Stowe Free Library - Recent Posts

Found on YouTube: the book trailer for "Packing for Mars"

Stephanie Chase — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:51:04 -0400

Mary Roach's books are patron favorites (her past books include Stiff and Bonk), and her newest, Packing for Mars, looks to be another hit.

Our latest email newsletter -- Gazebo Concerts, Book Sale Ending

Stephanie Chase — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:11:06 -0400

Our latest email newsletter came out on Monday, with information about:

our free Gazebo Concerts series with Stowe Performing Arts, which continues tonight, Tuesday, at 6:30 with the Michael Arnowitt Jazz Trio
our Annual Friends of the Library book sale, which draws to a close this Thursday
becoming a Friend and renewing your Friends membership

If you would like to read the full newsletter, you may view an read more

2010 Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced

Stephanie Chase — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:56:24 -0400

The 2010 Man Booker Prize Longlist

Annual Friends Book Sale begins tomorrow!

Stephanie Chase — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:32:25 -0400

We know you've marked your calendars, but we wanted to send a reminder: our Friends of Stowe Free Library Book Sale, an annual tradition, begins on the porch tomorrow, July 8, at 9am. The book sale will continue for three weeks, until July 29. All of your purchases -- including the refreshments that will be available at opening tomorrow -- support the Friends and the materials and programs at the Library. Hope to see you there!

Pardon Our Dust

Stephanie Chase — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:40:16 -0400

Information on the move to combine the fiction, mysteries, science fiction, and fantasy collections.

A couple of new titles in audio

Megan Carder — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:45:30 -0400

Two new ones in popular fiction

The Lion, by Nelson DeMille

The Bourne Objective, by Eric Van Lustbader

Enjoy!

The Chapbook with Julia Shipley: a series of four workshops

Stephanie Chase — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:33:23 -0400

The Chapbook: Writing and Publishing the Slender Book

Stowe Free Library

Tuesdays June 29, July 6, (no class July 13),

July 20, and July 27 from 5 to 7pm

Jon Stewart at Book Expo America

Stephanie Chase — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:36:39 -0400

Two weeks back at Book Expo America, the annual book-and-author trade show, I was lucky enough to attend a breakfast featuring Jon Stewart of The Daily Show (Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race), Condoleezza Rice (Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me), John Grisham, (The Confession: A Novel), and Mary Roach (Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void).

Stewart acted as master of ceremonies, and w

New audios keep coming!!!

Megan Carder — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:05:10 -0400

Brand new in our audio collection:

The 9th Judgment, by James Patterson

Deliver Us from Evil, by David Baldacci

Innocent, by Scott Turow

61 Hours, by Lee Child

A couple of new books on CD

Megan Carder — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:45:04 -0400

Two brand new books on CD

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson

The Shadow of Your Smile, by Mary Higgins Clark

Come in and check them out!