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The Joy of Journaling... in Nature!

2026-08-27 18:00:00 2026-08-27 19:30:00 America/New_York The Joy of Journaling... in Nature! Join us for a hands-on nature journaling workshop, featuring local author, writer, and journaling teacher Jason M. Rubin. Reading Public Library - Library Terrace, Studio

Thursday, August 27
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Reading Public Library

Library Terrace, Studio

Join us for a hands-on nature journaling workshop, featuring local author, writer, and journaling teacher Jason M. Rubin.

We exist within nature – it sustains us and fills us with feelings of wonder and beauty. Yet we also exist within a world of overwhelming digital content, and social media apps that contort ideas and imagination into bite-size nuggets that are rarely insightful or useful. Journaling is a creative and therapeutic hobby that allows for deep expression and rewarding escape – and all you need is a pen, some paper, and the great outdoors. In this 90-minute workshop, local author Jason M. Rubin will guide participants in expressing themselves in writing and immersing themselves in nature as a means of promoting self-communication and self-healing. Participants should come to the workshop with a blank journal and pen or pencil, if possible.

Registration required. Adults and teens (grade 6-12) only.

This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Reading Public Library.

Reading Public Library

rdg@noblenet.org
Phone: 781-944-0840

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Mon, Jul 27 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 28 9:00AM to 9:00PM
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Thu, Jul 30 1:00PM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 31 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 01 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 02 Closed


About the Library

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. To ask questions about accessibility or request accommodations, please contact the library at rdgadmin@noblenet.org.

If the Reading Public schools are closed due to snow, all Children's programming will be canceled.

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