Library News
Although the Maplewood Ideas Festival is postponed and the Library is closed to the public, the library’s online resources are available to Maplewood Library cardholders around the clock. Here is a selection of works by this year’s participants available online as an eBook or eAudiobook.
Read MoreMaplewood Library announces that The Ideas Festival 2020 is POSTPONED.
The library will announce a new date for the festival after the current virus problem subsides.
Read MoreI’m so proud of our library—the way it pulls us together, the staff who make it lively and inclusive, the volunteers who support and enrich it, the diverse people who flow through its doors seeking information, tranquility or engagement. It captures much of what I love about our community.- Village Green
Read MoreIt’s all about love this month: love of another, of self, of country.
Read MoreNew year, new beginnings, a focus on the future
Read MoreMaplewood Library is happy to announce that Abby Sher will be the recipient of the 2020 Maplewood Literary Award. The award will be a highlight of the Library’s Ideas Festival, now marking its 7th year.
Read MoreDarkness and light
As we prepare again for the darkest time of the year, here is some fiction to shed light, or shade, as the case may be.
Read MoreNo morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -
November!
Thomas Hood
Read MoreThe Hilton Branch will reopen this Sunday, December 1, 2019 from 1:00-4:00 pm. Normal hours and programming will resume. Hooray!
Read MoreReproductive technologies have made it possible for people who in previous generations would not have had the option, to become parents. But deciding whether or not to parent remains one of the most life-altering decisions a person has to make.
Read MoreRecently acquired titles in easy-to-read Large Print.
Read MoreFar flung daughters: from Berlin in the 1930s to Stalinist Russia to the US Civil War to early 20th century Hawaii, these daughters fought, struggled, loved, and survived.
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