Avery Day will be at the library to talk about estate planning. Find out what you need to do now to make things easier for your family when you’re gone.

Carl and David Little will visit the library to talk about their book, “Art of Penobscot Bay”. Art from local artist, Elaine Crossman, is included in the book.

Harry Gratwick will visit the library to talk about the “World of Winslow Homer”. He has researched and prepared a presentation that will give insight into the life and art of Winslow Homer.

Join Liza Gardner Walsh at the Vinalhaven Public Library on Saturday, August 10 at 10:30am for a Fairy House Workshop! Reading excerpts from the Fairy House Handbook, Liza will share what exactly is a fairy house, the rules of the forest, and tips on attracting fairies. This interactive program builds on children’s innate knowledge of fairies, nature and the fairy house world. Kids will create a collaborative fairy house.

Cassatt String Quartet will have a rehearsal, open to the public. Wonderful group, stop in if you can!

Oh, the Places You’ll Go…When Exploring Family Secrets

When shocking DNA test results upended Vinalhaven resident Michelle Tullier’s sense of self, family, and home, she embarked on a journey to uncover the truth and reclaim her identity. Join us as Michelle recounts tales of her travels from the Louisiana bayous and Bible Belt to the South Carolina Low Country, tracing family footsteps against a backdrop of the Great Depression, WWII, racial segregation, and homophobia. Learn from her virtual travels back to the tragic 18th-century expulsion of Acadians from the Bay of Fundy, and hear about the surprising way her quest concluded at a revered Vinalhaven institution. With humor, poignant candor, photographs, and readings from her literary memoir No Finer Place, this promises to be an engaging and informative evening.

Join children’s author, Alexandra Hinrichs at the library for a story time and book signing, centered around her book, The Lobster Lady.

Mystery Making: In this interactive workshop, three mystery authors representing different sub-genres, including cozy/traditional and thriller/suspense, will brainstorm on their feet to create a brand new mystery using suggestions provided by the audience. Fun, fast-paced, and fascinating, this improv game offers important insights into mystery writers’ minds and the conventions of the genre. They are a fun, engaging group and it should be a great program!

Roxana Robinson will visit the library to talk about her new book, “Leaving”.

Roxana Robinson is the author of eleven books—seven novels, three collections of short stories, and the biography of Georgia O’Keeffe. Four of these were chosen as New York Times Notable Books, two as New York Times Editors’ Choices.

Heather White and Sue Falkenhan will be taking over Story Time for the morning to read their books and have a book signing! Bring the kids for a fun time and support our local authors.

Jessica Shattuck will visit the library to talk about her new book, “Last House”.

Jessica is the author of the novels Last House (publication summer of 2024), The Women in the Castle, a New York Times Bestseller and winner of The New England Book Award; Perfect Life; and The Hazards of Good Breeding, 
which was a New York Times Notable Book, a Boston Globe best book of the year, and a finalist for the 2003 PEN/Winship Award.

Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Glamour, Open City, and The Tampa Review among other publications.

Her other writing has appeared in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Wired, The Believer Magazine, and The Boston Globe.

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The Vinalhaven Public Library will be hosting Karen Coluzzi, state expert on slugs and snails. Find out how you can help document slugs and snails, and learn about the black slugs that inhabit our island.

Come to Vinalhaven Public Library for an evening featuring readings from two writers!

Annie Penfield is a memoirist, and essayist and is currently shopping for a publisher for her memoire, Half Lives.  Penny Guisinger is a non-fiction writer whose recently published the book, Shift.  "Beginning her story as straight and ending as queer, she struggles to make sense of how her identity changed so profoundly while leaving her feeling like the same person she’s always been”. Penny lives in Downeast Maine. 

ICMS and AgingME are bringing Dr. Susan Wehry to the Vinalhaven Public Library to talk about the aging brain and living with dementia.

“This presentation on the aging brain talks through ways you can stay healthy, reduce risk, and live well with dementia.  Dr. Wehry will also overview 'dementia worry' or anxiety one might have about a dementia diagnosis.  The talk is 45 minutes, with time at the end for discussion.

Susan Wehry, MD, is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist with almost 40 years of experience.  She is the director of AgingME, a Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP), to create a more age-friendly health system.”

For more information on AgingME, visit their website at www.agingme.org.

Carole Martin, Director of the Star of Hope Foundation will be at the library for an informal conversation with anyone who wants to drop in and ask questions about the Foundation or discuss ideas.

CookbookClub will meet to talk about the cookbook/recipes that we picked out at the last meeting. We will share food and talk about your choice/experience. Feel free to bring something to share from your cookbook, or just join the discussion. All are welcome.