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

Marsha Glaziére Book Signing
2025-03-29 11:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Meet author and artist Marsha Glaziére at Happy Medium as we celebrate her new book , “My Father, Picasso, and Me.”

Story time with Lala Watkins
2025-03-28 10:30 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium for Storytime with author Lala Watkins!
Lala is an illustrator extraordinaire whose work is like a summer pool party—and everyone’s invited! She makes fun illustrations and lovely stories that make her heart (and yours) emote the heart-eyed emoji. She graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design and Interactive Communication from Ringling College of Art & Design. She’s in a long-term relationship with the sun, so she lives in sunny Florida.

Storytime with Miss Dana
2025-03-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-21 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-14 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-03-07 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

The Sci-Fi Book Club - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
2025-03-27 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 Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
No Reservation Required.
As Always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Yarning at Happy Medium
2025-03-27 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-13 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-02-27 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!

Rebecca Yarros - Empyrean Trivia Night!
2025-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us in the cafe for Trivia Night with All Things Rebecca Yarros! Link in Bio for $5 Registration.

Not Your Mother's Book Club - The Blue Sisters
2025-03-25 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 The Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors.
No reservation required.
As always, Book Club books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Literary Landscapes Watercolor Workshop with Teresa Cook
2025-03-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium for our first Watercolor Workshop with Teresa Cook.
She will teach us how to create a landscape based on your favorite classical literature,
All supplies are included, along with a drink from the cafe!
$45 registration link in bio.

Lit Chat @ Pop Con with Django Wexler
2025-03-22 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Jacksonville Public Library, 303 N Laura Street, Jacksonville, FL, 32202, United States
Join Happy Medium at The Jacksonville Main Public Library for Pop Con and Lit Chat with Django Wexler.
Django Wexler is the author of many fantasy novels, including How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying, Ashes of the Sun, and The Thousand Names. In his former life as a software engineer, he worked on AI research and programming languages. He currently lives near Seattle with his wife, daughter, many cats, and a teetering mountain of books. When not writing, he paints tiny soldiers and plays games of all sorts.
Interview takes place on the third floor from 4 – 5 p.m. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow the interview and limited number of books will be available for sale on site by Happy Medium Books Cafe.
Reserve your Seat at link below.
Books may be purchased at Happy Medium Books Café or click here for preorder.

Wine Date with a Book - A Good Day for Chardonnay
2025-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Cork Thyme @ All Spiced up Avondale, 3543 St Johns Ave, Jacksonville, FL, 32205
Join us as we meet at Cork Thyme at All Spiced up in Avondale to discuss A Good Day for Chardonnay and pair it with a fine Chardonnay!

Happy Medium Book Club - Bear Town
2025-03-19 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café as we discuss Bear Town by Fredrik Backman.
No reservation required.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Cafe.

FIrst Coast Horror Book Club - Experimental Film
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe as we discuss Experimental Film by Gemma Files

Build your own Book Nook!
2025-03-16 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Build your own Book Nook at Happy Medium Books Café!
$60 registration will reserve your table for one Book nook for you and up to 3 friends!

Sci-Fi Book Bingo
2025-03-12 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us in the Café for Sci-fi Book Bingo!
$5 registration link in bio.

The Thrilling/Mystery Book Club - The Stranger Beside Me
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the cafe as we discuss The Stranger Beside me by Ann Rule.
No Reservation Required.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Café.

Second Sunday with Authors - Tricia Booker and Sohrab Fracis!
2025-03-09 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café for an afternoon of Readings from Tricia Booker and Sohrab Fracis!
“Sohrab Homi Fracis’s book of Riverside and elsewhere stories, True Fiction, won the 2023 International Book Award for story collections. Stanford University Libraries shortlisted his novel, Go Home, for the William Saroyan International Prize. Ticket to Minto is the first book by an Asian American to win the Iowa Short Fiction Award, juried by the legendary Iowa Writers’ Workshop and described by the New York Times as “among the most prestigious literary prizes America offers.” He was Twin Cities Visiting Writer in Residence at Augsburg College and Artist in Residence at Yaddo. He received the Florida Individual Artist Fellowship and the South Asian Literary Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award.”

Tricia Booker is an award-winning journalist who has written for Folio Weekly, Southern Living, Notre Dame Magazine, and other publications around the country. She currently teaches journalism at the University of North Florida and writes a popular blog about topics ranging from politics and literature to adoption and manners. Her first book, The Place of Peace and Crickets, is a memoir about how Tricia and her former husband adopted three children.

Douglass Anderson Open Mic Night
2025-03-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States

Reading Sprints March
2025-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Reading Sprints are a style of reading with a focus on productivity within a set amount of time. Bring whatever you are reading or pick up a new favorite at Happy Medium Books Cafe and let’s get reading!

Sip and Paint March 2nd
2025-03-02 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at Happy Medium for a Sunday afternoon of pottery painting!
$30 Registration link in bio

Music With Tom and Natalie
2025-02-27 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 Cafe as we enjoy the music of Tom and Natalie!

Romance Book Trivia
2025-02-26 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café for a night of Romance… Trivia!
$5 registration required.

Happy Medium Book Club - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
2025-02-26 10:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the café as we discuss The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa Tea.
We will have tea tastings from the authentic premium quality pu-erh teas that Lisa See and Linda Louie have selected that relate to the book.
Please RSVP to help us set us for our Lisa See Book Club Tea Party!
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Cafe.

Not Your Mother's Book Club - The Seven Year Slip
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
Join us at the Café to discuss The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston.
No reservations required.
As always, Book Club Books are 20% off at Happy Medium Books Cafe.

New Art Exhibit! Mary Atwood "Triple Play"
2025-02-25 | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
​Exhibitions Dates: Feb 25th-Jun9th, 2025.

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

Butterfly Shadow Box Workshop
2025-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Happy Medium Books Cafe, 2724 Park St, Jacksonville, FL, 32205, United States
What to Expect

Ethically sourced butterflies
Dried flowers
Assortment of backgrounds
7 X 7 inch frames

$50 Registration at www.thelostluna.com
