St. Joseph Reads launches WE READ 2025
Carter Ostermiller
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph Reads is launching its second annual community read, “WE READ 2025,” at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13th at The Story Collective.
The program works on projects to help promote the importance of literacy and reading in St. Joseph.
“We Read 2025 is all about The Midnight Library,” said Mary Beth Revels, the director of SJPL. “This was a book that was, first of all, readable and would be of interest to a lot of people, and we would be able to have a lot of conversations around the book.”
This year’s community read is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The group will have related events from Oct. 6 to Oct. 10, expanding on the book’s themes.
The novel is a fiction book that was chosen to appeal to a wide range of people with its themes like mental health, new beginnings and the road not taken.
If interested in the program, visit the St. Joseph or Rolling Hills public libraries. There, you can get a free copy of The Midnight Library while supplies last.
You can also visit the St. Joseph Reads website for more information.