Haverhill Library will be closed Dec 24th (Christmas Eve Day), and Dec 31st, (New Year's Eve Day)
Happy Holiday!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Books & Music Holiday Dessert Tea
Join us on Saturday, December 10 for a refreshing break from the holiday bustle. The library will sponsor a Books & Music Holiday Dessert Tea, generously hosted by Mary and Bill Emig at the General John Montgomery Homestead.
Stop by between 3:00 and 5:00 PM to relax and recharge with tea, coffee, and holiday desserts in the calming atmosphere of this beautifully restored 18th-century home. In addition, you'll be able to pick up gift ideas for the book lovers on your list by browsing displays of titles that have been recommended by library staff, trustees, and friends.
Admission is by donation to benefit the Haverhill Corner Library, with a suggested donation of $8.00.
The Montgomery Homestead is located at the intersection of Routes 10 and 25 in Haverhill Corner.
We hope you'll join us to enjoy refreshments, seasonal music, and some discussion of books and authors.
Stop by between 3:00 and 5:00 PM to relax and recharge with tea, coffee, and holiday desserts in the calming atmosphere of this beautifully restored 18th-century home. In addition, you'll be able to pick up gift ideas for the book lovers on your list by browsing displays of titles that have been recommended by library staff, trustees, and friends.
Admission is by donation to benefit the Haverhill Corner Library, with a suggested donation of $8.00.
The Montgomery Homestead is located at the intersection of Routes 10 and 25 in Haverhill Corner.
We hope you'll join us to enjoy refreshments, seasonal music, and some discussion of books and authors.
Virginia Woolf Book Discussion
The library will host a discussion of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 PM. The event will be free and open to the public, and copies of the book are available to borrow in advance. This is the third and final event in our fall book discussion series, which has featured novels by British women.
Published in 1925, Mrs. Dalloway is one of Woolf's best-known novels. It explores British culture and society in the post-World War I era as it follows Clarissa Dalloway's travels about London on a day in June as she prepares for a party that she will give that evening. (The novel itself, and its effect on three women in different eras, play a central role in Michael Cunningham's contemporary novel The Hours.)
One of the most important writers of the Modernist movement, Woolf was a well-known literary figure during Britain's interwar period and one of the central members of a circle of writers, artists, and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. She is remembered for her novels, such as Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando, and for her book-length essay A Room of One's Own, a landmark of feminist writing. With her husband Leonard, she also established the Hogarth Press.
Like her fellow Modernist James Joyce, Woolf wrote a masterpiece set in a single city on a single day in June that nevertheless incorporates the history and social dynamics of its time and place. Her ability to refract an entire society through the consciousness of a single character is a remarkable achievement of empathy and creative imagination.
Published in 1925, Mrs. Dalloway is one of Woolf's best-known novels. It explores British culture and society in the post-World War I era as it follows Clarissa Dalloway's travels about London on a day in June as she prepares for a party that she will give that evening. (The novel itself, and its effect on three women in different eras, play a central role in Michael Cunningham's contemporary novel The Hours.)
One of the most important writers of the Modernist movement, Woolf was a well-known literary figure during Britain's interwar period and one of the central members of a circle of writers, artists, and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. She is remembered for her novels, such as Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando, and for her book-length essay A Room of One's Own, a landmark of feminist writing. With her husband Leonard, she also established the Hogarth Press.
Like her fellow Modernist James Joyce, Woolf wrote a masterpiece set in a single city on a single day in June that nevertheless incorporates the history and social dynamics of its time and place. Her ability to refract an entire society through the consciousness of a single character is a remarkable achievement of empathy and creative imagination.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Jane Eyre Book Discussion
Join us Monday, November 14 at 7:00 PM for a discussion of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. This is the second in our fall book discussion series featuring novels by British women.
Published in 1847, Jane Eyre was an immediate success, and it continues to resonate for contemporary readers with its vivid portrait of a strong, complex female character and its story of her passionate love for Edward Rochester. Bronte offers a psychologically astute portrayal of a plain and poor young woman's growth from girlhood to adult, while commenting on the social conventions of the Victorian era and the limits placed on her character as a result of her sex and class.
