Monthly meeting of the Friends of the Library. Community attendance and commentary is welcome! https://brookslibraryvt.org/about-us/friends-of-the-library/
All are invited to this community dialogue organized by Brattleboro District 9 Chair, with featured guest State Rep. Ian Goodnow. While there is no formal agenda for this meeting, one might say it is divided in three parts: • What happened in the last legislative session? • What can we expect in the session starting […]
Designed for ages under 6- all ages welcome! Free and open to the public. This lovely class is an enriching musical experience for toddlers and preschoolers, designed to support healthy cognitive, physical, and social development. Children will sing, clap, stomp, dance, and play along with the curriculum of traditional and modern folk songs. Parents will […]
This offering will be led by Bhante Rathana, a Buddhist monk originally from Sri Lanka and currently residing at Serenity Central of New England in Jacksonville, Vermont. He has been dedicated to the path of Dhamma since the age of 13, and his journey includes over two decades of monastic training, study, and teaching in […]
Write Action writers will present excerpts from their recently published books. Books will be available for purchase at the reading. See the Brattleboro Literary Festival 2025 website for details: https://brattleborolitfest.org/write-action-2023-events/
Unfortunately, Jo Knowles/Glynnis Fawkes are unable to attend. Fortunately, debut author Anna Monders will provide a glimpse into her middle-grade novel TESTED (Aladdin, March 2026), share some favorite children's book titles and lead some collaborative story-writing fun!
Bring a work in progress to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, or mend. Sewing machines, irons, and companionship will be provided.
Silent Book Club is a global community of readers with nearly 2,000 chapters in 60+ countries. There's no assigned reading; all readers are welcome—ebooks, audiobooks, textbooks, comic books...it's BYOBook. Friends and strangers are welcome to gather, share what they're reading, and settle in for an hour or so of sustained silent reading. At the end […]
Peter Mendelsund is the author of seven books: including his novel The Delivery; “Gorgeously written; profound.” Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours), the novel Same Same described as: “Breezy and profound in equal measure.” —The New York Times, the non-fiction works What We See When We Read, (“Welcome and fascinating” Tim Parks, The New York […]
Helen Whybrow is an Editor-at-Large for Milkweed Editions. She was the publisher of an imprint of W. W. Norton for many years before becoming a freelance editor and Editor-at-Large for Orion Magazine. With a focus on creative nonfiction, Helen has worked with dozens of well-known writers over the years, including Barry Lopez, Lauret Savoy, Robin […]
Adam Plunkett is a literary critic, has received fellowship support from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Leon Levy Center for Biography. His new book is Love and Need: the Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry, is a demanding and rewarding biography of Frost in which Plunkett threads together Frost’s life […]
The Brattleboro Stamp Club will be celebrating its 90th Anniversary on Monday, 20 October, 6:00-8:30 PM in the Brooks Memorial Library Community Room. The greater Brattleboro community is invited to join for a special stamp program, refreshments, freewheeling conversation, and philatelic freebies for all ages. 90th anniversary T-shirts and a special stamped, cacheted envelope (or […]
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