Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical non-fiction and fiction. This month the group will discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Please note that this month's meeting will be at 6 pm so members can also see Ken Gormley's Presidential Scandals event at 7 pm! […]
Award-winning author, constitutional scholar, and Duquesne University President Ken Gormley will speak at the Westport Public Library on the subject of “Presidential Scandals."
If it’s late April, it must be … time for Halloween! That’s right, we are HALFWAY to October 31, so let’s celebrate with some spooky books by Library-favorite middle-grade authors and creepy crafting projects! Join Lorien Lawrence (Fright Watch series), JW Ocker (The Smashed Man of Dread End and The Black Slide), and Dan Poblocki […]
Book Chat is becoming Books & Bites! That's right, our popular book chat program is getting a new name for 2023! Books and Bites will remain similar in structure to the Book Chat program but will now include more reading recommendations, and from time to time, guests who will share and recommend their top titles. […]
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AAPI Westport and The Westport Library are proud to welcome New York Times bestselling author of The Vanderbeekers! and A Duet for Home, Karina Yan Glaser. PLEASE REGISTER HERE In this all ages event, Karina will present "What Do You Need to be a Writer?" […]
Celebrate the book launch of Covid Chronicles, the compiled diaries of The Westport Library Advanced Writing class coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be readings from participating authors and insight from the book's editors, Mary-Lou Weisman and Gina Ryan. Refreshments will be served. PLEASE REGISTER HERE These Covid Chronicles follows the unfolding of the […]
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 […]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration 2023 keynote addressee Junauda Petrus is back in town for a special pop-up family storytime reading of her children's book, Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers?, in partnership with Kindred Thoughts Bookstore in Bridgeport! Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, […]
The Y's Men of Westport/Weston welcome back David Pogue to The Westport Library! David will present Artificial Intelligence Gets Real and then answer audience questions. In case you missed the […]
Learn more about the unjust incarceration of Bobby, a boy from New Haven who was wrongly convicted of a murder in 2006 from Nicholas Dawidoff and his book, The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City. He will be in conversation with Althea Seaborn. Please let us know if you'll […]
Pages Through the Ages is a book discussion group focused on both historical non-fiction and fiction. This month the group will discuss And There Was Light by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham. Copies of the books are available at The Westport Library patron service desk or electronically. A president who governed a divided country has […]
Join Summer Reading : Imagine Your Summer to earn prizes and help decorate the library. Read anything, anywhere. Signup online starting June 1.
Come read with us: June 1 - August 31 Heyo, Readers! It is SUMMER READING CHALLENGE time! Cue the music and the fireworks for year 7! If you have participated in the past, welcome back-- the rules are all the same. If this is your first time joining us, we're thrilled to have you, and we've got […]
Book Chat is becoming Books & Bites! That's right, our popular book chat program is getting a new name for 2023! Books and Bites will remain similar in structure to the Book Chat program but will now include more reading recommendations, and from time to time, guests who will share and recommend their top titles. […]
Kate White, bestselling suspense author (whose 2022 thriller took place in Westport) and former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, talks about her newest thriller, Between Two Strangers and reinventing herself as an author with Gabi […]
