ANDOVER — How could I not have read this when it first appeared in 2016 (possibly because I’d marched and flown through too much fantasy and magic in my tenure in a middle/high school library)? Now, I keep referring to it as The Night Kitchen, a far more familiar title from my children’s bedtime reading, […]
160 new patrons
ANDOVER — 2024 was another year of growth for our Andover Libraries! Read on to learn about the important work of our community libraries. Our libraries had 9,317 visitors (2,977 at the William A. Bachelder Library and 6,340 at the Andover Public Library). This is up from our 2023 number of 7,158 visits. Patrons who […]
ANDOVER — Celebrate Library Lovers Month by attending one of the many free events at your local libraries! Saturday, February 1, at 10 AM: Take Your Child to the Library Day StoryTime, at the Andover Public Library. Come celebrate your local library with a special story time, hot chocolate bar, and book giveaway. Thursday, […]
ANDOVER — The holiday season approaches with its attending celebrations: December solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Diwali, and other traditions around the world. I’ve tried in this column to be broad-minded and include many kinds of literature and attendant cultures (oops, I may have failed at poetry); however, I’m going to simply focus on two books […]
ANDOVER — Many thanks to Jeff Dickinson and his niece, Sophie Sedgley, who have made the Andover Library much easier to locate. Check out these beautiful signs!
Fiction Identity Unknown, Patricia Cornwell Shutter, Ramona Emerson Twisted Love, Ana Huang Ask For Andrea, Noelle W. Ihli What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella I Was Anastasia, Ariel Lawhon The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny The Last One at the Wedding, Jason Rekulak Intermezzo, Sally Rooney A Lethal Lesson, Iona Whishaw A Match Made For […]
Fiction In Cold Blood, Jane Bettany In Too Deep, Lee Child The Waiting, Michael Connelly The Wedding People, Alison Espach Fixit, Joe Ide Apprentice to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer Raised by Wolves, James Patterson Playground, Richard Powers Nonfiction On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service, Anthony Fauci, M.D. The Singularity is Nearer, Ray […]
Hygge, book club, winter formal, and more!
Thursday, December 5th: Holiday Hygge Night at the Andover Public Library, from 7 to 9 PM. Come relax before the holiday season at our after-hours Hygge Night! We’ll have low lighting, relaxing music, crafts, snacks, and more to help you de-stress. This event is free and open to all. Wednesday, December 11th: Bachelder Book Club […]