Sing, Move, and a Story

Join Community Connections for in-person singing, movement and a shared story! Let's get your little one's fine motor, gross motor, language and early literacy skills growing. For children 0 - 5 with a parent/caregiver. Friday, October 4th from 10:30 - 11:00 am, at t......More

Join Community Connections for in-person singing, movement and a shared story! Let's get your little one's fine motor, gross motor, language and early literacy skills growing. For children 0 - 5 with a parent/caregiver. Friday, October 4th from 10:30 - 11:00 am, at the Needham Library. Contact Jodi at [email protected] with questions and visit www.familyaccesscommunityconnections.com for more information about all of our free programs and services.  Register for Sing, Move, and a Story through Family Access https://forms.office.com/r/StFxKTYwHp https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/sing-move-and-a-story-3/

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Lego Time

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room.  Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 and up.  Younger children will not be allowed in the room because of small pieces. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com......More

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room.  Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 and up.  Younger children will not be allowed in the room because of small pieces. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lego-time-126/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling Authors Scott Turow & Alafair Burke

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling authors Scott Turow (Presumed Guilty) & Alafair Burke (The Note) in conversation with Dwyer Murphy, editor-in-chief of CrimeReads **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling authors Scott Turow (Presumed Guilty) & Alafair Burke (The Note) in conversation with Dwyer Murphy, editor-in-chief of CrimeReads **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Bestselling authors Scott Turow (Presumed Guilty) and Alafair Burke (The Note) will discuss their newest thrillers, in conversation with Dwyer Murphy, editor-in-chief of CrimeReads, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Scott:  Scott Turow, a writer and former practicing lawyer, is the author of thirteen bestselling works of fiction, including Presumed Innocent and most recently, Suspect. He has also published two nonfiction books, including One L, about his experience as a law student. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects, including Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent series. Scott has frequently contributed essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic. About Presumed Guilty:  Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail. Aaron eventually turns up with a vague story about a camping trip with his troubled girlfriend, Mae, that ended in a fight and a long hitchhike home. Days later, when she still hasn’t returned, suspicion falls on Aaron, and when Mae is subsequently discovered dead, Aaron is arrested and set for trial on charges of first-degree murder. Faced with few choices and even fewer hopes, Bea begs Rusty to return to court one last time, to defend her son and to save their last best hope for happiness. For Rusty, the question is not whether to defend Aaron, or whether the boy is in fact innocent—it’s whether the system to which he has devoted his life can ever provide true justice for those who are presumed guilty. About Alafair:  Alafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of fourteen novels of suspense, including The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and Find Me, and coauthor of the best-selling Under Suspicion series. A former prosecutor, she is now a professor of criminal law. She recently served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and was the first woman of color to be elected to that position. She lives in New York. About The Note:  A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history. It was meant to be a harmless prank. Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese single mother with high expectations, May didn’t have room to slip up, let alone fail. Her friends didn’t call her the Little Sheriff for nothing. But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey, she's had her fair share of both. Their bond—forged when May was just twelve years old—has withstood a tragic accident, individual scandals, heartbreak and loss. Now the three friends have reunited for the first time in years for a few days of sun and fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with a pair of strangers leads to a drunken prank that goes horribly awry. When she finds herself at the center of an urgent police investigation, May begins to wonder whether Lauren and Kelsey are keeping secrets from her, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friends. What had they gone and done? The Note is a page-turner of the highest order from one of our greatest contemporary suspense writers.  About Dwyer:  Dwyer Murphy is the author of The Stolen Coast and An Honest Living, both New York Times Editors' Choice selections. His new novel, The House on Buzzards Bay, will be released in June 2025 from Viking. He is the Editor-in-Chief of CrimeReads and was previously a New York-based litigator . The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-bestselling-authors-scott-turow-alafair-burke/

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Sensory Storytime

Designed for children on the autism spectrum and their peers. Presented by Bierman Autism Centers https://www.biermanautism.com/location/needham-ma/ Size is Limited - Registration Required. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/sensory-storytime-15/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling Author Vicki Delany

