All branches of the Rapides Parish Library will be closed Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30 for the Easter holiday.

Online services will remain available at www.rpl.org.

✨✒️Shelley Jinks Johnson: Greet & Sign

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6
⏰11:00 am to 1:00 pm

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Saturday, April 13
⏰11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Our April Author of the Month is poet Shelley Jinks Johnson. Her ...work grapples with themes of death, acceptance, self-discovery and how to find meaning in life after loss. Her first volume of poetry, Pretty Little Widow, explores her grief following her husband's death. Shelley has discovered that living a life of creativity is the best way of building a life rooted in joy and gratitude.

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#cenlaauthorofthemonth #shelleyjinksjohnson #RPL

📰Hot of the presses!

Check out our NEW DVD request list for April!

Want to watch one? All you need to do is fill out this form to request one of the NEW DVDs at your local branch!
#movies #RPL #newdvdlist

📰Hot of the presses!

Check out our NEW DVD request list for April!

Want to watch one? All you need to do is fill out this form to request one of the NEW DVDs at your local branch!
#movies #RPL #newdvdlist

📰Hot off the presses!

Check out our NEW Teen Book request list for the month of April!

Want to read one? Visit or call your local Rapides Parish Library to request one of these NEW Teen books!
#teensloveRPL #RPL #teenfiction #newbooks #graphicnovels

📰Hot off the presses!

Check out our NEW Teen Book request list for the month of April!

Want to read one? Visit or call your local Rapides Parish Library to request one of these NEW Teen books!
#teensloveRPL #RPL #teenfiction #newbooks #graphicnovels

📰Hot off the presses!

Check out our NEW Adult Fiction Book request list for the months of April and May!

Want to read one? Visit or call your local Rapides Parish Library to request one of these NEW Adult Fiction books!
#adultfiction #RPL #newbooks

📰Hot off the presses!

Check out our NEW Adult Fiction Book request list for the months of April and May!

Want to read one? Visit or call your local Rapides Parish Library to request one of these NEW Adult Fiction books!
#adultfiction #RPL #newbooks

✨📝Poetry Escape Room

Come try to escape our poetry themed escape room! Whether you are a poetry enthusiast or not, you will love figuring out clues to help you get to the prize hiding behind the locks and puzzles we have prepared for you. Ages 10 to 17 welcome. See the list below for... upcoming dates at each branch.

📍Westside Regional Library
🗓Tuesday, April 2
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Kids)
⏰11:00 am to 12:00 pm

📍Libuse Branch
🗓Saturday, April 6 (Teens)
⏰1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

📍Alfred Boyce Wettermark Branch
🗓Thursday, April 11
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Robertson Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 16
⏰2:30 pm to 3:30 pm

📍J.W. McDonald Branch
🗓Thursday, April 18
⏰3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

📍Johnson Branch
🗓Friday, April 19
⏰3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

📍Hineston Branch
🗓Tuesday, April 23
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📍Martin Library
🗓Thursday, April 25
⏰4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

📞Contact the branch you would like to attend for more information.
#poetryescaperoom #RPL #teenprograms #MoreThanJustBooks