A Night with Jim Draper
2025-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café for a Night with Artist and Author of newly released Shantyboat Stories, Jim Draper.
Jim’s new book, Shantyboat Stories consists of 23 stories that run the gamut from southern gothic inspired short fiction to creative non-fiction retelling of the author’s outdoor adventures. Shantyboat Stories is on sale now at Happy Medium Books Café. There will be books on sale during the event as well.

Jim Draper grew up in Kosciusko, Mississippi, the geographical center of the state. He attended the University of Mississippi where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974 and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1978. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Draper has taught drawing and painting at Florida State College at Jacksonville, Flagler College in St. Augustine, and as a faculty member and Galleries Coordinator for the University of North Florida. He is currently retired from teaching and works full-time in the studio.
His work, which includes drawing, painting, photography, video and writing, is informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Drawing primarily from the philosophy of radical naturalism, Draper gets inspiration from myriad sources beyond nature in the form of conservationists, naturalists, and other artists who are known as experts at observation of the natural world.

Yarning at Happy Medium
2025-04-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-22 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Do you crochet, knit, or just like to hang out with those who do? Join us at Happy Medium for Yarning! New 5pm time! No experience required!

SciFi Book Club - The Wandering Earth
2025-04-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium as wel discuss The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu.
As Always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café!

Storytime with Miss Dana
2025-04-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-09 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-16 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-30 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY!
2025-04-26 08:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us at Happy Medium for a day of celebration. Extended Hours 8am-8pm

Silent Book Club Audio Walk 9am
With Every $50 purchase become a Happy Medium Books Cafe Insider and get 15% off New Books for a YEAR!
Spin the Wheel of Wow & Play Plinko!
Exclusive Independent Bookstore Day Merch
Find the Libro.fm GOLDEN TICKET and win 12 audiobooks!
Café Samples
Specialty Drinks
Staff Picks Sale
Music

Art RECEPTION - Mary Atwood "Triple Play"
2025-04-27 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Come join award winning local photographer, Mary Atwood to see her amazing depictions of her travels using her camera.
Author and fine art photographer Mary Atwood is a long-time resident of the Florida’s First Coast area whose deep appreciation of its natural beauty, rich history and diverse culture is often reflected in her work.
As the daughter of a World War II military photographer, Mary grew up with a camera in hand. Her earliest memories of taking photographs are of using a Kodak Brownie when she was six years old. From there, her experiences involved learning to use a wide variety of camera equipment from Polaroid to Hasselblad, and just about everything in between.
Mary’s fine art photography is included in numerous public, private, and corporate collections in the both the United States and France. She was the recipient of the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida’s prestigious Art Ventures grant in 2011, has done commissioned work for MOCA Jacksonville, and was invited by the Sister Cities organization of Nantes, France to exhibit her First Coast

Happy Medium Book Club - North Woods
2025-04-30 10:30 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café as we discuss North Woods by Daniel Mason.
As always, book club books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café!

A Night of Comedy and Murder with Claire St Amant & Daisy Tackett
2025-04-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium Books Café as Comedian Daisy Tackett opens up with some stand up, before a Q & A with Claire St Amant, author of newly released Killer Story: The Truth Behind True Crime Investigation. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Claire St. Amant is an investigative journalist who developed and produced crime stories for CBS News for nearly a decade. She is credited on over 20 episodes of 48 Hours and in 2019 she began contributing to 60 Minutes. She built her unconventional career one story at a time, rising up through local media to national television and her own network podcast, Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant. A returned Peace Corps volunteer with eclectic tastes, she is always on the hunt for her next adventure.
Daisy Tackett is a local comedian, and Florida Woman hailing from Jacksonville, FL, and a four-time winner of Best Comedian in Jacksonville.

Mini Landscapes with Teresa Cook
2025-05-04 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Discover the magic of mixed media in this hands-on workshop with artist Teresa Cook! In this session, you’ll explore how soft pastels, watercolor pencils, and watercolor can be used together to create dynamic, layered paintings.
We will create a set of mini Polaroid-style watercolor landscapes while experimenting with different textures and techniques using watercolor, watercolor pencils, and soft pastels. This mixed-media approach helps add depth, atmosphere, and fine details to your artwork in a fun and approachable way.
This workshop is designed for both beginners and experienced artists looking to experiment with different textures, blending techniques, and artistic effects. You’ll learn:
✔️ How to use watercolor pencils for fine details and bold washes
✔️ Techniques for soft pastels, including blending, layering, and textural effects
✔️ How to mix all three mediums to enhance depth, contrast, and vibrancy
At the end of the session, you’ll take home your own mixed-media landscape and a deeper understanding of how these materials can work together!