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling author Vicki Delany (The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling author Vicki Delany (The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Bestselling author Vicki Delany will discuss her new cozy mystery novel, The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime: A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Vicki:  Bestselling author Vicki Delany is one of Canada’s most prolific and varied crime writers. She has published more than forty books: clever cozies to Gothic thrillers to gritty police procedurals, to historical fiction and novellas for adult literacy. Vicki is currently writing four cozy mystery series: the Tea by the Sea mysteries for Kensington, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop series for Crooked Lane Books, the Catskill Resort mysteries for Penguin Random House, and the Lighthouse Library series (as Eva Gates) for Crooked Lane Books. She is a past president of the Crime Writers of Canada and co-founder and organizer of the Women Killing It Crime Writing Festival. Vicki is the recipient of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award for contributions to Canadian crime writing. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario. About The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime:  Bookshop owner Gemma Doyle heads to London for a wedding, but when a body is found in connection with a rare book, Gemma sets out to sleuth the slaying in bestselling author Vicki Delany's tenth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery. Gemma Doyle and her friends have packed their bags and headed to London for her sister Pippa’s wedding. Waiting for her in the hotel lobby is none other than Gemma’s ex-husband, Paul Erikson. Paul has a rare book he wants her to see—calling it “the real deal”—so Gemma agrees to meet him at their old shop, Trafalgar Fine Books, the following day. But when Gemma arrives, accompanied by Grant, a rare book dealer, they find Paul dead in his office. Paul had been down on his luck, but Gemma never expected this. Had he borrowed money from people he shouldn’t have? And where is the valuable book he was so anxious for Gemma to see? It’s nowhere to be found in the shop. Because of their previous relationship, Gemma feels she owes something to Paul and vows to find his killer. As Gemma and her best friend Jayne Wilson follow Paul’s trail of friends, enemies, clients, and ex-lovers through London to Yorkshire, she realizes the puzzle of Paul’s last days is more twisted than she originally thought. This mystery is anything but elementary, and Gemma and Jayne have to use all their wit to get to the bottom of it before their time in London—or in life—is over. The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-bestselling-author-vicki-delany/

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Preschool Palooza - in the Storytime Room

Join librarian Elise for 45 minutes of songs, stories, and movement!  For children ages 3 through 6. Special small group session in the Storytime Room.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/preschool-palooza-190/

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Virtual - Encounters with Killers with True Crime Author Katherine Ramsland

Virtual - Encounters with Killers with True Crime Author Katherine Ramsland **Please register ......More

Virtual - Encounters with Killers with True Crime Author Katherine Ramsland **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Ashland Public Library** Dr. Katherine Ramsland recounts her most memorable interactions with serial killers over the course of her life, describing how it shaped her career in forensic psychology. A Pied Piper, two Coed Killers, a Candy Man’s handyman, and BTK, among others, have left their marks on her research and writing, both fiction and nonfiction. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. About Katherine's latest fiction book, Dead-Handed: Forensic psychologist Annie Hunter runs the Nut Crackers investigation agency. They accept unique, twisted, and complex cases, including those with paranormal aspects. As an expert, she performs psychological autopsies and court assessments, but she can also evaluate a psychic, exhume a body, and connect with any forensic expert she might need for her cases. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Katherine Ramsland, most recently, taught forensic psychology and criminology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania, where she was the Assistant Provost. She has appeared as an expert in criminal psychology on more than 250 crime documentaries and magazine shows, is an executive producer of Murder House Flip, and has consulted for CSI, Bones, and The Alienist.  The author of more than 1,800 articles and 73 books, including The Forensic Science of CSI, The Forensic Psychology of Criminal Minds, How to Catch a Killer, The Psychology of Death Investigations, The Serial Killer’s Apprentice, and Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer, she was co-executive producer for the Wolf Entertainment/A&E four-part documentary based on the years she spent talking with Rader. Ramsland consults on death investigations, pens a blog for Psychology Today, and is currently writing a fiction series based on a female forensic psychologist who manages a private investigation agency. Dead-handed is book #3. This program is brought to you in collaboration with the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries. We're also thrilled to be partnering with a multitude of additional MA & NH Libraries to bring this program to our communities. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-encounters-with-killers-with-true-crime-author-katherine-ramsland/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Author Fiona Davis (The Stolen Queen)

