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John Curtis Free Library Welcome to the John Curtis Free Library. We would love to hear from you!

The John Curtis Free Library is a public library located in Hanover, Massachusetts; it is part of the Old Colony Library Network. Click here for the library's online catalog:
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Click here for access to the library's eBook and digital audiobook collection:
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NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! The South Shore Chapter of the JRR Tolkien SocietyWelcome to Fornduin Hall, the meeting...
10/13/2026

NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! The South Shore Chapter of the JRR Tolkien Society

Welcome to Fornduin Hall, the meeting of the South Shore Chapter of the JRR Tolkien Society! This is an official branch ("smial") of the Tolkien Society, established for the South Shore. Please email Steve for any questions/other information at [email protected].

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy! Anchors Away!
10/13/2026

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy! Anchors Away!

TONIGHT AT 7:30 PM!! VIRTUAL: Horror Book Recs with Bestselling Author Sam RebeleinNot sure what to read next? Join aut...
10/13/2026

TONIGHT AT 7:30 PM!! VIRTUAL: Horror Book Recs with Bestselling Author Sam Rebelein

Not sure what to read next? Join author Sam Rebelein, quarterly, for 30 minutes of pure book recommendations - the best of horror out there! We'll discuss 6-8 books that Sam loved or is looking forward to and we'll intersperse chat about writing and publishing - how fun is that? We're sure you'll find something to like from Sam's many enthusiastic reviews.

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Sam Rebelein holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College (with a focus on Horror and Memoir), a certificate of graduation from the Lubbock Area Square & Round Dance Federation, and that one trophy in The Last of Us Part II for when you beat the game on permadeath mode. Hard to say which of these is his greatest achievement.

Sam lives in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he writes spooky fiction and works as a Professional Tutor in the Writing Center at Dutchess Community College. His debut novel EDENVILLE was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, and won a Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel. Sam's recent collection of interconnected short fiction, THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS, is set in the same fictional upstate New York county as EDENVILLE; he also has a novel which came out in Fall 2025 called GALLOWAY'S GOSPEL, which is set in the same world. For more about Sam's work, and pictures of his dog Frodo, follow him on Instagram .

Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!

TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! VIRTUAL: Historical Fiction Book Recs with Bestselling Author, Jane HealeyLove Historical Fiction ...
10/13/2026

TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! VIRTUAL: Historical Fiction Book Recs with Bestselling Author, Jane Healey

Love Historical Fiction but not sure what to read next? Join bestselling author, Jane Healey (and Ashland fave!), monthly for 30 minutes of pure book recommendations - the best of historical fiction out there! We're sure you'll find something to like from Jane's many enthusiastic reviews.

Jane Healey is the author of The Beantown Girls, a Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller, The Secret Stealers, which was an Amazon First Reads Editor’s Pick and a Historical Novel Society’s Editors’ Choice, and her debut, The Saturday Evening Girls Club. Goodnight from Paris is her newly released novel from Lake Union Publishing. Jane is also the host of Historical Happy Hour, a monthly webinar and podcast featuring interviews with premier historical fiction authors and their latest novels. She and her family lives outside Boston. We can't wait to hear what Jane will be recommending - be ready for your TBR pile to fall over!

Please register on our calendar.

Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!

NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: A Book Birthday with Horror Writer Robert Ottone in conversation with Lauren Bo...
10/12/2026

NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: A Book Birthday with Horror Writer Robert Ottone in conversation with Lauren Bolger

You all know we love our book birthdays and we can't wait to celebrate Amityville Awakens with horror author Robert Ottone! The book will have just come out on Oct 6th so we'll make sure we don't run into spoilers but we're sure there will be plenty to chat about. Robert is joined by Lauren Bolger for a conversation about his new book, his process, and whatever other horror-ific things they'd like to chat about. We hope you can join us for this fun discussion.

Please register.

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!

NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! New Zealand: Penguins, Parrots & PodsNew Zealand is home to many rare birds and marine m...
10/12/2026

NEXT MONDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! New Zealand: Penguins, Parrots & Pods

New Zealand is home to many rare birds and marine mammals including the comical yellow-eyed penguin. Watch and listen as the yellow-eyed penguin returns from the ocean to feed its chick and the Antipodes Island parrot demonstrates “looks, personality and talent.” Not to be outdone, rare New Zealand sea lions make quite an impression as they interact on isolated South Island beaches, pods of rare Hector’s dolphins frolic near coastal shores and dusky dolphins play with kayakers as they travel deep into the fiords of southern New Zealand. Join us for sights and sounds of animal personalities from this amazing country.

Join Joy Marzolf of The Joys of Nature for an informative photographic tour through the country and its fauna!

It's Indigenous People's Day / Columbus Day! We are closed in honor of the holiday - we'll see you tomorrow, when we op...
10/12/2026

It's Indigenous People's Day / Columbus Day! We are closed in honor of the holiday - we'll see you tomorrow, when we open at 1:00 pm.

It's National Disability Employment Month!
10/11/2026

It's National Disability Employment Month!

NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: Author and Historian Helen Fry Discusses "The White Lady"We learned so mu...
10/10/2026

NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: Author and Historian Helen Fry Discusses "The White Lady"

We learned so much from Helen the last time she spoke with us, we had to have her back! This time, she'll be discussing her book, "The White Lady: The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks Behind German Lines" - A major new history of the two most important British secret service networks in the First and Second World Wars. This is a compelling account of the agents who risked their lives and found ingenious ways to smuggle intelligence out of occupied Belgium.

RECORDING NOTE: We will NOT be recording this session.

Please register.

Thanks to the Ashland Public Library for sharing this program!

It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month!
10/10/2026

It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month!

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Hanover, MA
02339

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Tuesday 1pm - 8pm
Wednesday 10am - 8pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

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