Reading Sprints!
2025-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
What are Reading Sprints?
It is a style of reading that focuses on reading productivity. Similar to
The Pomodoro Technique for learning.
Everyone gathers with their individually selected titles and we spend time chatting, getting drinks and snacks, etc…
Once everyone is settled,
we set a timer for 20 minutes. everybody reads silently until that timer is finished.
5-10 minute stretch break, or time to chat…
Repeat!
We plan on 4 cycles of reading and when we are done, you have read 180 minutes of reading!

Silent Book Club of Metro Jax
2025-05-07 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Silent Book Club is centered around building an inclusive community. Bring your audiobook, e-books, textbooks, etc. Bring old friends or meet new ones!
This meeting is in a bookstore/Café that serves food and drinks. There is limited outside seating available as well.
7-7:30 PM – Get Settled, Grab a spot, Chat.
7:30 PM – Quiet Reading Hour Starts

RAP Yarden Tour
2025-05-10 08:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
We are so excited to be a stop on this year’s Yarden Tour. Not only are we loading up on garden, plant, and bird books and merchandise, be we also have Author and Plant pop ups.
Zoe Persico, author and illustrator of the new graphic novel, How to Talk to Your Succulent will be at Happy Medium signing and drawing.
The Glass Cactus will be here with a huge selection of plants, and a plant your own succulent station.
Book/Plant bundles will be available at $17 paperback and $25 hardcover.
$20 tour day drinks at the cafe. $2 drinks for anyone with a tour ticket.
Specialty Cupcakes as well!
Tickets

The Other Side of Mother's Day
2025-05-11 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Whether you have lost a mother, never had one, are grieving as a mother, or just need to be in community with others who ‘get it’ – this space is for you. A grief circle for those who feel the absence louder than the celebration.
Come as you are in memory and mourning.

Thrilling Book Club
2025-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | FL
Join us at the café for our discussion of The One by John Marrs.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium.

Authors Round Table of FL
2025-05-18 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join authors, writers, and creatives for an engaging event to elevate your storytelling, explore and connect with like-minded community.

First Coast Horror Book Club - Unworthy
2025-05-20 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Cannibal nuns? Yes please! Join us in May to discuss Agustina Bazterrica’s new novel!

Wine Date with a Book - The Sicilian Inheritance
2025-05-21 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Cork Thyme @ All Spiced up Avondale, 3543 St Johns Ave, Jacksonville, FL, 32205
Join us at Cork Thyme at All Spiced up in Avondale for Wine Date with a Book as we discuss The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza.

SciFi Book Club - Planetside by Michael Mammay
2025-05-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium as we discuss Planetside by Michael Mammy.
As always, Book Club books are n20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Closed on Monday
2025-05-26 | FL

Not your Mother's Book Club - Sky Daddy
2025-05-27 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium Books Café as we discuss Sky Daddy by Kate Folk.
As always, book club books are n20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Happy Medium Book Club - Little Fires Everywhere
2025-05-28 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us at the café as we discuss Littel Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium.

Learn to Play Go
2025-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Cafe as we learn to play GO!
What is Go?
Go is an ancient, abstract strategy board game from China. Players take
turns placing black and white stones on a grid, trying to surround and
capture each other’s stones and claim the most territory on the board. The
rules are so simple that the game can be learned in 5 minutes. But the
strategy is so deep it can take a lifetime to master. So come learn this
incredible game that has captivated the world’s greatest minds for over 2500 years.

An Evening with Dr Doug Johnson
2025-05-29 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us at Happy Medium as we celebrate the launch of Doug Johnson’s new book, Portrait of a Kaleidoscope Life. RSVP Link In Bio.
Dr. Douglas W. Johnson is a renowned Radiation Oncologist, published cancer researcher,
lecturer, and retired United States Air Force officer, having served 24 years as a cancer specialist,
flight surgeon, nuclear safety consultant, and hospital administrator. He is also an award-winning
artist represented in collections across the USA, and an avid pilot with over 3000hrs in 70 aircraft
types, including his award-winning Lancair IV-P he built three decades ago—often performing
international humanitarian missions. He hopes to reassure people of all ages by his example that
there is more than one path to joy and success, as we each traverse our own kaleidoscopic life.
