Maplewood Library Blog

2008-05-20T10:07:00.001-05:00

Internet Travel Tricks
Part Two

The Twisted Traveler:
How to have an eccentric vacation.

Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 pm

Is off-the-beaten-track where you want to be? This class will help you explore the not-so-mainstream attractions and accommodations of any city you may want to visit. If you have a passion for cemeteries, vintage stuff, small and strange museums, then join us for a very...interesting...evening.

Hilton Branch Computer Lab
Registration suggested, as class size is limited to 12.
To register, call Hilton Branch at 973-762-1688.

2008-05-20T09:59:00.003-05:00

Community Wellness
Sailing Smoothly Through Perimenopause
Wednesday, May 21
7:30 pm in Memorial Hall

For women going through perimenopause amid the responsibilities of midlife, it can be challenging to deal with hormone-based symptoms such as stress and fatigue. Finding time to establish healthy behaviors can be so difficult that many of us neglect our own needs. During this active presentation, define your long-range wellness vision and create achievable goals. Beth Tansy Peller, R.N. is a nurse and wellness coach certified by Wellcoaches Corporation.

2008-04-29T14:28:00.002-05:00

Maplewood Library
Writers' Group
The Writers' Group continues to meet twice a month for some very productive and inspirational meetings. Due to the change in hours at Main Library, the group will meet exclusively at Hilton Branch. All genres, all skill levels are welcome.
Upcoming dates:
Thursday, May 15
Tuesday, May 27
Thursday, June12
Tuesday, June 24
Meetings begin at 7:15 pm
Hilton Branch, 1688 Springfield Ave. at Tuscan Rd.

Local Writers Dan Barry, Pamela Erens, Terry Golway and Eliza Minot Share Their Thoughts on Reading and Writing

2008-04-17T13:14:00.035-05:00

We had a great program at the library on Monday, April 14th. The writers were interesting, witty and amazingly well-read. We are so lucky in Maplewood to be surrounded by such amazing literary talent. For those of you who couldn't make it, I thought I'd post some of the books and authors the panelists mentioned. Click on the links below to check the holdings at the library.

Dan Barry - New York Times columnist and author of City Lights: Stories about New York and the memoir Pull Me Up
Recently Read

A biography of Pretty Boy Floyd
After This by Alice McDermott
North River by Pete Hamill
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Recently read with his 10 year old daughter:

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Stories of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Book he can read again and again:

Ironweed by William Kennedy

Pamela Erens - Author of the novel, The Understory, winner of the 2007 Ironweed Prize for Fiction

Book that influenced her most as a child:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Authors she can read again and again:

Authors she admires:

Book she is reading to help her with her current writing:

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

Terry Golway - author of Washington's General : Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution, So Others Might Live, The Irish in America, and For the Cause of Liberty

Author he can read again and again:

John Cheever

Books he reads with his kids:

Stories of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Book he paid his son to read:

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Book he assigns in his US History classes:

Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman

Eliza Minot - author of The Tiny One, a New York Times Notable Book, and The Brambles

Currently on her nightstand:

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Books and authors who influenced her as a teenager:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books by William Faulkner

Book she read to help her write in the voice of a child in The Tiny One:

Paddy Clarke : ha ha ha by Roddy Doyle

Author she read while writing The Brambles:

Helen Simpson

Happy Reading!

2007-08-10T09:22:00.000-05:00

Display Space Available

The display case at the Main Library is available for any group or individual with information to present, or a special collection or artwork to exhibit. All ideas will be considered. Please call Joanne at 973-762-1688, extension 5104, inquire at the circulation desk, or email PROGRAMS@maplewoodlibrary.org