Banned Books Week (September 18 - 24, 2022) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. This week spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

The EEDC, in Partnership with the Talbot County Library, will host a free outdoor screening of Vivo September 16th at 8pm at Thompson Park!

With songs written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also voices the title character, this animated adventure is fun for the entire family! There will also be popcorn and popsicles for sale. Bring a chair and a friend to help kick off Hispanic Heritage month!

Geocaching-FDD 2022 

Saturday, September 24, Noon

Talbot County Free Library

Pick up your passport with a map and instructions and explore the new Frederick Douglass Geocaching Trail created by Autumn Redman and Girl Scouts #1308. Learn about his life in Talbot County and collect a commemorative coin and photograph at the end of the trail.

Stitching Time

Monday, September 19, 3:00 p.m.

Main Library

Bring your needlework projects and knit, crochet, or stitch with us! We share progress, help each other problem solve (or pattern search), and enjoy working in the company of other crafters. All ages are encouraged to attend and limited instruction and supplies for beginners may be available.

This novel is a sweeping one that identifies legacy, identity, the American family, and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships.

A community in the Piedmont of North Carolina rises in outrage as a county initiative draws students from the primarily Black east side of town into predominantly white high schools on the west. For two students, Gee and Noelle, the integration sets off a chain of events that will tie their two families together unexpectedly over the next twenty years.

As love is built and lost, and the past is never too far behind, What's Mine and Yours is an expansive, vibrant tapestry that moves between the years, from the foothills of North Carolina to Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Paris. It explores every family's unique organism: what breaks them apart and how they come back together.

The library will host in-person books discussions on the following dates:

Monday, September 19 at 6:30 p.m., Easton Library

Wednesday, September 21 at 2 p.m., Easton Library

Monday, October 3 at 6 p.m., Easton Library

Tuesday, October 4 at 2 p.m., St. Michaels Library

No registration is required for these discussions, and refreshments will be served.

Memoir Writing

Thursday, September 22nd, 10:30 a.m.

St. Michaels Branch

Thursday Writers will meet the second and fourth Thursday of the month at St. Michaels Library, in person. Learn how to preserve your family's history by writing and sharing your stories. Please pre-register for this program by calling 410-745-5877.

Sharing Our Memories

Monday, September 26, 10:30 a.m. 

Online Event

If you have been thinking about writing your memoirs but don't know how or where to get started, this Zoom class is for you! During sessions, each participant will share their 500-word essay assigned during the prior session. Writing takes place at home, and stories will be read and discussed during class time. This ongoing course meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month, 10:30 a.m. - noon. To register, call the library at 410-822-1626. Upon registration, you will receive a Zoom invitation and a writing assignment which will be read and discussed during the next session.

Teen Night

Thursday, September 15, 6:00 p.m.

Main Library

For ages 13-18. Pizza and snacks served. We welcome visiting artist, Sheryl Southwick. Participants will have the opportunity to make Ice-breaking art. Please register at tcfl.org or call 410-822-1626.

Spanish English Story Time

Saturday, September 17th, 11:00 a.m

Main Library

The event will be held in the Children's area. For ages birth-7, with an adult. Stories and songs in both languages.

Read with Tiger, a Pet on Wheels Therapy Dog

Monday, September 26th, 4:00 p.m.

Main Library

For readers ages 5-10. Read with Janet Dickey and her dog, Tiger! Bring your own book or pick out a book at the library. No registration is necessary.

Storytime

Tuesday, September 27, 10:00 a.m.

Easton Library Meeting Room

The event will be held in the Children's area at the Easton library. For children birth-5 years accompanied by an adult. Stories, songs, and rhymes! Please register at tcfl.org or call 410-822-1626.

Afternoon Chess

Wednesday, Sep 28th, 4:30 p.m.

Main Library

For chess enthusiasts ages 6-16. Learn and play chess. Please register at tcfl.org or call 410-822-1626.

Sign Up for a Library Card Today!

In honor of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, show us pictures of you and your family with your library cards. Email your picture to contactpublicrelations@tcfl.org and let us know if we can share your picture on Facebook, Instagram, and in our next eBlast! Thanks for sharing your love for libraries and encouraging everyone in our community to get their own card.

TCFL Goes Purple!

As part of our efforts to support the Talbot Goes Purple initiative, the library will offer purple library cards in September to all new/current applicants while supplies last. For new applicants, you will be receiving a book buck where you can get a book from the book sale! As always, there is no charge for getting your first library card. It is absolutely free!

TCFL Goes Purple Giveaways!

In honor of Talbot Goes Purple, we will be giving out outdoor purple flood lights and Talbot Goes Purple car decals! All of this is available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so stop by before they are all gone!

Two-Day Workshop: September 17 and 18

Saturday and Sunday

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Academy Art Museum

In this two-day interactive retreat, students will be both poets and artists. Led by Poet Laureate of the City of Salisbury, Nancy Mitchell, and award-winning artist, Sheryl Southwick, the workshop will focus on poetry writing and mono-printing techniques. Students will learn how to write a poem in response to a picture and create a picture inspired by a poem. The workshop will culminate in a pop-up exhibition and group reading. Register here.