John Hanson Mitchell will give a talk entitled Travels in Warlord China: the Journals and Photos of James A. Mitchell on Thursday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library's Periodical Room. The talk will discuss the journals kept by his father, James Archibald Mitchell, while he was living in China from 1915 - 1918. The event is free and open to all.
From Issue to Warrant Article: Make it Happen! This forum will feature Mike Lawson (Concord Select Board), Anita Tekle (former Concord Town Clerk), and Kaari Mai Tari (Concord's present Town Clerk) on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:30 -9:00 p.m. at the Fowler Branch Library. Sponsored by the Concord-Carlisle League of Women Voters, Town of Concord and the Concord Free Public Library. Open to all.
Technology Consultant Jennifer Koerber will discuss Internet safety with parents and caregivers on Saturday, November 4, 2017, 2:00 p..m. at the Fowler Branch. The event is free and open to all. Registration is recommended. [Register] [View Poster]
On Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. three mystery writers will discuss and read from their work in the Main Library Rotunda. They are Katherine Hall Page, Jessica Treadway and Joseph Finder. The event is free and open to all.
On Sunday, October 29, 3:00 p.m. at the Fowler Branch, three emerging writers, two novelists and a non-fiction writer, discuss their writing careers and the creative process and read from their work. They are Lisa Duffy, Holly Fitzgerald, and Sophie Chen Keller. The event is free and open to all. Sponsored by the Concord Festival of Authors.
The 2017 Ruth Ratner Miller Award for Excellence in American History will be presented to Gordon S. Wood, author of Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on Saturday, October 28, 7:30 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. Tickets are available at the Main Library and the Concord Bookshop. Adults $15, Students $5. Sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
Author Gish Jen will speak at the Main Library on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. as part of this year's Concord Festival of Authors. Jen will discuss her new book The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap. The event is free and open to all.
The annual Leslie Riedel Memorial Lecture for Young People will present children's author Katherine Paterson on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Library Rotunda. The event is free and open to all. Registration is strongly recommended. Past speakers of the series include children's authors/illustrators David Macaulay, Chris Van Allsburg, Jerry Pinkney, Lois Lowry, Tomie dePaola and Grace Lin. [Sign Up] [View Poster]
Robert N. Hudspeth, Research Professor of English at the Claremont Graduate University and Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Redlands, will present the lecture "Thoreau's Concord in His Correspondence" on Saturday, October 14th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Concord Free Public Library Rotunda. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The Library's Special Collections Curator Leslie Perrin Wilson was interviewed by C-SPAN recently, in which she explained how the Library acquires its Special Collections items and showcased some of the rare finds, including a portion of the manuscript for the book Little Women. [Watch the Interview]
