Three mixed-race girls are torn brutally from their Aboriginal mother and sent over a thousand miles away to a training camp for domestic workers as part of a government policy to integrate them into white society.  Linking the camp and their distant home territory is a vast rabbit-proof fence which stretches from one coast to another and just might help the girls find their way back.

Join us for a discussion of this book, loosely based on a true story concerning the author’s mother.  Dr. Gaye Gould will facilitate what promises to be a fascinating discussion.  Copies of the book are available at the library.

“A mesmerizing new historical novel from Lisa See” about female friendships and devastating family secrets on a small Korean Island. Compelling, heartwrenching,
and beautifully written, The Island of Sea Women will plunge you into a world and a story you’ve never read before and remind you how powerful women can and must be to survive.
Please join us for a discussion of this novel chosen to compliment the Summer Reading theme Oceans of Possibilities, and facilitated by Maureen Hanlon. Copies of the book are available in the library.

Join us for knit nite, or any needlework or project nite, not just knitting! Please drop-in to the library anytime between 6-8 pm on the first and third Mondays of the month. Find your motivation, creativity and conversation in the company of other like minded folk.

Please join us for an enjoyable evening discussing the first in the Thursday Murder Club series facilitated by Judy Ludgate.  This is the kind of story we all need, “witty, endearing and greatly entertaining” (Wall Street Journal).  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