The library will be closed Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving.
The library will be closed Friday, November 29 for Thanksgiving.
Adult Book Group: We're exploring best day and time to hold a monthly book group. Get in touch with us to let us know what would work for you.
"Climate & Community" book discussion of Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge by Erica Gies, will be held on Wednesday, January 22 at 6:30 PM on Zoom. Register for the Zoom link at https://bit.ly/cml-clc-1-22-25. We have 10 copies of the book available to borrow now from the Cook Memorial Library. Read and return so others can have a chance to read it before the discussion.
One Book One Valley: A collaboration between 12 area libraries and White Birch Books independent bookstore. Events and book discussions take place in the fall.
Kids’ Book Clubs are held several times a year. See our Reading Clubs for Kids page for a list of clubs, and our calendar for upcoming Reading Club meetings.
Getting books for your book group: If you belong to a book group and have a Tamworth library card, you can ask to borrow multiple copies of a title for your group. We will request copies from other New Hampshire libraries through our interlibrary loan system. Note that new titles (less than six months from publication date) will not be available to borrow from other libraries.
Book group kits: New Hampshire Library Association has dozens of READS-to-Go kits, large tote bags that contain 15 copies of a discussable book, available for book groups to borrow. See a listing of available titles at http://www.eventkeeper.com/kitkeeper/index.cfm?curOrg=NHLA. Let us know if you’re interested in borrowing any of these kits.
Our library has multiple copies of the following titles, which may be borrowed as a set for your book group. Just let us know if you’d like to borrow any of these: