A New Makerspace is in the Works! |
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The Norfolk Public Library has been awarded a $15,000 Library Services and Technology Act grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to create a Makerspace. While the world is a little different than when we began this process, we are excited to bring you a space that can be used for exploration here at the library as well as kits that can be checked out enrich learning at home.
Now we want to hear from you! Let us know what you would like to see available here at the library or available as a kit for you to take home by filling out this short survey. Please send us your responses by Saturday, November 7th.
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Horror Author Talk Series: Rob Smales
Join us as Rob Smales discusses his process on writing horror books including Echoes of Darkness and Friends in High Places.
Rob Smales is the author of the collection Echoes of Darkness, which garnered both a five-star Cemetery Dance Online review and a 2016 Pushcart nomination. He hails from Salem, Massachusetts, where he lives, writes, and occasionally sleeps.
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Deep Delta Justice with Author Matthew Van Meter
Author Matthew Van Meter will join us virtually to talk about his debut nonfiction book Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South. Matthew Van Meter works with people whose voices have been ignored or silenced, both as a journalist and as the Assistant Director of Shakespeare in Prison. Login information will be emailed the day before to those that sign up.
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Horror Author Talk Series: Paul Tremblay
Join us as we talk with an author whose most recent book, Survivor Song, "scared the living hell" out of Stephen King.
Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, to name a few. His essays and short stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly online, and numerous year’s-best anthologies.
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Ghosts and Legends with Jeff Belanger
Join us virtually as Jeff Belanger discusses New England Legends!
For over 20 years, Jeff Belanger has been exploring the unexplained. He’s one of New England’s premiere storytellers who seeks out history, folklore, ghosts, monsters, and legends from all over the world and in your backyard. With all new stories for 2020, “Ghosts and Legends” presents highlights from his own adventures, his research from his books, podcast, and the television programs he’s worked on, plus great stories of the unusual and the haunted. Belanger’s program will delve into the reasons behind the legends.
Registration is required as space is limited. Information to join this virtual meeting will be given to those that sign up.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Norfolk Public Library.
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Friends of the Library Book Sale |
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When: Saturday, October 24th, 9-1pm
Rain date: Saturday, October 31st
Where: Small parking lot by town hill
Prices: Everything will be $1
Join the Friends for one more outdoor book sale on Saturday, October 24th! Genres that will be available at this sale (adult titles):
Fiction, Biography, Business, History, Diet and Exercise, Current Events and Government, Medical, Religion and Self Help
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Monday: 10-3pm
Tuesday: 10-3pm
Wednesday and Thursday:
12-2pm (senior/high risk browsing)
2-7pm (open to everyone)
Friday: 10-3pm
Saturday: 10-2pm
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Browsing Appointments: No more appointments for browsing! Come in any time during our normal open hours (except for during our Senior/High Risk time slot). You will need to check in with a staff member, and if the building is at capacity you may have to wait.
Senior/High Risk Browsing: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12-2pm for our senior and immunocompromised patrons. Please check in with a staff member when you arrive.
Computer Lab: Sign up for a time slot on the event calendar or give us a call at 508-528-3380. Don't forget to bring your library card with you! Right now there is no printing available and any assistance needed will be over the phone/virtually as staff is available.
Just need wifi? Our wifi is available from the parking lot and on town hill.
Network name: NPL Password: norfolk88
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