The second and final phase of the library renovation is progressing well.  New shelving should be constructed and installed by the end of the week which will allow the moving company to come back in the week of 8/2.  If all goes well we expect to open on or about 8/4, please check back here or call the library that week for an update.   In the meantime we are offering copies of The Book of Essie (the FOBPL August book discussion title) and Dead by Dawn by Paul Doiron (the One Book One Valley title/more info on that to follow) for curbside pick-up.  Please e-mail the library at .

The library will be opening the doors for business as usual on Monday, June 21st.  For the time being the hours will be Mon., 2-8, Tues., Wed., and Thu., 2-5 and Sat. 11-3.  This opening will be brief as we will then be closing on July 6th for a final renovation project which we expect to last 3 weeks. Our July book discussion is cancelled and Inter-Library loan will be suspended during that time period.  We encourage patrons to come in and stock up on reading materials, we will be extending due dates and as usual we will not be charging fines.  Library e-mail will be checked regularly but books will be in storage so circulation will not be possible.  Thank you for your patience..

Please join us for a Zoom discussion facilitated by Maureen Hanlon on Tuesday evening, May 11th at 7:00pm.  We will be discussing Nomadland by Jessica Bruder, we expect to have copies of the book available at the library so give us a call to arrange to pick one up.  Although the movie did win the Golden Globe for Best Picture Drama grab the book for a quick read before you watch the movie.

“From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads.” (Amazon)

“At once wonderfully humane and deeply troubling, the book offers an eye-opening tour of the increasingly unequal, unstable, and insecure future our country is racing toward.”
― Astra Taylor, The Nation

“A remarkable book of immersive reporting.…Bruder is an acute and compassionate observer.”
― Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker

Please join us on Zoom, Tuesday, March 9th at 7:00 when the Friends of the Library present what promises to be a fascinating program made possible by a grant from the NH Humanities Council.

In 1787 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to address a wide variety of crises facing the young United States of America and produced a charter for a new government.  In modern times, competing political and legal claims are frequently based on what those delegates intended.  Richard Hesse explores the cast of characters called “founders”, the problems they faced, and the solution’s they fashioned.

Copies of Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis are available in the library as a companion read to this presentation.

Julia King will lead us in a Zoom discussion of this gripping history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood-the deadliest flood in US history-from NBC host and legendary weather authority Al Roker.  This book will excite all book-lovers, it’s a narrative non-fiction that will capture your imagination and read like a nail-biting thriller by following an unforgettable cast of characters whose fates converged because of that tragic day.

Copies of the book are available in the library.

Please reach out by phone, 374-2755 or e-mail, if you are interested in joining and we will provide the Zoom link.