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Poetry: Something for Everyone
“I hate poetry.” That’s what one woman said as she sat down at our poetry open house on April 5. We’d set up the center of the library as a coffee house, complete with refreshments. It’s the adult book group’s annual homage to National Poetry Month. However, the woman...
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Voting is Open for the Green Mountain Book Award
Voting is open for the 2017 - 18 Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA). The reader's choice award, begun in 2005, is for Vermont students in grades 9 - 12. "The program is intended to encourage high schoolers to become enthusiastic and discriminating readers," according to...
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Top 10 Challenged Books of 2017
The American Library Association released its list of the Top Ten Frequently Challenged Books of 2017 in its National Library Week State of America's Libraries Report on Monday, April 9, 2018. "The report found that libraries continue to face challenges that carry...
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Vermont Institute of Natural Science Presents “Raptor Encounters”
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) will provide a first-hand encounter with three live birds during "Raptor Encounters" from 10 - 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Milton Public Library. "Live falcons, hawks and owls provide the lens through which we...
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Come Share a Poem at Our Poetry Open House
Drop in to share a poem you’ve written, recite a favorite poem, or just listen to others read poetry aloud.
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Book Bits: 8 Contemporary Irish Authors
This article was first published in the March 7, 2018, issue of the Milton Independent. By Susan Larson, Director, Milton Public Library It’s March, which means St. Patrick’s Day, which led me to think about Irish authors. The classic writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde,...
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