Indy Reads

📣 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/

‼️ 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/

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