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programs

Public Literary Programs

We produce the annual St. Pete Reads! Lit Fest, youth workshops, and seasonal literary programming designed to increase access to meaningful book-centered experiences.

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fall

St. Pete Reads!® Lit Fest

An annual literacy festival celebrating books, culture, and community.

Authors host book talks. Community partners facilitate activities and provide resource-sharing for families.

Lit Fest takes place on the first Saturday of November and is supported by Florida Humanities, the Woodson African American Museum of Florida, the St. Petersburg Library System, Deuces Live, and community partners.

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Winter

MLK: Dream Power

A civic engagement initiative honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Community members write letters sharing their hopes and goals for themselves, their schools, and their neighborhoods. Letters are delivered to the mayor and city officials.

Children attending an outdoor event, with one boy in a red shirt holding a camera, and girls nearby, listening to a man with a hat playing a guitar, in a lush garden setting on a sunny day.

Spring

Poetry on the Deuces

A public literary arts program celebrating the legacy of Historic 22nd Street (The Deuces) through poetry, storytelling, history, and art.

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summer

Read the World: Book & Film Club

An international book and film program pairing global cinema, stage plays, and literature.

Youth and families engage stories from around the world and across cultures through film screenings, shared reading, and discussion.

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