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Welcome to the Topsham Public Library, serving the residents of Topsham, Maine — A community center for all!

The Author
The Best American Short Stories 2024
A Bloom in Winter
Bull Moon Rising
Christmas in Bethel
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
The Co-op
The Courting of Bristol Keats
Death and the Old Master
Eight Very Bad Nights
Flint Kill Creek
Ghosts of Waikiki
Gingerbread Danger
Guilt and Ginataan
Hampton Heights
Henry V
The Herringbone Harbor Mystery
The Hitchcock Hotel
The House of Cross
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
I Think I Was Murdered
An Insignificant Case
Interstellar Megachef
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Karla
The Last Hour Between Worlds
The Last King of California
The Last One at the Wedding
The Lies We Leave Behind
The Loose End
The Mirror
Murder Town
The Muse of Maiden Lane
The Naturalist Society
Pansies
Pickleballers
Pony Confidential
The Queen
Red Sonja
Robert B. Parker
Safe Enough
A Song to Drown Rivers
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
Sorcery and Small Magics
The Starlets
The Stars Are Dying
The Teller of Small Fortunes
Time of the Child
To Die for
Tooth and Claw
Toto
Trial by Fire
Two Times Murder
We Three Queens
The Woodsmoke Women
Cabinet of Curiosities
Cats of the World
Cher
Citizen
Easy Weeknight Dinners
Every Valley
From Under the Truck
A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils
How to Let Things Go
How to Winter
Interference
Into the Great Wide Ocean
Into the Uncut Grass
Job Moves
John Lewis
Letters
Melania
Others Like Me
The Plan
Play Nice
The Serviceberry
Sweet Tooth
Taylor Swift Style
Thinking Like a Wolf
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World
War
We Will Rest!
What the Chicken Knows
Woodrow Wilson
Write Fearless. Edit Smart. Get Published.
A Year in Bloom
Your Asian Veggie Patch

Programs and Events

November 6, 2024
  • November 6, 202410:30 am - 11:15 am • November 6, 2024

    Preschool Storytime

    At preschool storytime, we sing songs and do action rhymes, read up to four stories, and play percussion instruments. Storytime is 30 - 45 minutes long and is designed for ages 3 and up.

  • November 6, 202412:30 pm - 2:30 pm • November 6, 2024

    The Topsham Sharing Table

    FREE PRODUCE from local farms for anyone who needs it. Help yourself to what you need and leave the rest for others. Organized by the Merrymeeting Gleaners, a project of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. First come, first served, while supplies last. 

November 7, 2024
  • November 7, 202410:30 am - 11:00 am • November 7, 2024

    Music & Rhyme Time

    At each Music & Rhyme Time we sing songs, dance and play instruments to a guitar accompaniment, participate in action rhymes, and read one short story. Each lively and fun session lasts about 20-40 minutes and is designed for two-year-olds and their grownup! 

  • November 7, 202410:00 am - 10:20 am • November 7, 2024

    Baby & Me

    Baby & Me gives your child the opportunity to hear lots of language while you spend time bonding together! Program lasts about 15-20 minutes, and is designed for babies ages birth up to 23 months.

  • November 7, 202410:00 am - 12:00 pm • November 7, 2024

    Tech Help

    Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.

  • November 7, 20244:30 pm - 5:00 pm • November 7, 2024

    Family Storytime

    Join us for songs, rhymes, and stories! Family Storytime lasts about 20-30 minutes and is designed for a range of ages.

  • November 7, 20246:30 pm - 8:30 pm • November 7, 2024

    Friends of the Topsham Public Library Meeting

    Started in 1998, The Friends of the Topsham Public Library is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the Topsham Public Library. The Friends value the Topsham Public Library as a cultural, educational and recreational center and contribute time, effort, and resources to further develop the library’s potential as a dynamic force in our community. The Friends augment the library budget through fundraising to finance virtually all library programs and events. Annual membership, donations, and patronage of the annual book sale strengthens the Topsham Public Library and ensures the continued growth of Library services. All meetings are open to the public. New members are always welcome.

November 9, 2024
  • November 9, 202410:00 am - 12:00 pm • November 9, 2024

    Great Books Discussion

    Great Books meets once a month on the second Saturday. We are ALWAYS looking for new members! For more information email emma@topshamlibrary.org.

  • November 9, 20241:00 pm - 3:00 pm • November 9, 2024

    Inventing Trees Popup Puppetry Theater and Mobile Makers’ Lab

    Join us for the puppetry magic of Inventing Trees, the performing and visual arts puppetry troupe that attempts to bring more puppetry into community spaces that might not have access to art instruction. Explore their Mobile Makers’ Lab and put together your own puppet. This project is funded by Kindling Fund, a partnership project between The Warhol Foundation and Space Gallery. This event is FREE and open to all. We look forward to making puppets with you!

    They have won several awards including winner of the 2022 Critic’s Choice Award at Portfringe 2022 and the Mayo Street Arts’ Mission Award in 2023 as well as being 2024 Kindling Fund Grant recipients. Find out more about Inventing Trees at www.inventingtrees.net or @inventingtrees on Instagram and Facebook.

     

     

November 11, 2024
  • November 11, 202412:00 am - 11:59 pm • November 11, 2024

    Closed for Veterans Day

November 12, 2024
  • November 12, 20241:00 pm - 3:00 pm • November 12, 2024

    Tech Help

    Need help setting up email or cloudLibrary? How about printing from your laptop? Do you know how to download apps? Dale will be available to help you navigate your devices.

  • November 12, 20245:00 pm - 5:45 pm • November 12, 2024

    Young Critics Group 1

    Young Critics is a book discussion group for 4th and 5th grade kids, and is the perfect combination of eating pizza and talking about books! Young Critics is held on the second Tuesday of the month at 5 pm, and runs from November through May. We supply books and pizza, you supply your opinions! Must be registered to attend.