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Book & Author Events

Annual Friends' Book Sale

Thu, Oct 16, 10:00am - 8:00pm

Craft Room,Dover Room,Porter Room

Find plenty of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks. Three rooms—plus the Book Nook—will be filled to the brim including a room dedicated to hundreds of children’s books!

Annual Friends' Book Sale

Fri, Oct 17, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Craft Room,Dover Room,Porter Room

Find plenty of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks. Three rooms—plus the Book Nook—will be filled to the brim including a room dedicated to hundreds of children’s books!

Annual Friends' Book Sale - Half-Price Sale

Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Craft Room,Dover Room,Porter Room

Find plenty of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks. Three rooms—plus the Book Nook—will be filled to the brim including a room dedicated to hundreds of children’s books!

Annual Friends' Book Sale - Bag Sale

Sun, Oct 19, 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Craft Room,Dover Room,Porter Room

Bring your own bags. Pay on the way out what you think your bags are worth.

True Crime Book Club - "Death in the City of Light" by David King

Mon, Oct 20, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Dover Room

As the Nazis unleashed their own forms of terror in Europe a serial killer prowled the streets of Paris. King explores the crimes, investigation, and trial of the man accused of murdering 27 people.

Ghosts of the Civil War - Shades of Blue and Gray

Wed, Oct 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Porter Room

Join Mark Dawidziak and Sara Showman of the Largely Literary Theater Company for a series of ghostly tales, just in time for Halloween!

Virtual Author Talk - Malala Yousafzai - "Finding My Way"

Wed, Oct 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Online

You are invited to join us online and be one of the first to hear from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai about her astonishing memoir. Streamed live.Register

Virtual Author Talk - Philippa Gregory - "Boleyn Traitor"

Wed, Oct 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

Coined as the “queen of British historical fiction,” Philippa Gregory returns to the infamous Tudor Court with a tale that is both timely and timeless. Streamed live.Register

Adult Creative Writing Group-Gothic edition

Wed, Oct 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Craft Room

Join us in person for an hour of creative writing prompts to inspire you to start and keep writing. Creativity is more than putting pen to paper. It's about breaking away and trying something new!

Virtual Author Talk - Joseph Lee - "Nothing More of This Land"

Wed, Nov 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

Join us online. Streamed live.Register

Tuesday Evening Book Club - "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters

Tue, Nov 11, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Porter Room,Zoom Programming 2

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years.

Environmentalism Book Club - "Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future"

Wed, Nov 12, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Dover Room

Otherworldly but remarkably familiar, ancestral but firmly rooted in alternate futures, these 12 innovative stories offer a glimpse of a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, & justice.

Thursday Night Book Club - "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy

Thu, Nov 13, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Westlake Room

In this mysterious thriller, a caretaker family of the world's largest seed bank survive on a remote Antarctic island. A rising storm, one of many, looms on the horizon washing up a mysterious woman.