Malden Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in honor of Veteran’s Day.
Closed Wed., Nov. 11, 2020 for Veteran’s Day
Malden Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in honor of Veteran’s Day.
Love talking about books? So do we! Join Rebecca and Heidi via Zoom as we share what we’ve been reading (both on our own and in our book clubs) and suggest books that you might enjoy.
A Zoom link will be posted here a few minutes before the event.
Join us via YouTube on Wednesday, November 18th at 7PM for a poetry reading by local writer, Peter F. Crowley, who will read from his new collection, Those Who Hold Up the Earth, published by Kelsay Books, which Kirkus calls “a heartfelt, timely celebration of essential workers.”
Patrons will have the opportunity to ask questions via YouTube chat. Click here for the YouTube link! A recording will be available after the event.
Peter’s writings can be found in Boston Literary Magazine, Counterpunch, Opiate Magazine, Antiwar.com, Truthout and Visitant, among other publications. Learn more about Peter at https://peterfcrowleyauthor.com/
Teens and interested parties in the 5th through 6th grade, the library is hosting a book club meeting on November 20th at 4PM via Zoom meeting to talk about one of this Summers great fantasy book selections: A wizard of Earthsea!
If you don’t yet have a copy free books are available on our contactless pickup cart, while our free supplies last, or borrow a copy from the library’s collection. Join in the discussion Friday Nov. 20th via zoom by finding the link here or joining our YA Mailing list by e-mailing pbrennan@maldenpubliclibrary.org.
We have hundreds of books in different world languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Vietnamese. We just added some new books in Arabic for kids. Request books online here: https://tinyurl.com/y5axlhwj & then visit us for curbside pickup. Please call us at 781-324-0218 if you have questions.
We have over 100 titles available for curbside pickup! Interested in checking out a magazine, call the library at 781-324-0218 to speak with a Librarian who can place your hold. *4 issues/title limit
If you’d rather read a magazine on your device, using your Malden Public Library card, you can use RBDigital or pressreader HERE
Here is the next video in our 5 in 5 series. Cait provides today’s list of recommendations . She is recommending horror titles to get you in the mood for Halloween. You can request these items for pick up or download from our Bibliocommons list or call us to place a hold. And you can watch the video premiere at 12:15 pm on our YouTube channel below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our social media to get the latest updates, events, and recommendations.
Join us for a free English Conversation Class for adult students every Wednesday from 1:00-2:00pm via Zoom.
Halloween will be here soon. Hoopla has many streaming movies for kids. Have your own Halloween Family Movie Night at home!
General Halloween Movies:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/collection/4901
Ghoulia: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12202120
Creepy Carrots: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11597839
New video series! Each Friday, we will recommend five items on a topic or genre in five minutes. This week, Librarian Jean shares five books on mental health.