The Friends of the Newbury Public Library will hold their first annual Themed Gift Basket Silent Auction Fundraiser to benefit the Newbury Public Library on July 11th as part of Newbury's Old Home Days celebration!!!
The Friends are currently accepting donations for the baskets. If you would like to donate a themed gift, please stop by the library to view the list of choices.

Poetry Jam: T is for Themed Baskets!

Get in touch with your inner altruist. Come help us fill the "Ode de Poetry" basket Wednesday, July 1st at 7:00pm. Bring a gift and your gift inspired poem to donate. Loa Winter has graciously agreed to apply her wonderful artistic touches to our basket arranging!

This event is moderated by award-winning poet and Newbury resident Dianalee Velie.

Book Discussion: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

It's 1996 and Hannah Heath, an expert in rare books, has been lured from her laid-back life in Australia to Sarajevo, "where they just stopped shooting at each other five minutes ago." Hannah's job is to conserve and analyze the world-famous Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the earliest illuminated Jewish texts. The ancient manuscript, filled with images so rich and beautiful that it is now a priceless artifact, has appeared, vanished, and reappeared numerous times in its 500-year history. Its most recent rediscovery in war-torn Sarajevo, where a Muslim librarian has saved this Jewish holy book, is nothing short of a miracle.

Join us Monday July 6th at 7:00PM for a thought-provoking discussion of this captivating novel from Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks