About the Alabama Center for the Book

The Alabama Center for the Book was established in 2001 as the state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Headquarters and staff are at the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University.

Mission
The Alabama Center for the Book is a partnership of individuals, agencies, and organizations that love and support books and reading in Alabama. ACFTB encourages reading, writing, and the study of books in a wide range of ways and venues. It sponsors public programming and disseminates book-, literacy-, and reading-related information. The ACFTB also highlights Alabama’s literary culture and heritage and, as an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, promotes national initiatives on books and reading.

Partners of the ACFTB include the Alabama Public Library Service and all Alabama public libraries, the Alabama Writers’ Forum, and the Alabama Reading Association.