One Book One Valley books are here!  This year’s title, The Bear by Andrew Krivak a National Book Award in Fiction finalist, has been called “a gorgeous fable of Earth’s last two human inhabitants, and a girl’s journey home.”  The library book discussion will take place on OCTOBER 10th.   On OCTOBER 24th, we are very excited to host Ben Kilham of the Kilham Bear Center located in Lyme.   The Kilham Bear Center has been rehabilitating and releasing injured, orphaned and abandoned black bear cubs since 1993.  For more information follow this link https://kilhambearcenter.org/.  The grand finale of this community wide read event takes place on Thursday, NOVEMBER 2nd at the Majestic Theatre in Conway when the author Andrew Krivak will talk about the book and answer readers questions.  All events will take place at 7:00 pm and multiple copies of the book are available in the library.

The Friends of the BPL have purchased a NH State Parks Library Pass that is available to our patrons. The pass is valid for 2 adults and up to 4 dependents to all day use parks with the following exceptions – Cannon Mountain Tram, Flume Gorge, Hampton Beach, South Beach and Wallis Sands State Park. The pass is only valid for the date of issue and does not guarantee access. The Division of Parks and Recreation requires advanced day-use reservations to guarantee access to a park. For additional information or to reserve a pass please call or e-mail the library, 374-2755 or