Author Talk with Jennifer Brunton, 6/1 @ 6:30pm

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Local author and advocate Jennifer Brunton will talk about what led her to co-author The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy: Step-by-Step Advice on How to Ally and Speak Up with Autistic People and the Autism Community. She’ll go on to discuss general advocacy, then focus on family, work and educational topics. Q&A to follow. Click here to learn more! Please RSVP to slevine@ewmlibrary.org with the event name and number of attendees.This talk is in-person.

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Food for Fines May 2022

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Join our annual Food for Fines drive to benefit the Easthampton Community Center! From Monday, May 2, through Tuesday, May 31, donate non-perishable food items at the Library and receive $2 off overdue fines per item. We cannot clear items that are damaged or billed to your account as ‘Lost’. Food items should be non-perishable and not expired. If your items do not have an expiration date, we cannot accept

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Virtual Author Talk with Caroline Ailanthus, 5/18 @ 6pm

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Register at tinyurl.com/ewml-authortalk-518 If you liked Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver or The Overstory, by Richard Powers… Caroline Ailanthus will talk about the plot of her book Ecological Memory, its main characters, and other relevant points.She will read several excerpts and discuss creating a fictional pandemic vs. living in a real one, and looking to the science of ecology as a source of perspective & hope in the face of loss.

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2021 Top 10 Most Challenged Books

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Happy National Library Week, Easthampton!! Every year during National Library Week, the latest Top 10 Most Challenged Books list is published by the the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. This year, they tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services. We’ve made a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Titles of 2021, with links to the CWMARS catalog. Check them out! https://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=6590–CUS11