Friends of the Atchison Library

Friends of the Atchison Library Our purpose is to support and promote library services to the Atchison community.

04/20/2026

Tomorrow is National Library Workers Day!
Stop by and give them an "atta boy/girl"

Breakfast with Santa was busy and fun! Thanks to the Library staff and Jenny Wirt (Children's Librarian). AND Santa's ...
12/20/2025

Breakfast with Santa was busy and fun! Thanks to the Library staff and Jenny Wirt (Children's Librarian). AND Santa's elves: Ree Greenwood, Pearl Rice, Kathy Hines. Merry Christmas!!

Thank you, Julie Sellers!Friends of Atchison Library had a terrific presentation by Julie Sellers about being a writer. ...
11/22/2025

Thank you, Julie Sellers!
Friends of Atchison Library had a terrific presentation by Julie Sellers about being a writer. She focused on poetry indicating that writing is work, it needs to have scheduled time each day, good writers are also readers, and poetry writers must study their craft. She had the audience write a FIB poem (a six-line poem where the number of syllables per line follows the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8). She then gave ideas on how to get noticed then published, offering a list of sources she has used.
Here are the links:

My Webpage https://julieasellers.com/

Kansas Authors Club https://www.kansasauthorsclub.org/

Submittable https://www.submittable.com/

168 Poetic Forms

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/list-of-50-poetic-forms-for-poets

Shadow Poetry http://www.shadowpoetry.com/

Writers Post No Fee Calls for Submissions

https://www.facebook.com/groups/58414389316

Publishers each have different submission guidelines and open submission periods. The publishers of my creative books include:

Meadowlark Press https://www.meadowlark-books.com/

Blue Cedar Press https://bluecedarpress.com/

Julie Sellers, Chair of the Language department at BC and published author of poetry, short stories, novels, & articles,...
11/15/2025

Julie Sellers, Chair of the Language department at BC and published author of poetry, short stories, novels, & articles, will discuss poetry and how to get published. She uses different publishing sites for different genres and can share ideas.

7-8PM in the library lower level. Join us. Thursday, November 20th.

10/20/2025

Happy National Friends of the Library Week!

10/17/2025

On October 25th at noon Atchison Library will host it's annual costume contest!! Judging will be done by Friends of Atchison Library. Prizes for the best costumes will be awarded by Taco Johns, Kiwanis, and Friends of Atchison Library in 5 age groups:
0-2 years
3-5 years
6-8 years
9-12years
13+ years Remember: 12:00 noon Saturday, October 25th

10/09/2025

A reminder: All members of Friends of Atchison Library (FoAL) are invited to a meeting today at 4:30 in lower level.

09/25/2025

Thursday, October 9th at 4:30pm Friends of the Atchison Library (FOAL) will meet (Yes, MEET) in the lower level of the Library.
I hoped to avoid meetings but ... All members, including Life Members, are encouraged to attend to put our heads together to brain storm ideas for activities. My thanks to those who have helped during the last 12 months.

Something I see as needed is to notify those with books on hold at the library, since the automated system of notification is down.

Join us on the 9th of October at 4:30pm. Bring a friend and your thinking caps.!

New (relatively new) faces at our Library: (L) Leichen (like Lakin) Wagner: Media & Young Adult Services(R) Jenny Wir...
07/11/2025

New (relatively new) faces at our Library:
(L) Leichen (like Lakin) Wagner: Media & Young Adult Services

(R) Jenny Wirt: Our Full-time Children's Librarian.

Aren't we lucky to see these smiling faces??

Hey this is Rose who will be at the Farmers' market tomorrow!!!
07/11/2025

Hey this is Rose who will be at the Farmers' market tomorrow!!!

Address

401 Kansas Avenue
Atchison, KS
66002

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm

Telephone

+19133603311

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