Come read with us: June 1 - September 1 CHECK OUT THIS YEAR'S 25 CATEGORIES! When the days get long, and the weather gets warm, it signifies one thing only: Summer Reading Challenge time! This is the Westport Library's sixth year offering the Adult Summer Reading Challenge. If you have participated in the past, welcome […]
Come read with us: June 1 - September 1 CHECK OUT THIS YEAR'S 25 CATEGORIES! When the days get long, and the weather gets warm, it signifies one thing only: Summer Reading Challenge time! This is the Westport Library's sixth year offering the Adult Summer Reading Challenge. If you have participated in the past, welcome […]
Come read with us: June 1 - September 1 CHECK OUT THIS YEAR'S 25 CATEGORIES! When the days get long, and the weather gets warm, it signifies one thing only: Summer Reading Challenge time! This is the Westport Library's sixth year offering the Adult Summer Reading Challenge. If you have participated in the past, welcome […]
Come read with us: June 1 - September 1 CHECK OUT THIS YEAR'S 25 CATEGORIES! When the days get long, and the weather gets warm, it signifies one thing only: Summer Reading Challenge time! This is the Westport Library's sixth year offering the Adult Summer Reading Challenge. If you have participated in the past, welcome […]
Come read with us: June 1 - September 1 CHECK OUT THIS YEAR'S 25 CATEGORIES! When the days get long, and the weather gets warm, it signifies one thing only: Summer Reading Challenge time! This is the Westport Library's sixth year offering the Adult Summer Reading Challenge. If you have participated in the past, welcome […]
Photographer Stephen Wilkes shares his work in a presentation called “Visualizing Time." He will be joined in conversation with Westport's own Stacy Bass. IF YOU MISSED THE EVENT YOU MAY WATCH THE RECORDING HERE Wilkes will show how his photographs explore the concept of time beginning with his early work and leading to his documenting […]
StoryFest weekend kicked-off with an intimate conversation between best friends and best-selling authors Saeed Jones (How We Fight For Our Lives) and Isaac Fitzgerald (Dirtbag, Massachusetts). If you missed the event, you may watch it here. See the full StoryFest line up here. StoryFest is a multi-day, genre-spanning literary festival, now in its fifth year. […]
Westport’s local authors and artists Sivan Hong, Lisa Cloherty, and Rosie Jon invite your families to a special StoryFest morning of creativity and inspiration! Featuring read-alouds by Sivan and Lisa and an interactive art project led by Rosie! Please register here for this event. See the full StoryFest line up here. StoryFest is […]
Join Tessa Smith McGovern and Patricia Dunn for an in-depth conversation with NYT bestselling author Naomi Novik at StoryFest 2022! Be there as Tessa and Pat launch their brand-new podcast, […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group hosted jointly by the Westport Museum for History and Culture and the Library. Discuss Emma Southon's A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Bruce McGuirk and other history buffs. Meetings will alternate between the buildings, so please check the venue prior to […]
Take a break from your keyboard or quill and get energized! Come to the Library to meet other area writers on the third Wednesday of each month. Tell us what you're working on, get some feedback, come to congratulate or commiserate, exchange tips, brag, and compare notes. We try to keep you updated with places […]
Book Nation Brunch combines friends, brunch and books! Jennifer Blankfein of Book Nation by Jen will be in conversation with Zibby Owens discussing her latest book, Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature. After losing her closest friend on 9/11 and later becoming utterly stressed out and overwhelmed by motherhood, Zibby was forgetting what […]
Financial journalist, historian, author and Westporter Daniel Gross talks about his latest book, A Banker’s Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire. Join us for an evening […]
Help us celebrate the release of the anthology In Death, the Gift of Life. This town project honors 10 Westport families whose inspirational stories about their lives and meaningful end-of-life choices will resonate throughout the community. IF YOU MISSED THE EVENT YOU MAY WATCH RECORDING HERE After the main talk, attendees will be invited to […]
Westporter Sybil Steinberg, former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly, returns, LIVE in the Trefz Forum on October 14th at noon, with suggestions for your reading with her ever-popular talk on the best new reads. If you missed Sybil in person, you may watch her presentation here. More on Library book groups... Sybil's List While […]
