Events

Join us for story time with crafting and cookies. This event is fun for kids of all ages and their families! SPL hosts story time on the second Saturday of … Continue reading "Second Saturday Story Time"

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood • Selected by Laura Watson Winner: Giller Prize (1996) “Alias Grace has all the pacing of a commercial novel and all the resonance of a classic.” –The Washington … Continue reading "SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books"

Three Junes by Julia Glass • Selected by Ellen Shockro Winner: National Book Award (2002) “Enormously accomplished….rich, absorbing, and full of life.” –The New Yorker Find Three Junes in MILS “In June of 1989 … Continue reading "SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books"

Settled in the Wild: Notes from the Edge of Town by Susan Hand Shetterly • Selected by Kendra Chubbuck Winner: Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction (2011) “Shetterly’s penetrating observations resonate with an … Continue reading "SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books"

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell • Selected by Pat Dobbs Winner: RFK Book Award (2014) “A riveting and beautiful civil-rights story…Lewis’s gripping memoir should be stocked … Continue reading "SPL Book Club: Award-Winning Books"