News & Events
from your library
February 2020
The Leap Year Edition
Questions? Please call us at 802.457.2295 or
Upcoming holidays & library closures:
HVAC Construction
Monday, February 10 - closed

Presidents' Day
Monday, February 17 - closed

HVAC construction has begun!
Children's Library Closed: January 27-March 5
Mezzanine & History Room: Will Close March 1-31
Book Donations on Saturdays
Bookstock Volunteers will be accepting boxed book donations every Saturday, 10am-12 noon, starting Feb 8. Please drive your drop-offs to the parking lot at the rear of the library. All books must be BOXED up so volunteers can truck them to Bookstock's storage barn. Please note that book donations left at any other time cannot be accepted. Thank you!

Aww ... Thanks to our Helpers!
So MANY people dropped by to lend their muscles to the task of moving all of the children's books out of the downstairs Children's Library to make room for the HVAC construction.
A HUGE thank you to all!
Events at Norman Williams Public Library
in February 2020
What's On Your Nightstand
Tuesday, February 11 @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 .
Saturday, Feb 22
10:30 am
Classic Book Discussion

Can You Forgive Her? 
by Anthony Trollope.

The first of the Palliser series, published 1864-65, the novel follows stories about courtship and marriage by three women. Their key question is “What should a woman do with her life?”
Monday Feb. 24
Author Visit Planned at NWPL WES 5th Grade Classes to Attend
Homeschoolers, Let Us Know if You're Interested!

CHRISTINA USS is the author of the children’s novels, THE ADVENTURES OF A GIRL CALLED BICYCLE (2018) and THE COLOSSUS OF ROADS (2020) for readers aged 8-12. She is a bike rider – she’s ridden her bicycle across the United States twice, both width-wise and lengthwise, and worked as an adventure tour guide in more than a dozen states. She’s also a bike writer – her debut novel is about a girl who rides her bicycle across the country on a search for her first real friend. 
RECITE!
will return to the library on
Tuesday, April 4,
5:30-7:30 pm
Watch the Woodstock and Pomfret listservs for a possible pop-up location in March .
Professional poets, amateurs, and appreciators are all welcome to join in-or just come and listen. We celebrate the spoken word in all its diversity! info@recitewoodstockvt.com
Q: When Can I Check Out Books from The Children's Library (CL)?
A: We anticipate that the CL will reopen on March 5. If you have overdue books to return, you can keep them until we reopen.
No fines for kids books during the Children's Library closure.
Children's Room Closed
for Renovations
through March 5

Our long-awaited HVAC (heating/cooling) replacement construction has begun! No baby or children’s story times will be held until March 7. And no interlibrary loans for children's books at this time.

Good news! No late fees for kids books during the renovations.
More Info About Upcoming HVAC Construction

Stay tuned for upcoming notices about other interruptions of service during construction, including the closing of the Mezzanine level.

We acknowledge the inconvenience of these major renovations and truly appreciate your continued support. We’re looking forward to a warm library in winter and a cool one in summer. Thank you!
UPCOMING ADULT BOOKS & 2019 FAVORITES
Watch for Books from your favorite authors
in 2020:
  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  • The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
  • The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
  • Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
  • Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
  • Apeirogon by Colum McCann
  • The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Ten most-circulated books in 2019 (in order)

  • Where the Crawdads Sing (Owens)
  • Becoming (Obama)
  • Educated (Westover)
  • Save Me the Plums (Reichl)
  • Someone Know (Scottoline)
  • Bury the Lead (Mayor)
  • Kingdom of the Blind (Penny)
  • Unsheltered (Kingsolver)
  • Next Year in Havana (Cleeton)
  • The Library Book (Non-fiction)
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