October 2022 at Langley-Adams Library

We will be closed on Monday, October 10th.

PUZZLE POP-UP
Sponsored and organized by the Friends of the Groveland Library!
Looking for something to do with the family?
Puzzle Pop-up is now available in our entrance on the green shelves!

BAGS AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT!
Sponsored and organized by the Friends of the Groveland Library!
If you are checking out a bunch of items for browsing but have forgotten a bag, the Friends have provided a solution!
We have some bags with the Friends' logo on them for circulation. Just check them out with your books and return them with your books! 
Just ask for a bag, and if we have any available we will lend one to you!

Hotspots on short hiatus
The hotspots we currently have will cease to work on October 1st. However, we are in the process of getting new hotspots with new coverage! Stay tuned! 

Join us for these adult Hybrid & Zoom programs. Registration is required!

Hybrid Program: Mystery Author Colleen Cambridge
Monday, October 3rd at 7pm
Back by demand! We have invited mystery author Colleen Cambridge (Murder at Mallowan Hall) back to talk about the next installment in her Phyllida Bright (Agatha Christie's fictional crime-solving housekeeper) series. Her new book is titled A Trace of Poison. Colleen will also share with us a sneak peak of her new "Mastering the Art of French Murder" series. This series lead character, Tabitha Knight's French grandfather just happens to live next door to...Julia Child! You have the option of coming here to the library and watching this program on our big screen while we zoom with Colleen or you may zoom from your home. If you plan to zoom, you must register! A few lucky participants will win ARCS of both of these new books! 
Register here.

Virtual Program: King Charles III -- The Royal Ghostbuster with U.K. Ghost Hunter Steve Parsons
Thursday, October 6th at 7pm
As Great Britain and the Commonwealth welcomes its new King Charles III, we'll examine some of the stories that have circulated about his fascination for ghosts. His interest may point to a much deeper interest in the paranormal and the mystical within the Royal Family, going back to the reign of Queen Victoria and spanning many of the generations of the oldest and greatest monarchy in the world.
Led by Steve Parsons, which the Wall Street Journal called "The Gold Standard in Ghost Hunting." Parsons began his search for answers as a child and subsequently has spent more than 30 years as a full-time investigator of ghosts, poltergeists, haunted houses and related phenomena. He is currently acknowledged by his peers and leading academic parapsychologists to be one the best investigators in the UK. He is the author of two highly regarded books, Ghostology: The Art of the Ghost Hunter & Paracoustics: Sound and the Paranormal. In addition to his writing, Parsons has featured and contributed in many TV documentaries for broadcasters worldwide, including The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC. He has worked as an investigator and presenter on hit TV ghost hunting shows including "Most Haunted" & "I’m Famous and Frightened." Steve is a co-founder of Para.Science and a contributing member of the prestigious Society for Psychical Research (founded in 1882) and is an Advisor to the world’s oldest ghost group, The Ghost Club (founded in 1862).
Register here. 

Hybrid Program: Peter Clenott, author of The Unwanted
Friday, October 7th at 1pm
We hope you'll attend this event in person or virtually! Come meet Peter Clenott, author of The Hunted and The Hunting of the King. Peter will discuss his career and his new thriller The Unwanted. Registration is required. One lucky participant will win a copy of Peter's new book! 
The Unwanted:  Hana Ziegler is a fourteen-year-old child prodigy. But on September 1, 1939, as Hitler invades Poland and World War II begins, she is being taken to the Hollenschloss Institute to be euthanized.  Fast  forward to  May of 1947. A  murder is committed. The victims are an American who is helping former Nazis escape judgment and a fleeing German SS officer. While other Nazi leaders are being prosecuted, the eyes of the American military judicial system fall on Hana. 
Register here. 

Virtual Program: The Forgotten Nations: Native Tribes of New England
Thursday, October 13th at 7pm
Colonization happened early on in the New England area, as early as 1609, so many Native Nations and tribal histories were lost. Learn about the Nations that called this land home, where they are now and the thriving communities keeping their histories alive. Led by Heather Bruegl, an Independent Indigenous Consultant and Historian. Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and a first line descendent Stockbridge Munsee. She is the former Director of Education at Forge Project and travels frequently to present on Native American history, including policy and activism.
Register here. 

Hybrid Program: Vampires, Zombies...The History and impact of Horror Movies
Monday, October 17th at 7pm
Please join us for this special hybrid program! You may either come in person or zoom from home. Frank Mandosa returns to help us kick off the Halloween fun with a program about the history of horror films & their impact (Vampires, zombies...). Movie clips, trivia, snacks & prizes! Always an interesting & fun evening! Please register and let us know if you plan to attend so that we can be prepared.
Register here. 

Hybrid Program: The Lost Girls of Willowbrook
Monday, October 24th at 7pm
Tewksbury Public Library & Langley-Adams Library hope you'll join us for this special virtual author program. Participants may either zoom or  watch it on the big screen in the Langley-Adams Library! Bestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman (The Orphan Collector, The Life She Was Given, What She Left Behind and Coal River) will talk about her newest book The Lost Girls of Willowbrook. Joining Ellen Marie will be former Willowbrook Physician and whistle blower Dr. William Bronston, MD.  Ellen Marie's new book is set in the 1970's at the REAL Willowbrook State School, which was an institution for children with disabilities. The book opens up with teenager Sage has learned that her twin sister, who she thought had died, has spent the last 6 years at Willowbrook has been reported missing. Sage travels to the school to help find her twin Rosemary, but she is mistaken for Rosemary instead! 
Special guest Dr. William Bronston, MD will be joining this discussion! Dr. Bronston was the whistle blower for this poorly run institution!
Author Ellen Marie Wiseman is a best selling author known for her writing about real historical injustices! Over the years, Ellen has written about the 1918 Spanish Flu, life during the depression, the impact of WWII on the lives of Germans and the 1900's coal town exposing children to the awful conditions of coal dust. 
There will be ARCs and final copies of The Lost Girls of Willowbrook to give away to some lucky participants! 
Register here. 

Hybrid Program: The History of Halloween
Monday, October 31st at 7pm
Join Jo Ann Tufo, Historian and American History teacher for this “History of Halloween” virtual program. Jo Ann (aka “The Duchess of Doom”) specializes in American cultural practices and celebrations. She will explore the cross cultural origins of the holiday and how it has translated into the month long extravaganza which features haunted houses, hayrides and so much more. Jo Ann was also the director of a large “Haunted Mansion” Halloween event in Philadelphia for almost a decade. She will share a few inside tricks of the trade.
We have partnered with Newburyport Public Library and Tewksbury Public Library for this spooky event! 
Register here. 

Wednesday Night Book Club
For more information, please email Lauren at [email protected]
Discussing: The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 19th at 6:30pm at the library

Mystery Book Club
For more information, please email Sue at [email protected]
Meeting: Wednesday, October 5th
Discussing: The Sentence by Louse Erdrich

Nichols Village Book Club
For more information, please email Sue at [email protected]
Next Meeting: Tuesday, October 18th at 3:15pm at Nichols Village
Discussing: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Overbooked: A (Mostly) YA Book Club for Adults
This book club meets via Zoom.
For more information, please email Darcy at [email protected]
Next Meeting: Monday, October 24th at 7pm
Discussing: The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith

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