Book/Poetry Readings
Bridgerton High Tea
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MALady Whistledown and the Medford Public Library cordially invite you to Bridgerton High Tea in celebration of the release of Season 3 of the Netflix romance series, which debuts on May 16. Come donned in Regency Era costume, or your finest jeans, and enjoy free tea, scones, tea sandwiches, and a discussion of the book …
Grades 2-3 Book Club: Good Dog, McTavish
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's book club for second- and third-graders meets to discuss "Good Dog, McTavish" by Meg Rosoff. Register through the library's online calendar, then visit the library to pick up a copy of the book, which will be available starting approximately one month in advance. Please note: This club is only for children …
Author Talk: Camilla Evergreen – How to Find Love When You’re Weird
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring an online chat with romance author Camilla Evergreen, whose book “How to Find Love When You’re Weird” makes it clear that people on the spectrum,(in fact, ALL people), are worthy of love and an HEA (happily ever after). In fact, the library would posit, that it’s the very neurodiverse …
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Grade 1 Book Club: If I Built a Car
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library’s First Grade Book Club meets to discuss "If I Built a Car" by Chris Van Dusen. Please note that this club is only for children in first grade. Registration is required through the library's online calendar. Books will be available at the library approximately one month in advance.
Climate Change Book Group: Braiding Sweetgrass
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's Climate Change Book Group, "Planet and Pages," meets to discuss “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings — asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass — offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've …
Adult Poetry Club
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library presents the fifth meeting of its new Poetry Club for adults led by Vijaya Sundaram, Medford’s poet laureate. Come share your voice, taking the mic to shine a light on the issues that matter most to you, with passion, lyricism and force. The club meets once a month to read and …
Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library invites you to join author Bob Eckstein in a virtual program as he celebrates the book birthday of his most recent release, “Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums.” This book is filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes …
Teen Graphic Novel Book Club: Nimona
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library presents its Teen Graphic Novel Book Club, for teens in grades 6 and up. Being discussed today in the Youth Services Program Room will be "Nimona" by ND Stevenson. This book is available for pickup in the Teen Room. Sign-up is required through the library's online calendar.
Monday Morning Mysteries: Small Mercies
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library's Monday Morning Mysteries book group meets to discuss "Small Mercies" by Denis Lehane. RSVP through the library's online calendar. After today's meeting, the group will take a break for the summer and resume in September.
Virtual Author Visit: Caitlin Cass
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is co-sponsoring a virtual visit with Caitlin Cass, author of “Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S.” Part graphic novel, part map of the suffrage movement, this book tells the story of the fight for the right to vote by women from the very …