Grandma’s Hilltop Little Free Library

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

✨The Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County is proud to announce our 18th annual Spring Writes Literary Festival, a lively, free celebration of the literary arts, with over 40 events in downtown Ithaca and on Zoom.✨

Spring Writes showcases the incredible talent and diversity of over 110 writers in Tompkins County and beyond, with programming for everyone—from seasoned authors to the literary loving public.

Visit https://springwrites.org/ for event details, registration links, and writer bios!

Don’t miss this chance to connect, create, and celebrate the power of words – together!

Twenty-Five Live Events in May:
The Festival kicks off with one long weekend from May 7 – May 10 packed with multiple group readings of poetry, prose, and memoir; panels on writings, genre, and timely topics; creative writing workshops for all ages and experience levels; performances by a local theatre troupe and senior storytellers; a reading and an open mic with local teens; creative writing as a family activity, evening performances, and a Survivor-style literary showdown. There’s also a May 16 evening performance and a May 31 Book & Zine Fair.

Locations: Events are at the Ithaca Downtown Conference Center, Buffalo Street Books, the Tompkins County Public Library, Lot 10 and Liquid State Brewery and the Cherry Arts.

Eight Zoom Events in May:
From May 14 – May 28, eight Zoom events are perfect for literary lovers tuning in from afar, along with a Zoom June 14th reading.

Eight More Events from July to September:
Find six more workshops, a panel and a group reading – all at Buffalo Street Books.

06/11/2026

Take a Book, Leave a Book, Keep a Book, Share a Book!

06/06/2026

"A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have
managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."

- EB. White

06/06/2026

We're officially reopening on June 26! Come and get yours!

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

How often do you return with more than one book from the bookstore when you intended to get only one?

06/06/2026

Hello, Lit Hubbers. It’s been a while. But the spring sun has put this staffer in a joy-lifting mood once again. What’s been making us happy recently? Earlier this month, Molly Odintz e…