The fall series will conclude on Monday, December 12 with a discussion of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
Book discussions are free and open to the public, and copies of the book are available to borrow from the library in advance.
Published in 1847, Jane Eyre was an immediate success, and it continues to resonate for contemporary readers with its vivid portrait of a strong, complex female character and its story of her passionate love for Edward Rochester. Bronte offers a psychologically astute portrayal of a plain and poor young woman's growth from girlhood to adult, while commenting on the social conventions of the Victorian era and the limits placed on her character as a result of her sex and class.
The fall series will conclude on Monday, December 12 with a discussion of Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
Book discussions are free and open to the public, and copies of the book are available to borrow from the library in advance.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Essay Writing Workshop
The library will offer a four-week workshop in "Writing the Personal Essay" beginning Tuesday, October 11. Sessions will be held at the library beginning at 7:00 PM. There is a $100 registration fee, all of which will go to benefit the library, and enrollment is limited to 10. No previous writing experience is required. The weekly sessions will be held:
Tuesday, October 11: Discovering your material
Tuesday, October 18: Observation and description
Tuesday, October 25: Organizing your thoughts
Tuesday, November 1: Polishing your presentation
Activities will include in-class and take-home exercises, reading and discussing one another's work, and analyzing examples of outstanding personal essays.
To register, call 603-989-5831.
Tuesday, October 11: Discovering your material
Tuesday, October 18: Observation and description
Tuesday, October 25: Organizing your thoughts
Tuesday, November 1: Polishing your presentation
Activities will include in-class and take-home exercises, reading and discussing one another's work, and analyzing examples of outstanding personal essays.
To register, call 603-989-5831.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Fall Book Discussion Series
The library's fall 2011 book discussion series will feature Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and Virginia Woolf. Discussions will be held on the second Monday of October, November, and December at the library, beginning at 7:00 PM. We will read and discuss:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Monday, October 10
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Monday November 14
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Monday, December 12
Discussions are free and open to the public, and copies of the books will be available to borrow from the library in advance.
We hope you'll join us!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Book Sale!
The Haverhill Corner Library will hold its annual book sale on Saturday, September 10 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. As usual, the sale will be held on the lawn in front of the library, and all sales will be "by donation."
Our patrons have been very generous with book donations this year, so we will have a large selection of fiction, non-fiction, children's books, videos, and other materials. We will also have light refreshments available.
Please join us on Saturday the 10th!
Our patrons have been very generous with book donations this year, so we will have a large selection of fiction, non-fiction, children's books, videos, and other materials. We will also have light refreshments available.
Please join us on Saturday the 10th!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Book Club for Writers: Jackson and Le Guin
The library will hold its next Book Club for Writers event on Thursday, July 28 at 7:00 PM, when we will discuss "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin. The program is free and open to the public, and copies of the stories are available at the library.
"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" are both relatively short stories that nevertheless have a powerful effect on readers, and our discussion will consider how they achieve such a concentrated impact. "The Lottery" is one of the best-known stories in American fiction, one that caused a sensation when published in The New Yorker in 1948; some readers cancelled their subscriptions to the magazine and sent hate mail to the author after it appeared. Le Guin says that "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was inspired by a passage from the works of the philosopher William James; it won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story of 1973.
Book Club for Writers is a fiction discussion program that meets four times a year; the conversation particularly focuses on issues of craft and technique that will appeal to writers and aspiring writers, but the program is open to anyone who wishes to participate. The fall edition will be held on Thursday, October 27, when we will discuss "Some Other, Better Otto" by Deborah Eisenberg and "People Like That Are the Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore.
"The Lottery" and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" are both relatively short stories that nevertheless have a powerful effect on readers, and our discussion will consider how they achieve such a concentrated impact. "The Lottery" is one of the best-known stories in American fiction, one that caused a sensation when published in The New Yorker in 1948; some readers cancelled their subscriptions to the magazine and sent hate mail to the author after it appeared. Le Guin says that "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was inspired by a passage from the works of the philosopher William James; it won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story of 1973.
