Selectman Mark Forest Office Hours

Mark Forest holds office hours on the first Friday of each month from 10:00-12:00 p.m. in the Reference Room at the South Yarmouth Library.

South Yarmouth Library

Morning Book Group: The Kamogawa Food Detectives

This book group meets every month on the 2nd Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the South Yarmouth Library. We read a mix of fiction, nonfiction, classics, and the occasional mystrery.Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives. "Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a...More

This book group meets every month on the 2nd Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the South Yarmouth Library. We read a mix of fiction, nonfiction, classics, and the occasional mystrery.Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives. "Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals, but the pair also help diners recreate meals they remember from turning points in their lives, exploring the power of food and nostalgia.Print copies of the book are available to pick up at The South Yarmouth and West Yarmouth Libraries. Please email [email protected] or call the library at 508-760-4820 with any questions. No registration is required, and readers are welcome to drop in as the month's title is of interest.

South Yarmouth Library Leonard Room (Lower Level)

Evening (Zoom) Book Group

This group reads and discusses the same book as the Thursday morning book group that meets in person - but at 6:00pm on the Fourth Tuesday of each month, and online via Zoom. Titles will include fiction, nonfiction, classics, and the occasional mystery.Hisashi...More

This group reads and discusses the same book as the Thursday morning book group that meets in person - but at 6:00pm on the Fourth Tuesday of each month, and online via Zoom. Titles will include fiction, nonfiction, classics, and the occasional mystery.Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives. "Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner serves up deliciously extravagant meals, but the pair also help diners recreate meals they remember from turning points in their lives, exploring the power of food and nostalgia.Print copies of the book are available at at the South Yarmouth and West Yarmouth Libraries.Please email [email protected] or call the library at 508-760-4820 to register to receive a Zoom link or with any questions. If you need Zoom help, please call 508-760-4820 to set up a troubleshooting session. No registration is required and we encourage all readers to drop in if the moonth's ttile is of interest.

ONLINE

BookTeasers

Join us for BookTeasers!Discuss what you've been reading in the company of great people. No need to register.Meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 3:30 p.m. at the West Yarmouth Library

West Yarmouth Library

Senior Center Book Group: Better Living Through Birding

Better Living Through Birding, Christian Cooper. Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life lived in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover your own. Equal parts memoir, travelogue, and primer on the art of birding, this is...More

Better Living Through Birding, Christian Cooper. Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life lived in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover your own. Equal parts memoir, travelogue, and primer on the art of birding, this is Cooper's story of learning to claim and defend space for himself and others like him (a black gay nerd), from his days as a writer for Marvel Comics, to vivid and life-changing birding expeditions throughpout the world.The Senior Center Book Group is open to all and meets at the Senior Center on the last Friday of the month. Pick up your copy of next month’s book at this month’s meeting!

Yarmouth Senior Center