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January Adult Craft: Lavender Bath Salts

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024, from 6 PM to 7 PM This month, join us in making your own lavender bath salts! The weather may be cold, so treat yourself to a hot bath and these relaxing bath salts. All supplies are provided, make sure to sign up early, this class will fill up quickly. We […]

Trustees Minutes

December 21, 2023

Haverhill Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes of December 21, 2023 The regular monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library was called to order at 9:35 a.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023 in the Donald C. Freeman Whittier Room. In attendance were Trustees Bresnahan, Coletti, Rurak, Sheehan and Veasey-Sirois. Also in attendance […]

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January Adult Events at HPL

Check out these adult events happening in January! 1/2 | 10am-12pm | Classic Matinees: Tough Ladies Join us Tuesdays in January for classic matinees featuring the toughest ladies you’ll ever see on screen. Today we watch Detour (1945) starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. 1/3 | 6-7:30pm | Google Account Tips, Tricks & Hidden Gems: Advanced Google […]

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Bookflix: A Fun Engaging Way to Learn

Are you looking for a way to get your child excited about reading and learning? Well look no further! Bookflix is an engaging literacy based read-aloud experience for young children who are learning how to read. Each theme has a fiction book paired with a nonfiction book to build real world knowledge and reading skills. […]

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Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

This classic of holiday fantasy by the one and only Sir Terry Pratchett, like most of the Discworld novels, turns the tropes and events of our world just a little sideways–often with the effect that we can see it all a bit more clearly. And he does it, of course, with his trademark wit and […]

Special Collections

Special Collections: New Year, New Hours!

We are pleased to announce that Special Collections will be expanding hours in 2024! We are also bringing back our evening hours for those who are not able to visit us during the day. Beginning January 2, 2024, Special Collections hours are as follows: Mondays: 10 AM to 3 PM Tuesdays:  10 AM to 3 PM Wednesdays:  10 […]

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Sketchtasy by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Sketchtasy follows narrator Alexa and her friends through life in mid-1990s Boston. They party, go to clubs, dance, meet people, and try to experience the pleasures of life, while, as queer people, also facing homophobia and living through the height of the AIDS crisis. Sycamore’s writing is gripping: while reading, I felt as if I […]

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Booklist for the Christmas Holiday

The Christmas holiday is almost here! Check out this month’s booklist that’s in the spirit of Christmas with some Rom-Com genre thrown in! Visit our adult Booklist page to see other interesting booklists put together by our teem of librarians!

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Kids Lit Book Club: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Has your child wanted to start the Harry Potter series but hasn’t gotten around to it yet? Or, are they a mega-fan who has read the series multiple times? If the answer to either of those questions is yes, then they should join Megan in reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling […]