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HPL Book Fair and Local Author Talk!
Join us as after hours we listen to local authors discuss their new books, shop books for sale from local independent book store Aesop’s Fable, enjoy an alcoholic beverage available for purchase (21+) from the local store Crafted, and help support the Holliston Public Library! This is an event you will not want to miss! The authors will begin their panel-style discussion at 6:00pm and the full list of confirmed authors is below.
Joanne Hulbert - Holliston Town Historian, has been digging into local history for a very long time and has come up with many interesting stories about our town. She is author of “Holliston, A Good Town,” published in 2000, and also is author of many articles published in the Holliston Reporter.
Iris Glazner Leigh - Iris is a retired international presenter on bullying prevention and an occupational therapy educator. She and her husband, Bill, reside on Cape Cod, where Iris finds inspiration in the gardens, endless beaches, and sand dunes on one of the most stunning places on earth. She is the author of the Cape Cod thriller, Liza’s Secrets.
Walter McClennen - After graduating from Harvard in 1967 and serving in the Peace Corps in Brazil, Walter McClennen raised a family of four boys with his wife, Carol Scott McClennen. He taught in the public schools of eastern Massachusetts and supervised educational programs and high school instruction for thirty-five years. With his family, he entered into a decades-long project of salvaging and restoring the old Fisk Family Farm in Holliston, MA. In the last twenty years, he has dedicated himself to historical writing based on long-preserved family letters and documents. He has a love for capturing the lost corners of our historical record, particularly as related to family, religion, and the Town of Holliston and its Mudville section near the town center.
Andrew Noone - An independent scholar, Andrew Noone has published with Worldwide Books and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has completed graduate work in three disciplines, including musicology and as a Renaissance fellow in art history. He has participated in the Keepers of the Republic program sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society, and is currently a teacher for the Worcester Public Schools.
Ted Reinstein - Since 1995, Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for Boston/WCVB’s celebrated “Chronicle,” the nation’s longest-running, locally-produced nightly news magazine. He has been a contributing member of the WCVB editorial board since 2010. He has also hosted specials for The Discovery Channel and HGTV, as well as a photo/adventure series on the Travel Channel. His first book, New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories, was selected by National Geographic Traveler as one of its “Best Picks.” He’s also the author of Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds, Before Brooklyn: The Unsun Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier, and co-author, along with his wife, Anne-Marie, of New England’s General Stores: Exploring and American Classic. His newest book, Travels Through the Heart and Soul of New England is a 2024 summer release by Globe Pequot Press. Ted is a native of Winthrop, Massachusetts, and lives with his family just west of Boston.
Nathan Walkowicz - Nathan Walkowicz is a Holliston resident and local educator. He is the author of 9 books, including a novella, a mystery, a collection of snackable stories, poetry, oulipian fiction, children’s literature, plays, and a musical. He loves to inspire fellow writers and believes that all people deserve space to think.
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Welcome back to a new look at the library!
It's HPL 2.0: we're proud of our new desk and displays & want to show it off to our patrons. Enjoy!
Movie Tuesday: November 19th
12:30pm in the Conference Room: One Life
A young London broker, in the months leading up to World War II, rescues over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
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November and December 2024 Online Author Talks
A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained: In Conversation with Stanley Milford, Jr. |
| Thursday, November 7th at 7:00 PM EDT |
| On Childhood Migration from Central America--In Conversation with Javier Zamora |
| Thursday, November 14th at 4:00 PM EDT |
Check out upcoming and previous author talks at: Holliston Library Author Talks Page Thanks to the Friends of the Holliston Library for sponsoring this series! |
THE TELESCOPE IS BACK! BORROW IT WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD
Many thanks to one of our library's dear Friends for getting it back in shape!
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Check out our NEW Crunchyroll Roku and enjoy your favorite anime!
TIRED OF LONG WAITING LISTS FOR AUDIO ON LIBBY ??
Borrow from Hoopla too!
Hoopla's collection is always available--no waiting lists, ever.
ENJOY THE STORYBOOK WALK ON THE RAIL TRAIL
Featuring The Hike by Alison Farrell
Storybook Walk is sponsored by the Friends, Holliston Lions and the Holliston Garden Club
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES--FOR FREE
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INTRODUCING KANOPY
Holliston residents: click the logo and use your library card to start watching
BORROW THE INTERNET
We loan hotspots with Wifi
PLANNING A VACATION?
Borrow a Kindle or a streaming stick or a hotspot from the library to take along
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Next meeting: Tuesday November 5th at 7 pm on Zoom
Email Aislinn Weaver for Zoom link. More about the Friends and how to donate.