Book Club for Writers is a fiction discussion program that meets four times a year; the conversation particularly focuses on issues of craft and technique that will appeal to writers and aspiring writers, but the program is open to anyone who wishes to participate. The fall edition will be held on Thursday, October 27, when we will discuss "Some Other, Better Otto" by Deborah Eisenberg and "People Like That Are the Only People Here" by Lorrie Moore.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Shakespeare Book Discussion
Join us Wednesday, June 29 at 7:00 PM for a discussion of Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt. This discussion will be free and open to the public, and will be the perfect introduction to the series of Shakespeare performances that Alumni Hall will host beginning the following week. On Wednesdays during July and early August, the Theatre Under the Stars troupe will perform on the lawn between Alumni Hall and the library.
Will in the World is a lively combination of biography, cultural history, and criticism by one of the foremost living scholars of Shakespeare. Greenblatt brilliantly fleshes out the known facts of Shakespeare's life with his encyclopedic knowledge of Elizabethan England and of the Bard's own works. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Will in the World was named the best non-fiction book of the year by Time magazine.
Copies of the book are available to borrow from the library in advance of the discussion.
Will in the World is a lively combination of biography, cultural history, and criticism by one of the foremost living scholars of Shakespeare. Greenblatt brilliantly fleshes out the known facts of Shakespeare's life with his encyclopedic knowledge of Elizabethan England and of the Bard's own works. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Will in the World was named the best non-fiction book of the year by Time magazine.
Copies of the book are available to borrow from the library in advance of the discussion.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Author Luncheon with John Walters
The library will hold an author luncheon featuring writer and broadcaster John Walters on Saturday, May 21 from noon to 2:00 at Alumni Hall.
Walters is the author of Roads Less Traveled: Visionary New England Lives, published last year by Plaidswede Press. Roads Less Traveled is a collection of portraits of extraordinary New Englanders, from artists, actors, and musicians to scientists, crafters, and activists. One of those profiled is Haverhill's own Betty Johnson.
Walters is also well known as the former host of "The Front Porch" on New Hampshire Public Radio.
The luncheon will feature asparagus and spring mix salad with vinaigrette, cold poached salmon with fresh herb aioli, marinated mushrooms, and new potato salad, and for dessert, orange crepe with strawberries and rhubarb, and vanilla ice cream.
The luncheon is a fund-raiser for the library. Tickets are $35 apiece or $60 for a pair. Call the library to reserve your ticket.
Walters is the author of Roads Less Traveled: Visionary New England Lives, published last year by Plaidswede Press. Roads Less Traveled is a collection of portraits of extraordinary New Englanders, from artists, actors, and musicians to scientists, crafters, and activists. One of those profiled is Haverhill's own Betty Johnson.
Walters is also well known as the former host of "The Front Porch" on New Hampshire Public Radio.
The luncheon will feature asparagus and spring mix salad with vinaigrette, cold poached salmon with fresh herb aioli, marinated mushrooms, and new potato salad, and for dessert, orange crepe with strawberries and rhubarb, and vanilla ice cream.
The luncheon is a fund-raiser for the library. Tickets are $35 apiece or $60 for a pair. Call the library to reserve your ticket.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Book Club for Writers: Nabokov and Borges
The library will hold its third Book Club for Writers on Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 PM. The discussion will focus on stories by two twentieth-century masters: "Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov and "The Library of Bable" by Jorge Luis Borges. The discussion is free and open to the public, and copies of the stories are available from the library.
Book Club for Writers examines classic and contemporary works of fiction with a focus on craft and technique that will particularly interest writers and aspiring writers. The program was created by the New Hampshire Writers' Project and is sponsored locally by a fiction writing group that meets weekly at the Haverhill Corner Library.
Book Club for Writers examines classic and contemporary works of fiction with a focus on craft and technique that will particularly interest writers and aspiring writers. The program was created by the New Hampshire Writers' Project and is sponsored locally by a fiction writing group that meets weekly at the Haverhill Corner Library.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Huckleberry Finn Book Discussion
The library will sponsor a discussion of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain on Monday, April 18, at 7:00 PM. This is the fourth and final in a series of discussions of classic American fiction that the library has sponsored this winter. Published in 1885, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been one of the most popular, and one of the most controversial, novels ever published in America. Ernest Hemingway declared, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn' . . . It's the best book we've had." Yet when it was published, the public library in Concord, Massachusetts (home of the Transcendentalist Movement) banned the book, declaring it "the veriest trash," while during the 1990s, the American Library Association ranked it the fifth most frequently challenged book in the country. (In the first decade of the twenty-first century, it has slipped to number fourteen.) Come join the discussion and see what the fuss is about.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Third Annual Fiction Writing Workshop
The library will offer its third annual fiction writing workshop beginning Tuesday, April 12. The six-week workshop will meet Tuesday evenings at the library from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. The $125 registration fee will benefit the library and enrollment is limited to 10.
