Friends of the Southshore Regional Library

04/11/2026

⏰ It's almost time for our celebration!
Who are you bringing this afternoon to celebrate with us?
We'll have plenty of food, fun, and activities for everyone.
See you soon! 😃

12/22/2025

Learn the art of storytelling and become a storyteller yourself! This year, we will have 6 locations with 6 weeks of learning about the art of Storytelling with professional storytellers from Hillsborough County. Join us for live workshops in the libraries starting in January to learn through performances, instruction, and the opportunity to submit your storytelling video to be highlighted on the library's YouTube channel. This program is recommended for students in grades 3-8 and is limited to 15 participants per workshop series. Register at a branch near you: HCPLC.org/Storytelling.

Funded by the Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County.

12/22/2025

10/16/2025

School librarian Amanda Jones has been named to the Time100 Next list, Time magazine’s spotlight on the world’s most influential rising stars.

Jones—who was recognized in 2021 as School Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal for her work at a Louisiana middle school—has become a national voice for intellectual freedom and democracy. Facing the fight head-on, she became one of the first librarians in the U.S. to file a defamation lawsuit against her detractors.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3KFzeNt.

10/09/2025

October BookPage is full o’ nothing but treats: books to die for!
Read the PDF version here - https://www.bookpage.com/dig-hcplc/ or visit your favorite Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library branch and pick up a copy. Happy October reading 🪦📚👻

05/09/2025

Check out the May edition of BookPage to find your next great read! Celebrating American Asian and Pacific Islander month with 3 children’s books that treasure the ties of family, including Julia Kuo’s “Home is a Wish”.
You can find the PDF version of BookPage on our website:
https://foltampa.org/
🥰📖

04/04/2025

Have you heard of Libby? Libby is a free app where you can enjoy ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card.
https://libbyapp.com

03/07/2025

Pulitzer finalist Karen Russell gives readers a new way to look at the Dust Bowl in her marvelous second novel, THE ANTIDOTE. Elsewhere in the issue, by the numbers: six incredible new memoirs, six books to read during Women's History Month and a historical fantasy mash-up of two classic fairy tales.



Discover this month’s most exciting new books in the current issue of BookPage, provided courtesy of the Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc. Bookpage is a recommendation guide for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres as chosen by our editors. Starred (★) titles indicate a book that is exceptional in its genre or category.

https://www.bookpage.com/dig-hcplc/

03/03/2024

One of our founding members here with the Friends of the SouthShore Regional Library has passed away today. Frances Hereford, one of the most active volunteers ever, she was involved in so many nonprofit organizations that she knew everyone, and was influencial in so many ways. She will be missed!