Best bookstore café in Jacksonville, FL | Happy Medium Books Café

Learn to Crochet at Happy Medium
2025-07-31 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Come join us at Happy Medium and learn to crochet!
Supplies included… Just bring you!

Happy Medium Book Club - Remarkably Bright Creatures
2025-07-30 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us at Happy Medium to discuss Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

MahJong Monday Afternoon July 28th
2025-07-28 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
If you know how to play MahJong, join us at the café for MahJong Monday. Game and cards provided. All levels welcome!
$5 registration holds your spot!

MahJong Monday - July 28
2025-07-28 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

Authors Round Table
2025-07-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us for an inspiring meeting where authors connect, collaborate, and inspire. Whether you have just started or are already published, this is a great opportunity to expand your network, share ideas, and find support during your writing journey.

Happy Little Melodies - Parent & Me Music Class
2025-07-25 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-25 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-17 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-17 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-07-10 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-07-10 09:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us for a morning of music, movement, and connection at Happy Medium Books Café!

Science Fiction Book Club - Ocean Godori
2025-07-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe to discuss Ocean Godori by Elaine U. Cho.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Yarning at Happy Medium
2025-07-24 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-07-10 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!

Learn to Play MahJong Day 2
2025-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
This is Day 2 of the Learn to play MahJong Class. You must have registered for Day 1 to attend.

Bookish Bingo
2025-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe for a night of Book Bingo.
Fun and Prizes!
$5 registration required.

Learn to Play Mahjong
2025-07-23 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
This is a 2 day class for Mahjong Beginners.
$50 covers the 2 – 2 hour classes on June 11 & 12th, 10am-12pm and includes the 2025 National Mahjong Card.

Not Your Mother's Book Club - Eat the Ones You Love
2025-07-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium Café to discuss Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Mahjong Monday - July 21st
2025-07-21 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium for a game of Mahjong!
$5 reserves your spot. Mahjong tiles and cards are included.

Art Exhibition with Stephine Pyren - 'The Way I See It'
2025-07-20 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Come by Happy Medium Books Café to see our newest exhibit, The Way I See It by Stephanie Pyren-Fortel, curated by The Jacksonville Art Guild.
This exhibit will up from June 9-September 8th, with a reception with the artist July 20th 2-4pm.
About Stephanie Pyren-Fortel
Stephanie currently resides in Florida with her husband. She is a member of the Jacksonville Artist Guild and The national Guild of American Pen Women.
She has had over 21 solo and group showing Nationally and internationally, illustrated six Children’s picture books and other academic manuscripts.
Her talent and interests are somewhat diverse and have taken her to numerous locations and professions. She received her BA of Fine Arts at California State University Northridge then started working professionally at the age of 19 and has worked in all the major animation studios in Los Angeles California as a character and background artist for 40 plus years. Stephanie has also been involved in toy developed with Small World Toys and the Little Old Toy Maker, and taught life drawing and fashion illustration at the University of South Carolina. A wonderful part of her career was when she was asked to move to Barbizon France to help recreate the famous School of Barbizon at the request of famous French painter Jacques Harvey. In France, she continued to be commissioned for paintings and murals both private and public enterprises.

Storytime with Miss Dana
2025-07-18 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-07-11 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

Park After Dark
2025-07-17 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | FL

Wine Date with a Book - Wine People
2025-07-16 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 and All Spiced up in Avondale to discuss Wine People by Michelle Wildgen.
An intoxicating escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women’s friendship.
Wren and Thessaly collide when they land coveted jobs at a glamorous New York City boutique wine importer. Hardworking, by-the-book Wren comes from a modest background and has everything to prove, while Thessaly hails from a family of prestigious California growers—but she is plagued by self-doubt. Thrown together at work, where they’re expected to have exquisite palates, endless tolerance for alcohol and socializing, and the ability to sell, sell, sell, they regard each other with suspicion.
It’s only on an important European business trip—with everything on the line for both of them—that they unexpectedly forge an alliance that will change the course of their careers and personal lives.
With mouth-watering descriptions of food and wine, Wine People takes readers from France, Germany, and Italy to the Midwest and California wine country, in an utterly entertaining page-turner.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café!

First Coast Horror Book Club
2025-07-15 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café as we discuss The North Water by Ian McGuire.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Mahjong Monday - July 14th
2025-07-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
If you already know how to play Mahjong and are looking for a place to play, now if your chance. Join us at the cafe for Mahjong Mondays.
$5 reserves your spot. Game – tiles, racks, and 2025 Official Mahjong Cards are provided.

Secong Sunday with Poets and Authors
2025-07-13 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us at Happy Medium with poets and authors Andrea LeDew and Phoebe Mullis.
Andrea LeDew is a lawyer by training, a former special needs homeschool mom by necessity, and a lover of gardens and travel by nature. She is currently writing a novel where a young woman with intellectual disabilities is forced to defend her beautiful garden group home against the forces of greed and development, while chasing down the mysterious history of a stained glass window and trying to achieve a sense of belonging and purpose in a world which so often rejects her. The book is near completion. A collection of Andrea’s poems is also in the offing.
Andrea’s site, named For Random Learning Comes because of the random nature of learning, contains over five hundred poems, essays and short stories. Andrea lives in Jacksonville, FL. The following poems have been published elsewhere: Moss Gossamer “August,” Border Beats “Choice,” Regency Reflections “Us Maids,” and Florida Writer’s Association (FWA) 2023 Collection: Secrets “Narrow.”
Phoebe Mullis, a second-generation Jacksonville native and proud Filipino, lives and works in Downtown Jacksonville. She holds a B.S. in Communication with a focus in Public Relations and a Creative Writing minor from the University of North Florida. Prior to UNF, she studied at Florida State College at Jacksonville, where she was selected for a Writers Retreat Workshop. Phoebe’s writing interests include poetry, literary fiction, and short stories. She is currently working on her first chapbook, Modern Babae. This collection of poems are from a chapbook manuscript and at their core are an expression of self discovery and embracing her Filipina heritage.

Book Swap with Books and Brews!
2025-07-13 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

Silent Book Club Metro Jax Crafting Social
2025-07-12 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

Virtual BookTalk with Adam Roberts
2025-07-10 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café in virtual conversation with Adam Roberts, author is Food Person: A Novel.
Adam Roberts is the author of The Amateur Gourmet, Secrets of the Best Chefs, and Give My Swiss Chards to Broadway. He started his food blog The Amateur Gourmet in 2004, and also hosts the podcast Lunch Therapy. Roberts has also written for The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, and for film and television. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their dog Winston. Food Person is his first novel.
