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No, it’s not December 2023 yet, but once the holidays begin, I find there is little time to pause and look back at the year that has passed by.  One of the events that has gotten everyone’s attention this year is book banning across...

Books in Bloom is a collaboration between the Friends of the Hopkinton Library and the Hopkinton Garden Club. Each year, Librarians pick a theme and books for children, teens, and adults, that fit that theme. Members of the Garden Club then create floral arrangements...

Autumn is here as leaves begin to fade and descend to the earth. Mary Oliver was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work was inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong...

September embraces the end of summer and the beginning of Fall. There is always a big onslaught of new books published for this season. From the “Off the Shelf” newsletter, here are their suggestions for “26 Most Anticipated Books for Fall”. If there’s a...

by Veronica Rossi Frannie Tasker doesn’t have time for politics; she’s too busy surviving by scavenging from shipwrecks. In a twist of fate she transforms into the Loyalist girl whose body was found washed up on the beach. Veronica Rossi writes a captivating novel...

Anzu is living her best life, but in Japan, birth rates are falling, so a magical commission that harvests joy from young people needs more teens to get out and socialize. Anzu is transported to an alternate reality without chocolate, games, or even her...

August 2023Ann-Marie Speicher I’ve always heard people call the month of August, the “dog days” of summer. Why? Because it always used to be the hottest month of summer when probably even dogs didn’t enjoy being outside. That is, up until this year when...

Miriam-Webster defines an audiobook as a recording of a book or magazine being read aloud. Hopkinton patrons love audiobooks and have the opportunity to borrow BOOKS ON CD, Playaways, or digital audiobooks. Last fiscal year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), Hopkinton patrons...

At their June 12, 2023 meeting, the Hopkinton Board of Library Trustees voted to make the HPL a Book Sanctuary. Following the ALA Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights on Diverse Collections, the Board of Trustees affirm that books and other library resources...

“June is the gateway to summer.” by Jean Hersey Greetings lovers of summer. We are halfway through this year, can you believe it? So, summer is upon us and even though many of you are looking ahead to some planned summer vacations, if you...