Are you ready for the year’s top prizes to be awarded in books, movies, and music? Beginning next week, I will be revealing the Top Picks of 2017 chosen by the staff of Topsham Public Library! Tune in, and compare it to your favorites from this past year. To be a Top Pick of 2017,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Topsham Tales
Operating Hours Will Remain Same Through Holidays
Usually this time of year, Topsham Public Library informs our patrons and visitors of any changes in our operating hours due to the holidays. This year we don’t have to do that because the way the calendar falls, the holidays are during our regularly scheduled closed times. So, our operating hours are not changing. Everything stays… Read more »
You Know Winter Has Arrived When
Topsham Public Library is blessed with beautiful grounds. Not only do we have beautiful grounds, but we have great volunteers who have transformed our grounds into producing gardens. We receive many positive comments about the gardens and their beauty and their peacefulness. The gardens are at the rear of our building, and in the summer… Read more »
Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
If you have a little one who gets excited by the thought of Santa Claus, you don’t want to miss these opportunities at Topsham Public Library! On Wednesday, December 13 at 10am we are hosting a special storytime with Miss Mariah. Children will meet Santa and have a tasty holiday treat! Don’t forget to bring… Read more »
Should You Mess With a Classic?
Recently I borrowed the audiobook Huck Out West by Robert Coover, and I chose it because it is a sequel to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. I was intrigued to discover how Coover envisioned the continuation of Huckleberry Finn’s life. All the pertinent characters are there, Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Jim, plus… Read more »
Happy Thanksgiving!
Topsham Public Library wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We truly are a part of a great community, and we are so thankful for all of your support. In observance of Thanksgiving, we will be closed Thursday, November 23, 2017, but we will re-open Friday, November 24, 2017 at 9am, and that same day… Read more »
You Are The Best!
Photo courtesy of Topsham resident Doug Griffin. Well, we survived. Honestly, I didn’t see it coming. I know the meteorologists were warning about the high winds, but I thought I was ready and unconsciously I thought, “Meh, how bad can it be?” Well, I was surprised, shocked almost, by the damage and power outage. I… Read more »
Author to Visit Topsham Public Library
We have a variety of book discussion groups here at Topsham Public Library, and one of them is Mens’ Book Club. This month they are reading Remarkable Americans: the Washburn Family by Kerck Kelsey, and they invite you to join them when the author visits on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 6pm and learn about one… Read more »
Movie Night with Topsham Public Library and Smitty’s Cinema
Topsham Public Library, in conjunction with Smitty’s Cinema in Topsham, is sponsoring a movie night and a movie matinee. (Smitty’s is located at 65 Topsham Fair Mall Road – the opposite end of Hannaford.) That’s right! Free movie tickets! Pick up tickets here and enjoy the movie at Smitty’s. Details below! (If you have questions,… Read more »
High Demand Items
Every month, Josh Tiffany, Director of Gray Public Library, sends out a system wide email that alerts libraries of the items that are in high demand. Below you will find the list for October, 2017 high demand items. This will give you a glimpse of the value interlibrary loan is to libraries in Maine. And… Read more »