KEEP ST. PETE LIT

08/18/2026

St. Petersburg artists and arts leaders say rapid gentrification and soaring rents are pricing creative workers out of the city they helped build. MORE BELOW ⬇️

08/15/2026

What are you reading this weekend?

07/24/2026

The Bookmobile will be at the Evara Health Back-to-School Care Fair tomorrow from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. at the Johnnie Ruth Clarke Center, located at 1344 22nd St. S. This event is free for families and will help make sure your children have everything they need for a successful school year! Come see us to sign up for a library card or to check-out some new books to get you through the end of the summer.

07/20/2026

Read and Write on!

Teachers across the country are taking it upon themselves to reverse the decline in literacy, attention spans, and critical thinking skills by ending the debate about what to do and finally doing something: banning screens and making kids do handwritten work again.

The case study from one Minneapolis school is shocking: at the beginning of the school year, only 46 percent of students reported feeling confident in their reading skills. By February, that figure had climbed to 95 percent.

07/04/2026

What are you reading this weekend? 💥💥💥