2025 Edible Book Fest and Mrs. K's Birthday

The 2025 Edible Book Fest was not only a celebration of its 10th year displaying cakes and other yummy foods inspired by books but also a celebration of Mrs. Augusta R. Kolwyck birthday. Mrs. Kolwyck was the first librarian at Chattanooga State and October 27th would have been her 123rd birthday. The library at Chattanooga State is named after Mrs. Kolwyck. We celebrated her memory with a big cake and a display of newspaper articles!

 

Our judges this year were Susan Jennings, Karen Eastman, and Samantha Smith!

 

 

We had a large crowd to help eat the cake and other goodies after the judging and winners were announced. Thank you to our judges, attendees, participants, and of course, our fabulous library events team!

And the winners were ....

People's Choice
 

Most Recognizable

 

 

Cake Most Likely to Be Eaten

 

 

Most Fun, Best Pun

 

 

This year's Edible Book Fest featured fun buttons, programs, and flyers!

And let's recognize our other entries in this year's Edible Book Fest!

And some more pictures!

 

October 2025 Library Newsletter: Edible Book Festival, Family-Friendly Study Room, Therapy Dogs and Cats

 📚 Fall Library Newsletter

🍰Edible Book Festival 

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Family-Friendly Study Room

🐶🙀Therapy dogs and cats

 

Edible Book Festival

 

Kolwyck Library & Information Commons invites you to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ChattState and the birthday of our first librarian, Augusta R. Kolwyck, with our 10th Annual Edible Book Festival on Monday, October 27 from 1pm - 3pm!

What is the Edible Book Festival? Simply put, an edible creation based on a book. To celebrate the 60th anniversary, we invite you to base your literary edible creation on your favorite book published in the last 60 years. We're excited to see what fantastic, literary-inspired baked creations our students, faculty, and staff can create! Here are some examples:

First image: The Very Hungry Caterpillar; second image: The Shire from The Lord of the Rings; third image: Alice in Wonderland

Don't have time to enter?  Join us at the event for you can vote for your favorite creation and we will have guest judges for special prizes. Coffee and a birthday cake for Mrs. Kolwyck will be served, and after winners are announced, the edible creations can be devoured! 

Sign up to participate in the festival (no later than 12pm on Tuesday, October 21, 2025) and compete for prizes and bragging rights! Or join us on October 27 from 1pm - 3pm to vote for your favorites and...eat cake! 

Need baking ideas? We have cookbooks on display - come check it out!

 

Family-Friendly Study Room

 

 

The Library has a new Family-Friendly Study Room! This study room is designated for student-caregivers only to use for studying when accompanied by their children. The Family-Friendly Study Room (FFSR) is available during library hours of operation and contains a computer workstation, a crib, child-sized table and chairs, and educational toys and books. 

 

Student-caregivers may read the full policy and book this special study room on our Student Resources page. 

 

Therapy Dogs and Sometimes, Cats!

 

 

By now, you may have heard about our library therapy dogs...but the Love on a Leash group sometimes brings cats as well! See the full schedule below for the fall semester and come by for some much-needed therapy!

 

Love on a Leash, 11-2 pm

October 14

October 28

November 11

December 9

 

Buttercup, 11am - 12pm

October 29

November 19

December 10

 

Come see us at the Library!

 

September 2025 Library Newsletter

 📚 Fall Library Newsletter

🍰Edible Book Festival 

🐶🙀Therapy dogs and cats

📘Free books and audiobooks

📙 Suggest a book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Edible Book Festival

 

Kolwyck Library & Information Commons, in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of ChattState, will host the 10th Annual Edible Book Festival on Monday, October 27 from 1pm - 3pm.

October 27 is a special day to us, as it is the birthday of the first librarian of ChattState and the namesake of our library, Augusta R. Kolwyck. Mrs. Kolwyck established the library at ChattState with not only books, typewriters, and audio tapes but also games and a pot of coffee always brewing. With the spirit of student success always top of mind, Mrs. Kolwyck left a generous endowment to the library with the stipulation that all funds were to be used to support students. 

To celebrate this incredible woman, we invite you to base your literary edible creation on your favorite book published in the last 60 years. We're excited to see what fantastic, literary-inspired baked creations our students, faculty, and staff can create! Attendees will vote for their favorites, and we will have guest judges for special prizes. Coffee and a birthday cake for Mrs. Kolwyck will be served, and after winners are announced, the edible creations can be devoured! 

Sign up to participate in the festival and compete for prizes and bragging rights! Or join us on October 27 from 1pm - 3pm to vote for your favorites and...eat cake! 

Need baking ideas? We have cookbooks on display - come check it out!

 

 Therapy Dogs...and Cats?!

 

By now, you may have heard about our library therapy dogs...but last week, we got a purrfect surprise when our Love on a Leash group brought their therapy cats! See the full schedule below for the fall semester and come by for some much-needed therapy!

 

Love on a Leash, 11-2 pm

September 23

October 14

October 28

November 11

December 9

 

Buttercup, 11am - 12pm

September 18

October 29

November 19

December 10

Free eBooks and Audiobooks

 

Libby has more ebooks and audiobooks! We have joined a group of TN libraries so more titles are available to us. That may require you to sign into the correct account to see them. Be sure to sign in with your ChattState email and password to see all Libby's newest and latest titles.

 

Suggest a book!

If there is a title that you would like for the library's collection, be it in print or in electronic format, please send your titles to Betsy Fronk, betsy.fronk@chattanoogastate.edu - please include the book's ISBN or fill out this form: https://chattanoogastate.libwizard.com/f/purchases.