Events & Holidays

Gay Grant Publication Launch Party!

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Please plan on joining the staff of the Gardiner Public Library as they celebrate the publication of a new book by Gardiner author Gay Grant on Tuesday, October 28that 7PM at the Gardiner Public Library.    Destination Unknown: An Evacuee’s Story is the story of a young girl just coming of age when war breaks out.  The Second World War was declared on the day Patricia Phillips turned seven years old. A year later she and her older brother John became “evacuees” when their parents made a life or death choice to send them to live with strangers in order …

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Teen Time at the Library

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We had a wonderful group of students visit Thursday, Sept. 18th.  This was the first day of our new after school program geared toward the middle and high school students of MSAD # 11. The bus will drop them off every Thursday, we’ll feed them a snack, give them time for homework and socializing. Sometimes there will be a small program like an author visit or an inside scavenger hunt.   Students read books, used computers and gotused to what we have to offer. Everyone seemed to have a great time and enjoyed themselves.     We are looking forward …

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Ladies Literary Overnight

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Recently we had our second annual Ladies Literary Sleepover in the library – yes, we did it a second time! Eighteen women had fun in the library, after hours.  We talked, we ate, we laughed, we ate, we played games, we talked, we visited, we ate, we slept (a little) and we got up and did it all again! The ladies began arriving around 7:00, munchies and sleeping bags in hand.  We set up our buffet of yummies in the Young Adult Room, and YUMMIES they were!  We had blueberries, chips, fruit, salad, pizza, eggs, soda and chocolate (it’s not …

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Meet The Authors!

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Have you had an opportunity to come to any of our local author series?  It is a great way to learn about the process of writing and to discuss the new books being written by very talented authors.  You have only 2 more events to attend before the series ends. On Tuesday, September 16th at 6PM the staff of the Gardiner Public Library is pleased to host New England author, Chip Bishop, author of Quentin and Flora-A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War.  Copies of the book will be for sale and the author will be …

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Summer Teen Events at the Library

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    Travel Back in Time at the Gardiner Public Library’s Historic Gardiner Scavenger Hunt! Throwback Thursday, July 10th, from 4-5 pm Students in Middle School and up come learn and see what Gardiner look liked in the 1800’s compared to today. Have fun learning & winning prizes! Snacks provided Hope to see you there! * * * * * * * * * * * “Soft monsters” for teens On Wednesday, July 23rd from 10am-2pm, the staff of the Gardiner Public Library is calling all little Frankensteins!  In this creature-creation workshop young adults are invited to bring their imaginary …

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Book Sale – June 21st

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All are welcome to come and browse and get some great deals on Saturday, June 21st (9:00am-4:00PM):   Most hardcover books – $1.00, children’s books – 50 cents and most paperbacks – 50 cents.  Videos and audio books will be priced as marked.  This book sale is part of Gardiner’s River Festival and there are activities all day long! Monday, June 23rd (10:30am-5:00pm) is sale day…buy a bag of books for a buck (a bag may hold up to 20 items). The book sale will be held in our Hazzard Reading Room on the main floor. The Gardiner Public Library is …

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