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:   Author Fiona Davis (The Stolen Queen) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:   Author Fiona Davis (The Stolen Queen) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Author Fiona Davis will discuss her new historical fiction novel, The Stolen Queen, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Fiona:  Fiona Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Spectacular, The Magnolia Palace, and The Lions of Fifth Avenue, which was a Good Morning America book club pick. She's a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School and is based in New York City. About The Stolen Queen:  From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “party of the year.” Meanwhile, Charlotte is now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met’s celebrated Department of Egyptian Art. She’s consumed by her research on Hathorkare—a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists as unimportant. The night of the gala: One of the Egyptian art collection’s most valuable artifacts goes missing, and there are signs Hathorkare’s legendary curse might be reawakening. Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, and a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she’d never return: Egypt. But if they have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past—which may mean leading them both directly into danger. The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-author-fiona-davis-the-stolen-queen/

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Budding Bookworms

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers.  Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room.  Size is limited, registration required.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/budding-bookworms-83/...More

A storytime just for infants from newborn to not-yet walking and their caregivers.  Rhymes, stories, fingerplays, and bounces in the storytime room.  Size is limited, registration required.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/budding-bookworms-83/

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Read to Tucker

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young reade......More

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young readers in Kindergarten on up. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/read-to-tucker-227/

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Read to Tucker

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young reade......More

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young readers in Kindergarten on up. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/read-to-tucker-228/

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Read to Tucker

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young reade......More

Tucker, our popular hypoallergenic reading dog is listening to young readers. Reading aloud to a dog helps children build confidence in reading. Please bring your own book to read or come a few minutes early to pick out one of our many many choices!  For young readers in Kindergarten on up. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/read-to-tucker-229/

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Virtual - Author Judith Lindbergh on Her Novel “Akmaral”

Virtual - Author Judith Lindbergh on Her Novel “Akmaral” **Please register ......More

Virtual - Author Judith Lindbergh on Her Novel “Akmaral” **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Ashland Public Library** We're thrilled to welcome author Judith Lindbergh, who has Ashland roots, to our virtual stage. Her book, "Akmaral" is about a nomad woman warrior on the ancient Central Asian steppe. “Fraught with conflict both internal and external. Thoroughly imagined and vividly described… Fans of Madeline Miller and Natalie Haynes will relish how Lindbergh weaves fact and fiction to craft a gripping saga, a love story, and a convincing portrait of a time and people lost to history.” —Christina Baker Kline, #1 bestselling author of "Orphan Train" and "The Exiles". We hope you will join us for this fascinating conversation! RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. ABOUT THE BOOK: Before the Silk Road had a name, nomads roamed the Eurasian steppes and women fought side by side as equals with men. Like all women of the Sauromatae, Akmaral is bound for battle from birth, training as a girl in horsemanship, archery, spear and blade. Her prowess ignites the jealousy of Erzhan, a gifted warrior who hates her as much as he desires her. When Scythian renegades attack, the two must unite to defeat them. Among their captives is Timor, the rebels’ enigmatic leader who refuses to be broken, even as he is enslaved. He fascinates Akmaral. But as attraction grows to passion, she is blinded to the dangerous alliance forming between the men who bristle against the clan’s matriarchal rule. Faced with brutal betrayal, Akmaral must find the strength to defend her people and fulfill her destiny. Inspired by legends of Amazon women warriors told by ancient Greek historian Herodotus, and evidenced by several archaeological discoveries in Central Asia:            - the Ice Maiden on the Ukok Plateau, called the “Pasture of Heaven” by the people of the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia and           - the Golden Man of Issyk, a warrior burial that researchers believe might actually be a woman. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Judith Lindbergh’s new novel, Akmaral, about a nomad woman warrior on the ancient Central Asian steppes, released on May 7, 2024, from Regal House Publishing. Her debut novel, The Thrall’s Tale, about three women in the first Viking Age settlement in Greenland, was an IndieBound Pick, a Borders Original Voices Selection, and praised by Pulitzer Prize winners Geraldine Brooks and Robert Olen Butler. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including in Newsweek, Zibby Magazine, Next Avenue, Writer’s Digest, Edible Jersey, Literary Mama, Archaeology Magazine, Other Voices, and UP HERE: The North at the Center of the World published by University of Washington Press. She has spoken at and published with the Smithsonian Institution and provided expert commentary in two documentary series for The History Channel. Judith received a 2024 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She is the Founder/Director of The Writers Circle, a creative writing center based in New Jersey. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and in partnership with a multitude of MA Libraries.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-judith-lindbergh-on-her-novel-akmaral/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: International Author Samantha Sotto Yambao (Water Moon)

