We are upgrading our public computers and due to time needed for installation of planned enhancements, public computers at each location will be unavailable or limited for patron use on certain dates.
Writers for Readers
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Nearly 500 Library patrons attended free writing classes during the 2024-2025 school year. Those classes are back in August....
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Library and UMKC offer dozens of free writing classes in 2025....
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Thursday, November 21, 2024
The Library announces this year's Maya Angelou Book Award winner....
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
"Gone Girl" author is the featured guest at the 2024 Writers for Readers fundraiser on November 21....
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library’s online classes for beginning and intermediate-level writers return the week of September 26, 2022, with sessions on s...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
The Kansas City-based Maya Angelou Book Award is open for submissions. Now in its second year, the award aims to honor Angelou’s lega...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is continuing the second season of its popular online classes for beginning and intermediate-level writers interested i...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library and the University of Missouri-Kansas City named poet Threa Almontaser as the winner of the first annu...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library is continuing the second season of its popular online classes for beginning and intermediate-level writers interested i...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The Kansas City Public Library is launching the third installment in a continuing series of online classes for beginning and intermediate-level writer...