Manchester Library Notes | Nov 15

The Teen Loft celebrated last week's MERSD early release day by inviting students to make candy sushi!  (Idle question:  If you whip up a Japanese dish using Swedish Fish, is that fusion cuisine?).
This week at the library there is perfume making, Community Game Night, celebrating the best in detective fiction, winter hibernation and lots more.   Library Closing | The library will …

Manchester Library Notes | Oct 25

MBTS_Library_Book.jpg (Courtesy Photo) Manchester Library Notes | October 25 This week at the library it’s the Cookbook Club, Dungeons and Dragons for Adults, Graphic Novel Club and much …
The Country of The Pointed Firs

Manchester Library Notes | Oct. 4

This week at the library, Ways to have a Green Holiday Season, Hearthside Book Club, Author Katherine Howe and much more! Open Sundays | Beginning October 20th, the library will be open Sundays …

Best Non-Fiction Picks for Fall

Last week it was Hannah Harlow's picks for Fall fiction releases, and this week, the owner of The Book Shop in Beverly Farms offers the best non-fiction book releases of the season. ...

Fall into Fiction

With the Fall Equinox behind us and leaves starting to scatter the sidewalks, it’s time to talk about the stacks of fall reading arriving each week here in the Book Shop. With the election in …

Essex Library Notes | Sept. 20

Story Hour begins next week! Join April on Wednesday mornings at 9am for Wee Ones (ages 0-2) and 10am for Pre-School (ages 3-5). Drop in or register ahead.

This week, the Essex Public Library is hosting many events, including a hula hoop workshop, a meeting of the Community Book Group, an opportunity to meet with a regional social worker, and more.

Manchester Library Notes | Sept. 13

This week the Manchester Library starts Library Card sign-up month, there is an author discussion, Cookbook Club and many more activities. September is Library Card Sign-up Month | Manchester …

Dorie's Cookies, by award-winning cookbook author, Dorie Greenspan.
Manchester Library Notes | Sept. 6
This week the Manchester Library starts Library Card sign-up month, there is an author discussion, Cookbook Club and many more activities. Library Closed |   Saturday, September 7 due …
Novels for Living Now
I know there are readers out there who stick to the classics, or to books that are at least 20 years old and have stood the test of time.  And I get it.   If you only have so much time …
Discovering Peter Heller
A couple of weeks ago, my family took a quick getaway to our family camp in Maine and my 15-year-old announced that he’d forgotten his book. “It’s okay,” I announced. …
The library doesn’t just check out books.  Why not bring home giant Jenga and many more lawn games, and coming soon, tabletop games.
Manchester Library Notes | July 19
This week, the Manchester by the Sea Public Library is hosting many events, including Tai Chi in Masconomo Park, anticipation for the Friends of Library Annual Book Sale, a meeting of the the Mystery Book Group, and more.
Manchester Library Notes | June 28
This week, the Manchester by the Sea Public Library is hosting many events, including Dungeons and Dragons for Adults, an author talk on the new novel, "Jackie," Tai Chi, a meeting of the the Mystery Book Group, and more.
Over 200 children enjoyed Root Beer Floats at the Library as they celebrated the last day of school and the start of Summer Reading.
Essex Library Notes | June 21
This week, the Essex Public Library is hosting many events, including a hula hoop workshop, a meeting of the Community Book Group, an opportunity to meet with a regional social worker, and more.
Manchester teens enjoyed some beautiful henna designs and ice cream on the last half day of the school year and signed up for summer reading.
Manchester Library Notes | June 21
This week, the Manchester by the Sea Public Library is hosting many events, including a travel talk about Botswana and South Africa by a local couple, a meeting of the the Mystery Book Group, and more.
A Serious Look at Light Reading
The Sunday before last a roomful of people gathered to participate in a very serious discussion about light reading: what makes the perfect summer book? Because I put the event together, I made …
Elin Hilderbrand for President
As I write this, I’m about halfway through Swan Song, the newest book by Elin Hilderbrand, published June 11.   It’s called Swan Song for reasons pertinent to the events in the book …
Director Cynthia Gemmell and keynote author Kelly Weinersmith (left-right) after Kelly’s fabulous presentation about her book “A City on Mars:  Can we Settle Space, Should we Settle Space, and Have we Really Thought this Through?”
Manchester Library Notes | June 7
This week, the Manchester by the Sea Public Library is hosting many events, including children's storytime, a virtual gender lecture called "Art Across Asia," in-library Tai Chi, and more.
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