Indy Reads

📣 This weekend at Indy Reads:

📖 6/20 Author Event with Brad Ryan
Brad Ryan will share excerpts from his recently released memoir, “Grandma Joy and Me: A Journey of Healing, One National Park at a Time.” The reading will be followed by a Q&A and guests will have the opportunity to meet Brad and have their books signed.

📝 6/20 Writers Night with Pen to Paper
Pen to Paper is an inclusive writing group that meets at Indy Reads to read each other’s work, provide constructive feedback, and build community.

🧶 6/21 Crochet Circles
Join us for a cozy, all-languages, all-ages Crochet Circles hosted by Kayla B. on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month! This is a free event for all ages where crochet community can come together to meet, learn, and support each other! We will teach you how to crochet if you have never crocheted before.
Crochet hooks and yarn will be provided. Supplies may be limited.

🗣️ 6/21 English Language Conversation Circles
At 3pm, join us for English Conversation Circles. All levels of English are welcome to learn with us while making new friends.

🗓️ Learn more about all of our upcoming events: https://indyreads.org/events/

We had an incredible time celebrating with Indy Pride, Inc. this weekend at the Indy Pride Festival!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the festival, we appreciate your support! 💜

Indy Reads is excited to welcome author Brad Ryan to celebrate his newest memoir, "Grandma Joy and Me: A Journey of Healing, One National Park at a Time".

Join us for a reading, Q&A, and book signing as Brad shares stories of connection, healing, and adventure across America's national parks with his Grandma Joy. 🏞️

📚 Don't miss this event: https://indyreads.org/event/author-event-with-brad-ryan/

Big news! We're partnering with Calvin Fletcher's Coffee Company to support literacy in our community. From now through April 2027, every purchase at Calvin Fletcher's helps fund Indy Reads and our mission of literacy for all. ☕📚

Through their charitable foundation, Calvin Fletcher's supports small nonprofits across the greater Indianapolis area. We so excited for this partnership and all the good it will bring to our community!

📖 ️Learn more about the partnership: https://www.cfcccharitablefoundation.org/

📣 This weekend at Indy Reads:

🙋 6/12 Volunteer Info Session
Learn more about volunteering at Indy Reads with this volunteer info session! As a volunteer with Indy Reads, you will make a difference for our students every day.

✍️ 6/13 Writing Workshop with Open Mic with Indy Untitled
This poetry workshop/open mic is for the timid and confident, the professional and the novice, the performers and the spectators. Our hope is through this event and our collective we empower all voices to come together.

🗣️ 6/14 English Language Conversation Circles
At 3pm, join us for English Conversation Circles. All levels of English are welcome to learn with us while making new friends.

🗣️ 6/14 Spanish Conversation Circles
Join Indy Reads on the second Sunday of each month at 4pm to practice your Spanish language skills! Our volunteers and students will facilitate fun, easy conversation in our community bookstore during this program.

🗓️ Learn more about all of our upcoming events: https://indyreads.org/events/

Learn more about volunteering at Indy Reads with this volunteer info session! 📚

As a volunteer with Indy Reads, you will make a difference for our students every day. Whether you serve in a Community Classroom (virtual or in-person), in our community bookstore in Fountain Square, or as a one-time Day of Service participant, your time and talent will have a vital impact as we strive for 100% literacy for all.

👉 Learn More - Link in bio!

‼️ Calling all authors! Applications are closing soon for our seasonal Author Expo! 📚

Join us July 18 for our seasonal Author Expo, a free event for authors and attendees where multiple authors meet the communty and offer signings for a 2-hour period. Each author is provided a table, which will be their space to converse, market, and sign their works during the expo.

✍️ Interested in participating? Applications close June 14. https://indyreads.org/get-involved/submit-an-event/author-event/

Celebrating another successful school year at Indy Reads! Cheers to the 2025-26 cohort! We can't wait to see what you'll do next! 🎉

📣 This weekend at Indy Reads:

📖 6/6 Drag Story Hour
Join our local storytellers, Prince Brentlee and Aqua Marie, as they capture the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and give kids a glamorous and positive role model. This is a family-friendly event, and all ages are welcome!

📝 6/6 Writers Night with Pen to Paper
Pen to Paper is an inclusive writing group that meets at Indy Reads to read each other’s work, provide constructive feedback, and build community.

🧶 6/7 Crochet Circles
Join us for a cozy, all-languages, all-ages Crochet Circles hosted by Kayla B. on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month! This is a free event for all ages where crochet community can come together to meet, learn, and support each other! We will teach you how to crochet if you have never crocheted before.
Crochet hooks and yarn will be provided. Supplies may be limited.

🗣️ 6/7 English Language Conversation Circles
At 3pm, join us for English Conversation Circles. All levels of English are welcome to learn with us while making new friends.

🗓️ Learn more about all of our upcoming events: https://indyreads.org/events/

On September 8, 2025, International Literacy Day, The Library of Congress announced the 2025 Literacy Awards Winners and Honorees. Indy Reads is honored to be one of the twenty-four non-profit organizations across the globe were recognized for their innovative work in promoting literacy.

We are so excited to be participating in the Literacy Awards webinar series, a series to celebrate and showcase the work of all the 2025 honorees. Join us for "Exemplifying New Models for Literacy", featuring Ruba from Indy Reads as well as speakers from KEY Libraries, READ Global, and Richland Library.

💻 Zoom Webinar
🗓️ June 10th, 2026
⏰: 3:00pm-4:15pm EST

📚 Registration & More: https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_3z_6Ab8CRIKwDAd2e6uAmg #/registration