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The Happy Holidays Edition
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When the lights in the village glow in the twilight,
the library shines bright.
photo by Kent McFarland
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!

The library's holiday hours are as follows:
December 24 & 25 - closed
December 31 - 10am - 3pm
January 1 - closed
We look forward to seeing you in 2020!
Art & Poetry at Norman Williams Public Library
in January 2020
Pages from a
New England Storybook:
an exhibit of paintings
by Margaret Dwyer

RECEPTION:
Friday, JAN 10, 4 pm

January 8-February 15, 2020
on the Mezzanine Gallery
RECITE!
Tuesday, January 7, 5:30-7 pm
Professional poets, amateurs, and appreciators are all welcome to join in, as well as those who want to just come and listen. Join us in celebrating the spoken word in all its diversity! info@recitewoodstockvt.com

Sign up in advance, if you like, on the library bulletin board.
Q: Guess What's Coming Soon to
the Children's Room?
A: A Bird Feeder!
So You Can Watch the Winter Birds Feed.
Young Readers
Book Club

January 2 @ 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Jack hates poetry. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say.
Join us for a discussion.
Young Readers
Book Club

January 9 @ 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy.
Join us for a discussion.
storytime
UPCOMING EVENTS & PRESENTATIONS
Saturday in January -
Exact Date TBD
10:30 am
Classic Book Discussion

Can You Forgive Her? 
by Anthony Trollope.

The first of the Palliser series, published in 1864-65, the novel follows three stories about courtship and marriage by three women. Their key question is “What should a woman do with her life?”
Afternoon of Poetry with Laura & Brooke
Saturday, January 18
2:00 – 3:30pm

Join us for an Afternoon of Poetry , with award-winning poets Laura Foley and Brooke Herter James , reading from their recent publications, Why I Never Finished My Dissertation (Foley), and Spring Took the Long Way Around (James), along with selections from earlier works.

This reading will be followed by an Open Mic. Please come, sign-up, and share your own poem or a favorite poem of yours, adding your voice to the afternoon. Refreshments following the readings. Event is free.
What's On Your Nightstand
Tuesday, January 14 @10:15 am
What's On Your Nightstand meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month except July-August. To join the group, contact Kathy Beaird . Looking for new books or lists of recommendations? Click here .
NEW ADULT BOOKS: 4-4-U
The Book of Science and Antiquities
a novel
By Thomas Keneally
Told by an old man about two other old men, all three acutely aware of mortality and each making the old man's declaration: "I will talk how I want to talk for as long as I choose about whatever I want to talk about."
The Body
A Guide for Occupants
By Bill Bryson
A head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body - an owner's manual for everybody.  
 
by Claire Fuller
From the author of  Our Endless Numbered Days  and  Swimming Lessons ,  Bitter Orange  is a seductive psychological portrait, a keyhole into the dangers of longing and how far a woman might go to escape her past.
by Judy Christie
and Lisa Wingate
The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal—some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate’s bestselling novel  Before We Were Yours  and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach.
A Festive December at NWPL
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The Friends of the NWPL hosted its 2nd Annual Holiday Tea on the NWPL mezzanine with guest speaker, Margaret Edwards, who spoke on the subject of memoir. A table laden with punch and goodies greeted the guests.
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