LibrariesAugust 1, 2026
The President Barack Obama Main Library is St. Petersburg's main branch, recently reopened after renovation, and one of only two libraries in the county open seven days a week. A real coffee shop inside, bookable study rooms and meeting rooms,…
Children's BooksJuly 31, 2026
The Barbara S. Ponce Public Library in Pinellas Park holds 314 reviews and the children's wing is the reason. Fine motor toys, art stations, a play kitchen, daily crafts and story times with puppets and bubbles. It also still has…
LibrariesJuly 29, 2026
Seminole Community Library opens at eight in the morning four days a week and is open Sundays, which almost nothing else in the county manages. Two floors shared with the college, a quiet upper level, free first-come study rooms, and…
Places to WriteJuly 28, 2026
Palm Harbor has an independent district library that opens at nine and runs to seven four days a week, with a coffee bar and a separate children's wing. The Barnes and Noble on US 19 covers evenings until nine, and…
HistoryJuly 28, 2026
Clearwater Beach Library is the smallest branch in the county and opens three short afternoons a week. It has intracoastal views from the back windows, a summer crafts series and a local history series, and shares a site with a…
Book MarketingJuly 28, 2026
The Barnes and Noble in Palm Harbor is store 3548, a purpose-built new location on US 19 and the newest large bookstore in Pinellas County. It sits seven miles north of the Clearwater store and the two get confused constantly.
Book LaunchJuly 27, 2026
Tombolo Books opened in St. Petersburg's Grand Central District in December 2019 after two years as a pop-up and a crowdfunding campaign. Fifteen hundred square feet, seven thousand curated titles, more than a dozen book clubs, and an author list…
Places to WriteJuly 27, 2026
Largo Public Library is the answer to almost every version of this question. Nine in the morning until eight at night Monday through Wednesday, two floors, a cafe inside, bookable group rooms, a quiet garden and a park across the…
Children's BooksJuly 26, 2026
Clearwater North Greenwood Library is the newest and most photogenic building in the city system. Bright stacks, a LEGO table in the children's area, a cultural display with a statue, and a large-windowed alcove reviewers call the best reading light…
MysteryJuly 25, 2026
Dunedin has two rooms worth planning around and they cover opposite ends of the day. The library runs until eight on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Back in the Day Books stays open until nine Thursday through Saturday. Both sit inside…
BookstoresJuly 25, 2026
Sam's Books is a booth in the Antique Village at the Oldsmar Flea Market, run alone by Sharon Micek for decades. The specialty is pre-loved children's books, the stock is chosen instead of dumped, and there are blocks on the…
LibrariesJuly 24, 2026
Clearwater East Community Library keeps the widest hours in the Clearwater system, nine in the morning until eight at night four days a week plus all day Saturday. It shares a site with the St. Petersburg College campus, runs a…
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