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Two special book discussions during Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week, September 25 to October 2, is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.

Thursday, September 30 at 1 p.m. -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Friday, October 1 at 1 p.m. -- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Copies of both books are available at the Circulation Desk. The books themselves and many related materials can also be requested here online: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Book Groups

Afternoon Book Club: Will meet next on Tuesday, September 21 to discuss Loving Frank: a novel by Nancy Horan

The Second Tuesday Women’s Reading Group will meet again September 14 to discuss The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.

The WPL Book Discussion Group will meet again September 20 to discuss Back Bay by William Martin.

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September & October art exhibit: Winchester Public Schools Students, School's In

The reception for this exhibit will be on Wednesday, September 29 from 6-8 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room. This annual show of student artwork is presented by the Winchester Friends of Art, a non-profit organization devoted to the appreciation and support of the K-12 Art programs in the Winchester Public Schools. more

WINCHESTER READS

This year’s WINCHESTER READS book is Hope’s Boy: A Memoir by Andrew Bridge. Click on the title to request a copy. Copies of the book are also available in the Library and at a discounted price at BookEnds.

WINCHESTER READS is sponsored by the John and Mary Murphy Educational Foundation, with additional support from BookEnds, the Friends of the Winchester Public Library, the Winchester Multicultural Network, Winchester Public Schools and enthusiastic volunteers.

Two WINCHESTER READS events are scheduled for the fall. On Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Jack Williams of WBZ-TV will talk about "Wednesday’s Child" and its efforts to find adoptive homes for special needs children at the Jenks Center. Then, on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m., Hope’s Boy author Andrew Bridge will discuss his book at the McCall Middle School Auditorium. We hope you will join us for these special events.

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Seventeen Years of ROAR!!

To celebrate its one hundred years of service to the community in 1993, the Winchester Co-operative Bank chose to fund a library program to provide library outreach to the residents of Winchester. Thus, R.O.A.R. (Rush Out And Read!) was born. The summer teen R.O.A.R. Corps' middle and high school students read aloud to children at the playgrounds, swim clubs, Recreation Department camps, and beaches in Winchester. See photo albums of ROAR in action on the ROAR Facebook page.

On One Summer Day at the Library ...

847 patrons come through our doors between 9:30 am and 9:00 pm.

Early in the morning we receive 14 bins from other libraries:  bins filled with materials that our own patrons requested from other libraries, and our own materials that are being returned to us.  We send out 9 bins of items that were requested by other libraries.

Staff members retrieve 216 items from the shelves to fulfill requests from our own patrons and from other libraries.

739 items are on hold shelves waiting to be picked up by patrons who requested them.

CIRCULATION:

Adults and teens check out 931 books, 143 DVDs, 58 books on CD and 7 Playaways

466 children's hard cover books, 43 children's books on CD, 1 children's Playaway and 87 children's DVDs are checked out

We circulate 26 electronic games in the adult department and 9 in the Children's Department

More about Circulation, Reference, activities and online services to complete this picture

Friends’ Corner

Looking for gifts that reflect Winchester's wonderful sense of community? The Friends of the Library have notecards, bookbags, coffee mugs, wine glasses, prints, hats, and other items for sale to benefit the Library.

Accessible free eBook accounts for students and others who are print-disabled

This library, in partnership with Bookshare and OverDrive (our technology partner for this site) is pleased to introduce you to LEAP - the Library eBook Accessibility Program. If you are a print-disabled Minuteman Digital Media Catalog patron, sign in below to learn if you may qualify for a free LEAP subscription at Bookshare.

To sign into your library account and learn more, click here.

What to read next

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Events:

Fall weekends: September 11 will be the first Saturday the Library will be open this fall; October 3 will be the first Sunday.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: In addition to announcements on our calendar, library closings and delayed openings are listed on Cancellations.com

Computer Class Schedule

Navigating Google – Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.

Travel on a Budget – Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.

E-mail: Beyond the Basics – Wednesday, Sept. 22 at noon

“Help - The Paper's Due Tomorrow!” – Tuesday, October 5 at 7 p.m. (Postponed from Wed., Sept. 22.)

Find out all fall classes and about how to register for classes.

Summer Reading Lists

Winchester High School - English

McCall Middle School

Winchester Grades K-5

Teen Summer Reading Program

The Library participated in the Massachusetts state summer reading program again this year. www.readsinma.org/winpublib,

This Summer's Library Newsletter

Speaking Volumes - the town-wide Library newsletter is now available online. You can sign up to receive it by email.

Thanks to The Cotton-Arbo retum

For two of the garden photos in the upperleft-hand corner's slide show. More about The Cotton-Arbo retum in Winchester.

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