Fort Smith Public Library

Everyone had a great time at our 250th Celebration Series: 🫖Time Travel Tea🫖 earlier this month. Our next event in the series will be True Grit: Fact & Fiction with National Historic Site Park Ranger Cody Faber on Saturday, September 12. For more information visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/node/29419 Please SHARE!

🎨This Thursday at 2 PM at Dewey's Café!☕️

Do you have a summer habit you've been wanting to form? Make a punch card for it! Punch ten spots, earn a reward! We're going to be making custom punch cards at this free casual program. Cards and some craft supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own markers or pens to customize your work. Dewey's Café is located inside the Main Library at 3201 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith. Please SHARE!

❄️Just a reminder, the weather is always nice inside the Fort Smith Public Library!☃️

Come visit us today!
Tuesday library hours:
❄️ Main Library - 9 AM - 8 PM (Storytime @ 10 AM)
❄️FSPL Branch Libraries - 9 AM - 5 PM

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⭐⭐New at the Fort Smith Public Library! ⭐⭐

Come check out Candid! This tool is a grant-seeking database to help you find funding and to research nonprofits. Candid is available for in-library use only. Please stop by any of our FSPL locations to try Candid. This project is funded and supported by the Arkansas State Library and the Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation. Please SHARE!

Tuesday is NEW BOOK day! Here are new titles selected by “Shelf Awareness” that arrive in the book world* tomorrow, Tuesday August 11: -- *please note, new releases (if purchased) take time for processing before arriving to your library shelf.

* ‘Under the Falls: A Novel’ by Richard Russo (Knopf, $30, 9780593805107) follows a man's tumultuous return to his small town after fleeing 18 years prior.

* ‘The Secrets We Hide’ by Karin Slaughter (Morrow, $32, 9780063458789) is book two in the North Falls thriller series.

* ‘Sunrise: A Novel’ by Téa Obreht (Random House, $29, 9781984855534) explores a ghost town in the Wyoming mountains through three characters across 100 years.

* ‘The True Meaning of Love: A Novel’ by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $29, 9780593973141) follows six Ukrainians during the 2022 Russian invasion.

* ‘You'll Love It Here: A Novel by Natalie Sue (Morrow, $28, 9780063320437) focuses on a woman who becomes the reluctant super of her apartment building after her landlady has an accident.

* ‘Shy’ by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, illus. by Eva Byrne (Abrams books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781419763205) is a picture book featuring a timid pup who learns the power of music.

* ‘Hollow Magic’ by Mars Lauderbaugh (Feiwel and Friends, $18.99, 9781250344809) is a young adult graphic novel about a 17-year-old witch raised in the world of the fey.

* ‘What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast’ by Caroline Chambers (Union Square & Co., $35, 9781454963264) provides 100 dinner recipes that require fewer than 30 minutes of prep time.

* 'A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir' by Virginia Eubanks (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32, 9780374611798) is a memoir about caregiving and collateral PTSD.

* ‘Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit’ by Sam Roberts (Bloomsbury, $29, 9781639733651) is written by a New York Times obituarist.

*Coffee Shop at Home: The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Favorite Coffee Drinks’ by Katerina Diaz (Clarkson Potter, $24.99, 9798217035106) includes 60 recipes for making fancy coffee at home.

* ‘Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well’ by Daniel E. Lieberman (Knopf, $35, 9780593537992) uses evolutionary biology to investigate modern diets.

Paperbacks:
* ‘World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by’ Olivia Dade (Berkley, $20, 9780593818220).

* ‘A Summer of Stars’ by Liana Cincotti (Forever, $18.99, 9781538779279).

* ‘Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore’ by Brittanée Nicole (Putnam, $20, 9798217180219).

📚 Help us celebrate one of our favorite holidays with a good book! 📚

🎨 image credit Sandra Boynton

EDIT 8/11/26 -- We have been notified by hoopla that a a recent iOS (apple) update is causing hoopla to crash. The have suggested the following temporary workaround that has resolved the issue for most affected users:

1. Delete the Hoopla app from your device
2. Restart your device
3. Reinstall Hoopla from the App Store

⚠️⚠️We have received reports from customers experiencing problems with their hoopla app. Although we haven't heard any official news from hoopla, deleting and reinstalling the hoopla app may help. ⚠️⚠️

⭐️This Monday from 3:30 - 5 PM at the Main Library! ⭐️

Drop in for STEAM Team, a program for children ages 8-12 who have an interest in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This month, the STEAM Team will do a floating ball experiment and learn about Bernoulli's Principle! For library location or directions, visit https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/about-the-library/main-library Please SHARE!

⭐️For Adults -- this Monday from 6 - 7 PM at the Main Library!⭐️

Bingo for Books is back in action! Book lovers are invited to play bingo to win FREE books at this evening program for adults. Find out about all of our free programs and events at https://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/events Please SHARE!

On August 8, 1864, a wagon train of 1,500 people departed Fort Smith to seek refuge from the Civil War and establish new homes on the western frontier. To read more about Fort Smith's history, view our Digital Newspaper collection anytime online at https://fortsmithlibrary.historyarchives.online/ Please SHARE!