Friends of the Homer Public Library

10/02/2026

10/01/2026

Book Repair Workshop with Kathy Smith
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Limited to 10 participants - register at: https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/october-book-repair-workshop

09/30/2026

Ann Dixon Author Talk

Thursday, Oct. 15th, 2026,
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Library Fireside Reading Lounge

AN EVENING OF POETRY & REFLECTION
Meet Alaskan writer, retired librarian, and children’s author Ann Dixon as she shares her first collection of poetry for adults, The Brilliant Beyond: Poems of a Long Goodbye. Through these deeply intimate pieces, Ann chronicles her journey of caring for her husband during his illness, navigating his passing, and adapting to life as a widow. Her work offers a moving look at caregiving, grief, and the healing that follows.

Guest Speaker from Homer Hospice
A representative will be available to share local bereavement resources, discuss support services, and answer audience questions.

Books by the author available for purchase at the event through the Homer Bookstore.

The Brilliant Beyond: Poems of a Long Goodbye is quietly brilliant. It has the depth of a great mountain range in a mere handful of pages. It moved me to tears, and even better, it moved me to understanding some things I thought I already knew about marriage and about grief. Here you meet a couple at the beginning and the end-with caregiving in between. Nature and weather convene around both, then around the one that stays after the other has left. This book is so rare that, upon finishing, I wanted to thank the author-and start it again.

-Molly Peacock, author of The Widow's Crayon Box

The Brilliant Beyond: Poems of a Long Goodbye traces the landscape of love, illness, loss, and the persistent work of living on. In spare, vivid poems rooted in the natural world-snowfall, ravens, forests, sea wind-Ann Dixon chronicles the years surrounding her husband's final illness and death, and the life that follows. Clear-eyed and compassionate, these poems embody both the devastation of widowhood and the stubborn persistence of love. The collection is a deep meditation on absence, resilience, and the mysterious ways our dead remain present. The Brilliant Beyond enacts grief 's long arc-and honors the courage required to keep living within it.

-Erin Coughlin Hollowell, author of Corvus and Crater

09/29/2026

Lit Lineup Trivia Night October 24, 2026, @ 7 pm
at Alice's Ch*****ne Palace

Get a team together and have fun answering trivia questions from the following Lit Lineup titles:

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey (F)
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (F)
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong (F)
Everyerthing is Tuberculosis by John Green (F)
The Gale of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (NF)
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst (NF)
My Friends by Fredrik Backman (F)

Books are all available for check out at the Homer Public Library.

Learn more by listening to this recording of Reading Between the Lines previously aired on KBBI radio:

https://soundcloud.com/friends-of-homer-library/07-12-26-matthew-smith-lit?utm_source=friendshomerlibrary.org&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Ffriends-of-homer-library%252F07-12-26-matthew-smith-lit

09/28/2026

- 2 Day Event - Fall Book and Plant Sale & Pop-Up Sale Fundraiser

Friday, Oct 2, 6-8pm: FHL Members Only Pre-Sale
Support FHL and get first pick of the lot!
If you’re not already a member, you can join at the door or online at: https://friendshomerlibrary.org/joinus

Saturday, Oct 3, 10-6pm Book & Plant Sale open for everyone!

Stop by during the Fall Book and Plant Sale to see Jacque and her amazing collection of gifts! Unique bookmarks for all ages, Jewelry for Book Lovers, Craft supplies, Character pins including anime, dogs, cats, dragons, Harry Potter...and so much more!

Donated potted plants may be dropped off at the library starting Thursday, Oct 1. Please include a note with the plant species name and care instructions.

The last day to donate books for this sale is Monday Sept. 21. After the sale, we will resume taking book donations again starting Monday, October 26, 2026.

09/28/2026

- 2 Day Event - Fall Book and Plant Sale & Pop-Up Sale Fundraiser

Friday, Oct 2, 6-8pm: FHL Members Only Pre-Sale

Support FHL and get first pick of the lot!
If you’re not already a member, you can join at the door or online at: https://friendshomerlibrary.org/joinus

Saturday, Oct 3, 10-6pm Book & Plant Sale open for everyone!

Stop by during the Fall Book and Plant Sale to see Jacque and her amazing collection of gifts! Unique bookmarks for all ages, Jewelry for Book Lovers, Craft supplies, Character pins including anime, dogs, cats, dragons, Harry Potter...and so much more!

Donated potted plants may be dropped off at the library starting Thursday, Oct 1. Please include a note with the plant species name and care instructions.

The last day to donate books for this sale is Monday Sept. 21. After the sale, we will resume taking book donations again starting Monday, October 26, 2026.

09/25/2026

Tomorrow at the Library!
Graphic Novel Spy Drawing Workshop with Lucas Elliot
Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2026
1:00 - 3:00 pm in the Joy Griffin Children's Room

Come draw with Lucas Elliot a local artist and the illustrator of "Spy Grandma." In this hilarious middle grade graphic novel perfect for fans of "The Bad Guys" and "Spy School, two kids forced to stay with their grandma for the summer discover she’s a retired spy diving back into the world of espionage. Books available for purchase during the event through the Homer Bookstore. Book signing to follow drawing workshop. Registration not required.
https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/graphic-novel-illustrator-event-lucas-elliot

09/21/2026

09/16/2026

Graphic Novel Spy Drawing Workshop with Lucas Elliot
Saturday, Sept. 26th, 2026
1:00 - 3:00 pm in the Joy Griffin Children's Room

Come draw with Lucas Elliot a local artist and the illustrator of Spy Grandma. In this hilarious middle grade graphic novel perfect for fans of The Bad Guys and Spy School, two kids forced to stay with their grandma for the summer discover she’s a retired spy diving back into the world of espionage. Books available for purchase during the event through the Homer Bookstore. Book signing to follow drawing workshop. Registration not required.

https://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/graphic-novel-illustrator-event-lucas-elliot

09/15/2026

Meet with Homer City Council Member Caroline Venuti today at the library 12-1pm