New Carpeting!!!!

The library will be closed from June 5th until Thursday, June 9th while new carpeting is being installed. In anticipation of this we are moving books and videos out of the center shelves. These will be stored in a U-Haul truck while the library is closed.
If anyone can help us move books in and out of the library please call 827-2918. Thank you!

May Book Discussion--Glass Castle

The next community book discussion will be held on Thursday May 12th at 7:00 p.m. in the library. This month's book is "The Glass Castle" by Jeanneatte Walls.

Jeannette Walls is a free lance journalist who grew up with her three siblings in a rather unusual family. Her parents (both quite eccentric and nomadic) had a "lassez faire" approach to child rearing. Homelessness, eating out of trash cans, alcoholism and mental illess were present along with love, whimsy, resiliance and artistic creativity. This is an unforgetable memoir!

Mushrooms in the Library!

On Tuesday, April 19th at 7:00 p.m. Ted Lenk will be giving an informal talk about home mushroom cultivation. Ted's interest started about 30 years ago with foraging for wild edible mushrooms. He began backyard cultivation about 10 years ago and has grown shiitakes, wine cap stropharias, and oyster mushrooms. This event is co-sponsored by the library and the Harrisville Agricultural Commission.

Chickens in the Library!!!!

The Agriculural Committee and the library will be hosting a program on "Backyard Chickens" on Monday March 21st at 7:00 p.m. Lily Plasse of Fitzwilliam will be our presenter and we will talk about: breeds, health, housing, feeds, etc. Snacks will be provided by the Agricultural Committee and there will be LIVE chickens to meet!

March Book Discussion

Leaving Mother Lake: a Girlhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu will be the book discussed at the March meeting. Namu tells her story of growing up in a matriarchal culture on the China-Tibet border in the late 1960s.

The group will meet on Weds. March 16th at 7:00 p.m.

Agricultural Books on Display

The group of people in town who are trying to put together an Agricultural Commission for the town of Harrisville have asked the library to put up a display of some of the many books that we have pertaining to agriculture, farming, gardening and food production. Beginning Feb. 1st the window sills are host to some of these books. A comprehensive list is available in print at the library, or can be sent as an email attachment. Contact the Library Director if you'd like a copy. sweaver@harrisville.lib.nh.us

Puzzle, anyone?

This puzzle of a map of Harrisville was donated to the library. Stop by and see if you can put any pieces in place. This is a CHALLENGING puzzle!