Pouring Over Books
15th Annual Pouring Over Books – Spring 2026
While the date is not defined yet, the Friends are actively preparing for the 15th Annual Pouring Over Books in early 2026. Each year we try to make the event better and more exciting! Stay current with our progress by signing up for the Friends newsletter on the Contact Us page.
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We look forward to seeing you at Pouring Over Books!
How We Help
A new record amount of $30,000 was donated in 2025 for library equipment, programs, and services.
13,000 Active library patrons use our local Dripping Springs Community Library to access library equipment, programs, and services, early learning software, summer programs, musical concerts, an expanded eReader program, a Maker’s Space, and so much more.
In 2025, some of the Friends donated money was spent on:
- $13,000 for Summer Programming including the purchase of 10 ukuleles, Professor of Universe, Wildlife on the Move, and more…
- Viewsonic large screen teleconferencing system
- Podcasting equipment for library patrons to checkout
- Summer Reading and 1000 Books Before Kindergarten prizes
- Community Wildflower Center passes for patrons
- Upgrade outdoor play space with new chairs and sensory tables.
The Dripping Springs Community Library is an essential resource. Look at these numbers:
14th Annual Pouring Over Books – Feb 23, 2025
On Sunday, February 23, 2025, the Friends hosted the 14th Annual Pouring Over Books fundraiser at The Prospect House in Dripping Springs. This event included a discussion and book signing with acclaimed Texas author Lynda Rutledge, author of bestselling book West With Giraffes. Live music provided by Jerry Kirk, as well as an online auction and door prizes!
How We Helped in 2024
The Friends presented a check to the library for $20,000 in 2024 for library equipment, programs, and services.
In 2024, some of the Friends donated money was spent on:
- $13,000 for Summer Programming and Prizes
- Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- 3D Printer ( now offering 3D printing services to patrons)
- ‘Stay Sharp Kits’ that promote adult memory and cognition skills
- Master Gardeners Healthy Outdoor Communities Initiative (to fix up the beds in front of the library)
- Thinkery Passes (free admission for patrons to Austin’s most popular children’s museum)
Featuring Acclaimed Texas Author
Lynda Rutledge
Lynda Rutledge has crisscrossed both literary and geographic boundaries in her writing career after earning an MA in American literature and an MFA in creative writing. As an animal-and-travel-loving freelance journalist, she petted baby rhinos, snorkeled with endangered turtles, strolled with a tower of giraffes, hang-glided off a small Swiss mountain, and dodged hurricanes to write dozens of articles for national publications such as the Chicago Tribune and Houston Post, along with eclectic book-length nonfiction for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and the San Diego Zoo, before beginning her career as a novelist. Since then, she’s won awards and residencies for her fiction from, among others, the Illinois Arts Council, Ragdale Foundation, Atlantic Center for the Arts and Writers League of Texas. Her debut novel was Faith Bass Darling’s Last Garage Sale, which won the 2013 Writers League of Texas Novel of the Year and has been adapted into a major French film starring Catherine Deneuve.
Her bestseller West with Giraffes was chosen by the Library of Congress-affiliated Texas Center for the Book as their 2023 Great Read. And her most recent novel 2024 Mockingbird Summer, set in 1964, uses the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird to tell a tale about an unlikely young friendship on the eve of the landmark Civil Rights Act. After years residing in Chicago and San Diego, she currently lives with her husband outside Austin.
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