Senior Book Club
JOIN us for the Senior Book Club (formerly the Fiction Focus Senior Book Club) at Hull Street Branch Library. Register and pick up your copy of June's book, The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson at Hull Street Branch. This title is also available in ebook and e-audiobook format.
· Free! Must be a resident of the City of Richmond
· Must be 55+
· Must have a City of Richmond library card (free)
· Books provided for one-month loan
Contact us for the Book List Schedule and any questions or concerns!
The Senior Book Club is a partnership of the Richmond Public Library and City of Richmond Office on Aging & Disability Services.
- Date:
- Monday, June 17, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 10:15am - 12:15pm
- Location:
- Hull Street Meeting Room
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