In each session, we will examine a writing topic and discuss work submitted by participants:
April 12: The Big Picture
April19: Voice
April 26: Character and Dialog
May 3: Plot
May 10: Editing and Rewriting
May 17: Publishing & the Writing Life
To register, call 603-989-5831.
In each session, we will examine a writing topic and discuss work submitted by participants:
April 12: The Big Picture
April19: Voice
April 26: Character and Dialog
May 3: Plot
May 10: Editing and Rewriting
May 17: Publishing & the Writing Life
To register, call 603-989-5831.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Book Discussion: Daisy Miller
Join us Monday, March 21 at 7:00 PM for a discussion of DAISY MILLER by Henry James, part of our winter book discussion series. First published in 1878, DAISY MILLER was an immediate popular success and brought James his first fame as a writer. For a time, the eponymous heroine's name became a generic term for any young, flirtatious, American girl. The tale continues to be one of James's most enduringly popular works, in part because readers are often divided on the question: who bears responsibility for Daisy's plight -- she herself, or society? Come share your thoughts. Admission is free and open to the public.
The winter series in American classics will conclude April 18 with a discussion of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain.
The winter series in American classics will conclude April 18 with a discussion of ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Chicken and Biscuit Dinner
Haverhill Corner Library Benefit Supper & Book Sale ~ Saturday March 12th! Chicken and Biscuits, Coleslaw, Brownie Sundaes! There will be TWO seatings this year 5:30 & 7:00. Each $10 dinner ticket also includes one raffle ticket to win a beautifully crafted (League of NH Craftsmen) basket filled with goods! Additional raffle tickets are $1. Tickets are at the library. Call Nanci 989-5578 for more information.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Billy Budd Book Discussion
The library will sponsor a discussion of Billy Budd by Herman Melville on Monday, February 21, at 7:00 PM. The discussion will be free and open to the public. This is the second in a series of discussions of classic American novels scheduled this winter.
Not published until more than thirty years after Melville’s death, Billy Budd is today one of his best-known and most-discussed works. Melville’s tale of an innocent and guileless sailor caught in an unjust world wrestles with issues of guilt, justice, and the nature of truth. The book has been adapted for film, television, and perhaps most famously as an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier.
Melville’s short novel is nevertheless thematically rich and an excellent example of the work of one of American’s greatest novelists. It’s sure to inspire a lively discussion.
Not published until more than thirty years after Melville’s death, Billy Budd is today one of his best-known and most-discussed works. Melville’s tale of an innocent and guileless sailor caught in an unjust world wrestles with issues of guilt, justice, and the nature of truth. The book has been adapted for film, television, and perhaps most famously as an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier.
Melville’s short novel is nevertheless thematically rich and an excellent example of the work of one of American’s greatest novelists. It’s sure to inspire a lively discussion.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Book Club for Writers
The library will hold its second Book Club for Writers discussion on Thursday, January 27 at 7:00 PM. The discussion will focus on two short stories by contemporary writers: “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned” by Wells Tower and “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell. The discussion is free and open to the public, and copies of the stories are available to borrow in advance.
Book Club for Writers is a program created by the New Hampshire Writers Project that is designed to bring writers and aspiring writers together to discuss works of fiction from the point of view of craft and technique. The Haverhill edition is coordinated by the fiction writing group that meets weekly at the library.
Book Club for Writers is a program created by the New Hampshire Writers Project that is designed to bring writers and aspiring writers together to discuss works of fiction from the point of view of craft and technique. The Haverhill edition is coordinated by the fiction writing group that meets weekly at the library.
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