Click the images below for a list of books and DVDs that are new or coming soon to the Library!

Reorganization Project is Complete!

Thanks to the incredible efforts of Toby and Missy (lots of heavy lifting!), we are thrilled to announce that the library reorganization project is complete and all of the books are in their new homes!
 

• Adult Fiction, including new fiction, is all across the hall in what was formerly the Children's Room and is now the Reading Room (and our quiet space)
• Mystery is all in the main room - new mystery books are in the free standing shelf to the right of the circulation desk (where new fiction used to be)
• New DVDs are in the shelf directly in front of the circulation desk
• Graphic novels and our teen collection (graphic novels, fiction, non-fiction, and audiobooks with a "Y" call number) are in the main room, directly behind the bank of computers to the left of the circulation desk
• Picture books, early readers, independent readers, and middle grade ("J" call numbers) are all downstairs in our new children's area (which used to be home to the second halves of our fiction and mystery collections)
• Reference books are on the second floor in our new conference room

Large print and audiobooks have remained in their spots in the main room, as have most of the DVDs. Non-fiction and biographies also have not moved. 

We're still working on signage, and we're going to do a video tour to post to the website soon, but we sincerely hope this will make the collection much more accessible and easier to browse. If you need help finding anything while we all get accustomed to the new arrangement, please feel free to ask!

Job Opening - Summer Program Assistant

Thomaston Public Library has a 15-17-hour per week position opening for June (after public schools close) from about 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, Monday through Friday, for eight weeks.  Position requires a self-confident individual who is interested in and has skill working with children at our summer activities and food program, 40 Days of Summer.  Ability to supervise and direct children’s programs mostly outdoors with leadership, compassion and kindness.  Looking for individuals with high energy, mature judgment and the ability to help create a welcoming, inclusive and stimulating community space. Programming ranges from outside professionals like the Chewonki Foundation and Sparks Ark to town experts on bees, lobsters, rockets and history to playground games, reading and STEM projects.  The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, and have enthusiasm for all things library. The position pays $11 per hour.

Contact Caroline Ward-Nesbit (caroline.wardnesbit@thomaston.lib.me.us) or Diane Giese (headlibrarian@thomston.lib.me.us) at the library. 

Upcoming Events

March 7: New Mystery Book Club!

The second meeting of the Thomaston Public Library Mystery Book Club will be held on March 7th at 11 am.  This month we are reading Faith Martin's first book with protagonist Hillary Greene, Murder On the Oxford Canal. DI Hillary Greene is a police woman fighting to save her career.  Her husband a corrupt cop, now deceased, has cast a shadow on her reputation.  Can the investigation of a body found floating in the Oxford Canal help clear her name?  First in the series of crime thrillers set in Oxfordshire, Murder on the Oxford Canal  with its diverse cast of characters is a compelling mystery and will appeal to readers of Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter and Agatha Christie according to its reviewers.
 
Light refreshments are served.  All are welcome to join us for this literary trip to Oxford.  For more information, please contact the library.  The next book in the series will be announced at the meeting.

March 12: Let's Talk About It Book Club

The Let's Talk About It book group will meet on Tuesday, March 12 at 11 am to continue "The Civil War: Fiction" series with Beloved by Toni Morrison. This month, longtime book club member and friend to the library Pam Evans has generously offered to lead the discussion while our usual facilitator, Lee Heffner, is away.

From the publisher:

"Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement."

These discussions are always thought-provoking and lively, and we welcome anyone to join for one book or the whole series! Light refreshments are served. The next book in the series, to be discussed on April 9, will be March by Geraldine Brooks. Copies will be available to borrow at the library. For more information, please contact the library at (207) 354-2453. 

March 15: Communi-TEA!

Join us for afternoon tea on March 15 from 3 to 4:30 PM! Delicious treats and hot tea will be served, and all are welcome in the community living room at Thomaston Public Library.

We would also like to encourage folks to support their neighbors by bringing to Communi-TEA a non-perishable food, pet care, or personal care item to donate to the food pantry!

"Persepolis is the story of Satrapi’s unforgettable childhood and coming of age in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming–both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.

"Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is a clear-eyed and searing condemnation of the human cost of fundamentalism. In its depiction of the struggles of growing up - here compounded by Marjane's status as an outsider both abroad and at home - it is raw, honest, and incredibly illuminating."

On the third Tuesday of every month, the Intergenerational Book Club, a group of men and women of all ages, comes together at the library to share their opinions and ideas about the selected book. All are welcome at the Thomaston Library on March 19th at 2:30 p.m. If you live in Thomaston and would like to attend but need a ride, please call the library at 354-2453 a week before the discussion date.

In April, we will be discussing Longbourn by Jo Baker. Copies will be available to borrow at the library. 

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On Display at the Library

March is Women's History Month

Non-Fiction That Reads Like Fiction

Showcase Space Available

Bookmobile Home Delivery Service

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