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  International Author Samantha Sotto Yambao (Water Moon) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  International Author Samantha Sotto Yambao (Water Moon) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** International author Samantha Sotto Yambao will discuss her new fantasy novel, Water Moon, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Samantha:  Samantha Sotto Yambao is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveler, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila, the Philippines. She is the author of Before Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, and The Beginning of Always. Water Moon is her fifth novel. About Water Moon:  A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel. On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it. Most will see a cozy ramen restaurant. And only the chosen ones—those who are lost—will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets. Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop’s new owner to find it ransacked, the shop’s most precious acquisition stolen, and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike its other customers, for he offers help instead of seeking it. Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana’s father and the stolen choice—by way of rain puddles, rides on paper cranes, the bridge between midnight and morning, and a night market in the clouds. But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own—and risk making a choice that she will never be able to take back. The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-international-author-samantha-sotto-yambao-water-moon/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Thomas Perry (Pro Bono)

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling author Thomas Perry (Pro Bono) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS:  Bestselling author Thomas Perry (Pro Bono) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Bestselling author Thomas Perry will discuss his new thriller, Pro Bono, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Thomas:  Thomas Perry is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Murder Book; the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series; The Old Man, which was adapted into the FX television series starring Jeff Bridges, and The Butcher’s Boy, which won the Edgar Award. He lives in Southern California. About Pro Bono:  A tenacious attorney grapples with a dangerous group of thieves in this new thriller from the author of The Old Man. Charles Warren, Los Angeles attorney, has dedicated his career to aiding people in financial straits. He is particularly skilled at the art of recovering assets that have been embezzled or hidden. In his newest case, helping a beautiful young widow find the money missing from her late husband’s investment accounts, Charlie recognizes a familiar scheme―one that echoes the con job that targeted his own widowed mother many years before, and that led him, as a teenager, to commit a crime of retribution that still weighs on his conscience. Charlie can’t get the present case out of his mind, but within hours of starting his investigation, he is followed, shot at, and has his briefcase stolen. It’s clear that someone doesn’t want him following the trail of the missing money but, as Charlie continues to pursue answers, he quickly becomes too entangled in the web of fraud, betrayal, and career criminals surrounding the theft to escape its deadly snare. The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please clickHERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-bestselling-author-thomas-perry-pro-bono/

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First Circle Storytime

 A preschool story time and craft with teachers from First Circle Learning Center in Needham. For ages 2 and up. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/first-circle-storytime/

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Lego Time

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room.  Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 and up.  Younger children will not be allowed in the room because of small pieces. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com......More

Drop-in Lego Time Thursday afternoons in the Storybook Room.  Come build creations with the Library's large Lego supply. For children ages 5 and up.  Younger children will not be allowed in the room because of small pieces. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lego-time-127/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Erika Swyler (We Lived on the Horizon)

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Erika Swyler (We Lived on the Horizon) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Erika Swyler (We Lived on the Horizon) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Bestselling author Erika Swyler will discuss her new dystopian novel, We Lived on the Horizon, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Erika:  Erika Swyler is the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels Light from Other Stars and The Book of Speculation. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Catapult, LitHub, The New York Times, and elsewhere. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband and a mischievous house rabbit. About We Lived on the Horizon:  The acclaimed author of the dazzling The Book of Speculation returns with an engrossing new novel about a bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI as they are drawn into a revolution. The city of Bulwark is aptly named: a walled city built to protect and preserve the people who managed to survive a series of great cataclysms, Bulwark was founded on a system where sacrifice is rewarded by the AI that runs the city. Over generations, an elite class has evolved from the descendants of those who gave up the most to found mankind’s last stronghold, called the Sainted. Saint Enita Malovis, long accustomed to luxury, feels the end of her life and decades of work as a bio-prosthetist approaching. The lone practitioner of her art, Enita is determined to preserve her legacy and decides to create a physical being, called Nix, filled with her knowledge and experience. In the midst of her project, a fellow Sainted is brutally murdered and the city AI inexplicably erases the event from its data. Soon, Enita and Nix are drawn into the growing war that could change everything between Bulwark’s hidden underclass and the programs that impose and maintain order. A complex, imaginative, and unforgettable novel, We Lived on the Horizon grapples with concepts as varied as the human desire for utopia, body horror, and what the future holds for humanity and machine alike. The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-bestselling-author-erika-swyler-we-lived-on-the-horizon/

