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Social Justice Book Club: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Our September book title is Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Millennials Read (Hopmeadow Brewery, Avon)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

At this no-stress book discussion, join readers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to talk about current book picks. You do not need to be reading anything to participate. A partnership between Bloomfield, Granby, and Simsbury libraries and open to all.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Wintonbury Book Discussion (Virtual) - Things I Wish I told My Mother by Susan Patterson

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Things I Wish I Told My Mother by Susan Patterson is a novel about a mother and daughter who are separated by secrets but brought together by love.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Mystery Book Discussion: Magpie Murders (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Social Justice Book Club: Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black (Virtual)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Civics and Social Justice
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

To celebrate National Coming Out Day this month, our October title will focus on the experiences of Black fathers and queer sons, offering a portrait of reckoning and reconciliation. As Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Book Bites (Virtual or Atrium)

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

What will you read next? Join us at BPL Atrium Library or on Zoom to learn about new releases, current bestsellers, librarian favorites, and recommend books to each other. Light refreshments will be served to those attending in-person.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Short Story Chat: Bloodchild by Octavia Butler (Virtual)

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join us for a short story discussion of Bloodchild by Octavia Butler.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Mystery Book Discussion: The Maid (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: The Maid by Nita Prose. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Millennials Read: Maker Night (Cossitt Creation Station, North Granby)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Hands-on Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

At this no-stress book discussion, join readers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to talk about current book picks. You do not need to be reading anything to participate. A partnership between Bloomfield, Granby, and Simsbury libraries and open to all.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Veterans Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Wintonbury Book Discussion (Virtual)- The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

A Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Book Bites (Virtual or Atrium)

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

What will you read next? Join us at BPL Atrium Library or on Zoom to learn about new releases, current bestsellers, librarian favorites, and recommend books to each other. Light refreshments will be served to those attending in-person.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

All Day
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

Time TBD by the Town. BPL Online is always open!

Thanksgiving Day & Recess - Libraries CLOSED

All Day 11/28 - 11/29
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Millennials Read: Cookie Swap (Simsbury Public Library)

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

At this no-stress book discussion, join readers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to talk about current book picks. You do not need to be reading anything to participate. A partnership between Bloomfield, Granby, and Simsbury libraries and open to all.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Mystery Book Discussion: The Last Thing He Told Me (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Wintonbury Book Discussion (Virtual) A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

All Day
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

Time TBD by the Town. BPL Online is always open!

Christmas Day - Libraries CLOSED

All Day
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Libraries CLOSING EARLY

All Day
Closing
Branches:
BPL Atrium Library, BPL Tech Express, Off Site, Virtual
Description:

BPL Online is always open!

Mystery Book Discussion: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Mystery Book Discussion: Poacher's Son (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program. 

Mystery Book Discussion: Fortune Favors the Dead (Virtual or Atrium)

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: BPL Atrium Library
Room: Atrium Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

At this member-run program, we'll be discussing: Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood. This is a hybrid event - you can attend on Zoom or at The Atrium.

Notes

Accommodations

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library at least one week prior to the event.

Virtual

You must provide your email address at registration to receive the Zoom link. Make sure to leave the box checked that reads: "Send notifications via e-mail." Your registration confirmation notice includes the Zoom link for the program.