April 10, 2025, is the day of our fifth annual Literary Festival with guest speaker Nic Stone! Come hear her at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Students are free but please register! Adult tickets are $10. Visit our website for more information.

And April is National Poetry Month. The Bishop Dunne Library invites everyone to read and write poetry this month.

“This / is the world I want to live in. The shared world.”

The 2025 poster features an excerpt from “Gate A-4”, a poem by former Young People’s Poet Laureate and Academy Chancellor Naomi Shihab Nye, as well as artwork by New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator Christy Mandin.

Visit the Academy’s website for more information and for ideas about celebrating this month, Poem in Your Pocket Day. Carry your favorite poem in your pocket on April 18, and share it with a friend.

 If you don’t have a favorite poem, come by the library. We will help you find something!