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Sensory Storytime

Designed for children on the autism spectrum and their peers. Presented by Bierman Autism Centers https://www.biermanautism.com/location/needham-ma/ Size is Limited - Registration Required. https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/sensory-storytime-16/

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Friends of the Needham Public Library Fall Book Sale - January 31, February 1, February 2, 2025

Friends of the Library Winter Booksale https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/friends-of-the-needham-public-library-fall-book-sale-january-31-february-1-february-2-2025/

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VIRTUAL: AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Grady Hendrix (Witchcraft for Wayward Girl

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Grady Hendrix (Witchcraft for Wayward Girls) **Please register ......More

VIRTUAL:  AUTHOR HOUR IN MASSACHUSETTS: Bestselling author Grady Hendrix (Witchcraft for Wayward Girls) **Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Tewksbury Public Library** Bestselling author Grady Hendrix will discuss his new horror novel, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, in this installment of "Author Hour in Massachusetts." About Grady:  Grady Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of How to Sell a Haunted House, The Final Girl Support Group, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, We Sold Our Souls, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and Horrorstör. His books have sold over two million copies and have been translated into more than twenty languages. He also writes nonfiction and his history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, Paperbacks from Hell, received the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction. About Witchcraft for Wayward Girls:  There’s power in a book… They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. Under the watchful eye of the stern Miss Wellwood, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. There’s Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to find a way to keep her baby and escape to a commune. And Zinnia, a budding musician who plans to marry her baby’s father. And Holly, a wisp of a girl, barely fourteen, mute and pregnant by no-one-knows-who. Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them. Then Fern meets a librarian who gives her an occult book about witchcraft, and power is in the hands of the girls for the first time in their lives. But power can destroy as easily as it creates, and it’s never given freely. There’s always a price to be paid...and it’s usually paid in blood. In Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, the author of How to Sell a Haunted House and The Final Girl Support Group delivers another searing, completely original novel and further cements his status as a “horror master." The Tewksbury Public Library is partnering with Wellesley Books - If interested, please click HERE to purchase a copy of this book. Book sales will help support future virtual author events. About Author Hour in Massachusetts: "Author Hour in Massachusetts" is a series of virtual author talks this winter featuring some of the publishing industry's top trending writers. These webinars -- held from 7pm (ET) to 8pm (ET), Monday through Friday -- are free and open to all. This series, which runs through March 20, 2025, is being promoted by more than 50 public libraries in Massachusetts.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-author-hour-in-massachusetts-bestselling-author-grady-hendrix-witchcraft-for-wayward-girls/

Online Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494

Friends of the Needham Public Library Fall Book Sale - January 31, February 1, February 2, 2025

Friends of the Library Winter Booksale https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/friends-of-the-needham-public-library-fall-book-sale-january-31-february-1-february-2-2025-2/

Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494

Chinese Storytime

A storytime in Chinese to promote reading, speaking and learning about Chinese culture. For ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Please note later start time! https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/chinese-storytime-18/

Inside, Children's Room Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494

Friends of the Needham Public Library Fall Book Sale - January 31, February 1, February 2, 2025

Friends of the Library Winter Booksale https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/friends-of-the-needham-public-library-fall-book-sale-january-31-february-1-february-2-2025-3/

Library Community Room Needham Free Public Library, 1139 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA, 02494

Winter Workshop - Crafts & Coding

Code simple winter animations on Scratch Junior - Create paper snowflakes - Learn about the science of snowflakes For ages 5 to 8. Run by the Spark Society, a female-led team of Needham High School students aiming to spark curiosity in kids to explore the wonders of......More

Code simple winter animations on Scratch Junior - Create paper snowflakes - Learn about the science of snowflakes For ages 5 to 8. Run by the Spark Society, a female-led team of Needham High School students aiming to spark curiosity in kids to explore the wonders of learning.  https://needhamma.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/winter-workshop-crafts-coding/

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