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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
“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...