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Welcome back to the Atlantic Magazine Discussion Group! We will be reading the following articles from the September 2025 issue. Discussion will be led by Library Director Elizabeth Lane.

With a focus on digital literacy, this presentation analyzes how trans-themed stories play out in the news media.

Estranged: How Strained Female Relationships are Mended or Ended by Susan Shapiro Barash

Please join us for storytime at Auerfarm Scenic Reserve, sponsored by Bloomfield Public Library, Friends of Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve, and CT Department of Environmental Education Protection's "No Child Left Inside" program.

No school? No problem! Come to McMahon Wintonbury Library to work on a craft while enjoying cookies. Crafts and cookies will be provided for children of all ages.

Looking for a way to build education funds for your children/teens? The CHET Dream Big Competition is a great opportunity!

Join BPL youth librarians for a bilingual storytime and craft at McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave.

Registration is appreciated, but not required. Best for ages 2–5, but all ages welcome!

For its October 2025 reading, the Wintonbury Poetry Series is pleased to have Luisa Caycedo-Kimura and Pat Mottola read.

Join BPL librarians in the new Prosser Library for a weekly preschool storytime!

Our October title is Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Inspired by true events, this novel is about a Black nurse in 1973 Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients.