The Friends of the Malden Public Library will be hosting a holiday book sale on Saturday, December 7th, from 10am-3pm. Cash or check only. There will be a free gift wrapping service provided courtesy of Consumer Reports.

<p>Our monthly online poetry discussion group is led by Somerville's Poet Laureate Lloyd Schwartz.  Robert Frost's "To Earthward" is the featured poem.  PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER MEETING TIME.  This program usually meets at 11am but will be meeting at 10am on Dec 7th.</p><p>Registration is required and the link to join is sent out the day before the event.</p><br><p>To Register:</p><br><a href="https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/lets-talk-about-a-poem-with-lloyd-schwartz-14/&quot; target="_blank"><u>Let's Talk About A Poem with Lloyd Schwartz - December</u></a><p>This program is made possible by the Malden Public Library and the Academy of American Poets and funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</p><p>Please email Marita if you have questions. <a href="mailto:mcoombs@maldenpubliclibrary.org" target="_blank">mcoombs@maldenpubliclibrary.org</a></p><p> </p>

Join Panda for craft time. Recommended for 3-5+

Local History hours are held in the Converse Building and staffed by our local history librarian, Phillip. You can access our local history collection during these hours, and ask Phillip questions you may have about Malden history or research.

<p>We are pleased to welcome <em>A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family </em>author Debra Bruno, in conversation Eleanor C. Mire. This event will be held in the Maccario Room. From <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776564/a-hudson-valley-reckoning/&quot; target="_blank">Cornell University Press</a>: <br></p><p>"<em>A Hudson Valley Reckoning</em> tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past and leads to a deep connection with the descendants of the enslaved people her family owned.<br><br>Bruno, who grew up in New York's Hudson Valley knowing little about her Dutch heritage, was shaken when a historian told her that her Dutch ancestors were almost certainly slaveholders. Driven by this knowledge, Bruno began to unearth her family's past. In the last will and testament of her ancestor, she found the first evidence: human beings bequeathed to his family along with animals and furniture. The more she expanded her family tree, the more enslavers she found. She reached out to Black Americans tracing their own ancestry, and by serendipitous luck became friends with Eleanor C. Mire, a descendent of a woman enslaved by Bruno's Dutch ancestors.<br><br>A Hudson Valley Reckoning recounts Bruno's journey into the nearly forgotten history of Northern slavery and of the thousands of enslaved people brought in chains to Manhattan and the Hudson Valley. With the help of Mire, who provides a moving epilogue, Debra Bruno tells the story of white and Black lives impacted by the stain of slavery and its long legacy of racism, as she investigates the erasure of the uncomfortable truths about our family and national histories."</p>

Come learn origami with Carol! This program is for adults and crafty teens. Please bring your own ruler, all other materials will be supplied. This program will be held in the Maccario Room. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PLEASE CALL 781-324-0218 TO REGISTER, OR VISIT THE INFO DESK. THERE IS NO ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM.

Call for reservation, limit 10 per tour

Local History hours are held in the Converse Building and staffed by our local history librarian, Phillip. You can access our local history collection during these hours, and ask Phillip questions you may have about Malden history or research.

<span>Picture books, songs, rhymes, and a simple craft in the Children's Room. Recommended for ages 3-5, no registration required.<br></span>

<p>Our monthly book discussion usually meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 7pm but we are combining our November and December meetings. Everyone is welcome and registration is encouraged.</p><p>The book for our November / December discussion is The Push by Ashley Audrain.  Copies of the book are available at the Information Desk.  </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://maldenpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/november-december-book-discussion/&quot; target="_blank">Nov / Dec Book Discussion</a><br></p>