Malden Public Library

Join us for Movie Night at the Malden Public Library on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 6:00-8:30pm when we will be showing bestselling author Lee Child’s most famous fictional character, Jack Reacher, in a movie starring Tom Cruise.

Please call the Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218 for more information. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public and is handicapped accessible.

Calling all children, teens, and adults! Sign up now for this year’s summer reading program. Just click here, and choose the tab for your program (entering through grade 5 for children, grades 6-12 for teens, 18+ for adults).

Each program offers prizes for reading and gives you the opportunity to write and share book reviews. Come to the library to find your next summer read and check out books that others have recommended.

Come enjoy the many programs the library has to offer, which can be found on our calendar; you can also pick up a paper copy at the library.

Thank you to Preotle, Lane, & Associates, the Friends of the Malden Public Library, Dairy Delight, the Massachusetts Library System, the Boston Bruins, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners for sponsoring this year’s summer reading programs.

Enjoy some free ice cream, courtesy of Dairy Delight (766 Main St., Malden), and sign up for the children, teen, and adult, summer reading programs. Library staff will be on hand to let you know about all the great programs planned for the summer and how you can win prizes for reading!

Thank you to Dairy Delight for the generous donation!

Monday, July 1, 7:00 p.m.
Maccario Room

Six weeks of free summer programs for children begin Monday, July 1 when Keith Michael Johnson presents his wonderful program, Bubbleology, the Secret World of Bubbles.

Children’s summer program schedules are being distributed through the public schools and are also available in the Children’s Room at the library.

This FREE program is sponsored by Preotle, Lane & Associates.

Have you ever waited for a book or DVD, only to find that it came in while you were on vacation?

You can suspend your holds without losing your place in line, and when you return you can reactivate them! If you happen to become first in line while away, the item will go to the patrons behind you until you return and the next copy available will be for you.

Just log into your account online, go to your “Holds” list, check the box next to the holds you want to suspend, click “Suspend,” and choose the date you want the hold to be reactivated (i.e. when you return from vacation). If you need any help, just call the library at 781-324-0218.

The Malden Public Library will begin its summer hours on June 8th. June 8th will be the first Saturday that the Library is closed and June 20th will be the first Thursday that the Library closes at 6pm. The hours are as follows:

Adult Department-Summer Hours

Monday-Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday*-Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: Closed

* Closed Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Children’s Room-Summer Hours

Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:45 p.m
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:45 p.m
Thursday*: 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m
Saturday: Closed

* Closed Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The Library is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.

Hear what others think about a book, and then share your own ideas. You don’t have to create a book club to do it, because The Malden Public Library already hosts two discussion groups:

THE BOOKER PRIZE DISCUSSION GROUP meets at 7:00 p.m. in the library on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Since 1969, the “Booker Prize” has been awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan, or South Africa.
Upcoming Books:

• May 22, 2013 – Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Summary:
Atwood reconstructs in fictional form the story of Grace Marks, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid who in 1843, was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the world, and the jury delivered a guilty verdict. Yet opinion remained fiercely divided about Marks. Such doubts persuaded the judges to commute her sentence to life imprisonment, and Marks spent the next 30 years in an assortment of jails and asylums, where she was often exhibited as a star attraction.

• June 26, 2013 – A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
• July 24, 2013 – Quarantine by Jim Crace
• August 28, 2013 – Europa by Tim Parks

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THE MONDAY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP meets at 7:00 p.m. in the library on the first Monday of each month to discuss titles selected by members of the group.
Upcoming Books:

• June 3, 2013 – The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Summary:
When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Aleppo, Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. It’s 1915, and Elizabeth has volunteered to help deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian Genocide during the First World War. There she meets Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. After leaving Aleppo and traveling into Egypt to join the British Army, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, realizing that he has fallen in love with the wealthy young American.

• July 1, 2013 – The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
• Aug. 5, 2013 – The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Sept. 9, 2013 – Two Truths and a Lie by Katrina Kittle
• Oct. 7, 2013 – Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
• Nov. 4, 2013 – Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

Just pick a group that’s convenient! New members are always welcome! Copies of books for discussion are available at the information desk.

If you are unable to come to the library because of physical limitations, consider using our Homebound Delivery Service. Every four weeks our van delivers library materials to those Malden residents who are unable to make regular visits to the Library.

If you or a member of your family is a qualified Malden resident and interested in this service, just call 781-324-0218, and ask to speak with Mr. Pease.

Fridays, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
October 5 – June 14 (including Feb. 22 and April 19!)
Program Room

The library is now open on the following schedule:

Adult Department

Monday-Thursday*: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

* Closed Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Children’s Room

Monday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:45 p.m
Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m
Wednesday: 9:00 a.m. – 8:45 p.m
Thursday*: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m
Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m

* Closed Thursdays: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The Library is closed on Sundays and Holidays.