Young Adults

*Mother’s Day Workshop: Children ages 6 and up are invited to join Marie Walker on Saturday, May 1, for a Mother’s Day Craft Workshop. The workshop will meet from 1 to 2 pm and is limited to the first 15 children who sign up.

A $3 materials fee is due upon registration.

*Summer Creative Writing: Attention rising eighth and ninth graders – Creative Writing Summer Camp has room for you. Local author and educator Joan Verniero will host the camp designed to foster a love of reading and writing, assisted by volunteers from the library’s adult creative writing groups.

Camp will meet on Thursdays, July 1, 8, 15, 29, and August 5, from 2 to 4 pm.  Space is limited to 10 students for those who will be entering grades 8 and 9 in the fall.

(A morning session for rising grades 6 & 7 is full.)

Sign up at the main floor circulation desk or call.

*WOW Celebrates Italy: Young adults can join the library’s participation in World of Words: Italy programs during April with another program geared for you.

A book discussion for readers in grades 5-8 will be held on Wednesday, April 28. All young readers are invited to talk about The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke. Join us from 4:30 to 5:30 for a lively discussion about a gang of homeless children in Venice and their mysterious leader who calls himself Thief Lord. Is he really who he seems to be?

Sign up at the main floor circulation desk or call the library to register.

Adult Programs

*Book Groups: There are lots of ongoing book clubs that meet at the library each month. Classics, mysteries, history, plays, popular fiction, great literature… what do you like to read? Newcomers are always welcome.

Upcoming discussions will include Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco on Thursday, April 29, at 7:30 pm; The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw on Tuesday, May 4, at 1 pm; The Debut by Anita Brookner on Monday, May 10, at 1 pm; and Five Quarters of An Orange by Joanne Harris on Thursday, May 20, at 7:30 pm.

*Author Talks: Three authors will be visiting the library during May. Programs are scheduled for Thursday, May 13, at 7:30 pm, with Wally Wood; Sunday, May 16, at 3 pm, with Norah Pollard (a poetry reading); and Tuesday, May 18, at 7 pm, with Justin Scott. Mr Scott’s program was rescheduled from March, when a snowstorm forced a postponement.

C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, can be reached at 426-4533. Winter hours are 10 am to 8 pm Monday through Thursday, noon to 5 pm on Friday, 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, and 1 to 5 pm on Sunday.