member of the library foundation. Be sure to listen to her speak about her writing life in this interview on the Health Gig podcast.