As the Poetry Salon at Abbot Public Library begins a new season, the November poet will be Seamus Heaney, winner of many awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Heaney was an Irish poet, playwright and translator, described by Robert Lowell as “the most important Irish poet since Yeats.”
Mark Arsenault's "The Imposter’s War" is the shocking history of the espionage and infiltration of American media during WWI and a riveting narrative of the courageous newsman who changed the course of history by exposing it. In the lead-up to America’s entry into World War I, Germany spent the modern equivalent of $1 billion to […]
The Poetry Salon will convene at the Abbot Public Library to explore the poetry of Pablo Neruda, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Poetry packets are available near the library’s main desk or online at tinyurl.com/Jan-2023-Poems. Born in southern Chile in 1904, Pablo Neruda led a life charged with poetic and political activity. […]
Rabbi Laura Geller, co-author of “Getting Good at Getting Older” — a pragmatic, playful, and wise book about how to embrace and navigate the later years of life — will be leading a weekend of workshops at Temple Sinai in Marblehead, beginning Friday, Jan. 20. The topics will be “Getting Good at Getting Older – […]
Join Sustainable Marblehead for a discussion on fiction, memoir and how storytelling can inspire climate action with two local writers: Marblehead author and National Book Award winner Julia Glass, whose latest novel "Vigil Harbor” came out last spring, and West Gloucester artist and author Patricia Hanlon, whose memoir "Swimming to the Top of the Tide," […]
Abbot Public Library will host an introductory session for its upcoming Mystery Book Group. Stop by and meet Adult Services Librarian Rachael Meneades to discuss if you are interested in joining and what you would like to read. This group will meet on the last Tuesday of every month and is open to adults.
To celebrate National Poetry Nonth, the Marblehead Racial Justice Team has a special session planned for its next in a series of “Conversations on Race,” which will feature local students who will share their love of poetry. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from young people who will read their favorite poems and discuss […]
In preparation for its Saturday, June 10 book sale, the Friends of Abbot Public Library will be accepting donations of books and games in good condition at Abbot Public Library at Eveleth School. The Friends are unable to accept CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes or cassettes.
In preparation for its Saturday, June 10 book sale, the Friends of Abbot Public Library will be accepting donations of books and games in good condition on Friday, June 2 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to noon 1 at Abbot Public Library at Eveleth School. The Friends […]
As part of its Summer Reading: Find Your Voice theme, Abbot Public Library is hosting literary agent Doug Grad to discuss how to get your book published. Grad, a 37-year veteran of the publishing industry, will give you the cold, hard reality of the business — from landing a deal with a major publisher to […]
