The Medford Public Library's Climate Change Book Group, "Planet and Pages," meets to discuss “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson. The novel uses fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all.  Stop by the library to snag your copy. Led by green entrepreneur Clare Flaherty, owner of Trove Green Provisions in Medford Hillside, the group reads both non-fiction and fiction books about climate change and explores topics such as global warming,…

The Medford Public Library's Mystery Book Club for Teens meets to discuss "Pride and Premeditation" by Tirzah Price. A copy of the book may be picked up in the Teen Section. Sign-up for today's meeting is required through the library's online calendar.  

The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online visit with author Dean Jobb to discuss his new book, "A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue.” The book tells the incredible true story of Arthur Barry, one of the world’s most audacious and successful jewel thieves. Barry charmed the elite of 1920s New York, brazenly swiped gems worth millions from their Long Island and Westchester County estates, and outfoxed the police and private detectives…

The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a virtual program with author Christina Dodd to discuss her new book, “A Daughter of Fair Verona.” Author Susan Elizabeth Phillips will join Dodd in conversation about "Fair Verona," a frothy, irreverent, witty new series with an irresistible premise — Romeo and Juliet’s daughter as a clever, rebellious, fiercely independent young woman in fair Verona — told from the delightfully engaging point of view of the captivating Rosie Montague herself.  The authors will also…

The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a virtual talk by author Madeline Bilis about her book “50 Hikes in Eastern Massachusetts.” Bilis will focus on coastal view walks . . . and maybe even discuss her favorite pizza shops along the way. Register through the library's online calendar to receive the Zoom link.    

The Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a virtual author talk with Kirsten Miller about her book “Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books.” Miller, author of ‘The Change," brings us a bracing, wildly entertaining satire about a small Southern town, a pitched battle over banned books, and a little lending library that changes everything. In a day when this topic can rip people apart, learn how one small community was able to come together – it’s fictional but, maybe, hopeful,…