Calendar – Thetford Libraries

Looking for an expansive topic to ponder during the upcoming months? A Stitch in Time is the theme for the Fall ‘22/Winter’23 Book Discussion Group. Four books – two fiction and two non-fiction – explore the wide-ranging and surprisingly significant role of textile fabrication and assembly throughout the lives of women (and men) from past to present day.

The first book, The Other Side of Stone, by Linda Cracknell, is a collection of linked short fiction stories. Spanning three centuries, it focuses on the people connected to a Perthshire, Scotland woolen mill that dominates their lives, their struggle for women’s rights, and the impact of industrialization on rural Scotland.
The first discussion will be held via Zoom, Thursday, October 20, from noon to 1 p.m. To register and obtain a book from the library, please email librarian@thetfordlibrary.org or call 802-785-4361.

A Stitch in Time: The role and significance of textiles/sewing/needlework in women’s lives during different time periods.

The Other Side of Stone – Linda Cracknell – A collection of linked short stories that spans three centuries, this book focuses on the people connected to a Perthshire, Scotland woolen mill, their struggle for women’s rights and the impact of industrialization on rural Scotland.

All that She Carried – Tiya Alicia Miles – Miles, a Harvard history professor, uses an embroidered message on an old grain sack to unravel the history of three Africa American women whose lives spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, slavery and freedom, and North and South.

The Sewing Machine – Natalie Fergie – A sewing machine, made at the Singer Factory in Clydebank, Scotland in 1911, links together four generations of family through 2016, while showing how tangible and intangible aspects of our lives are inevitably passed down.

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz – Lucy Adlington – non-fiction – Using their sewing skills, 25 young women in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp organized a fashion workshop to create high fashion designs for elite Nazi women and to save themselves from the gas chambers.

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Knitting Group @ Latham Library

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Oct 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Get together with fellow knitters to knit and talk! All experience levels welcome. This program is now being held in person at Latham Library.

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Nonfiction Book Discussion Group @ online via Zoom

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Oct 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

The next meeting of Thetford’s informal nonfiction book discussion group will take place at Latham Library on Thetford Hill on Tuesday October 25th at 12 NOON on Zoom. For the Zoom link, please contact librarian@thetfordlibrary.org

We will be discussing The Man Who Listens To Horses by Monty Roberts, the original Horse Whisperer on whom the book and movie were based.

When Monty Roberts was thirteen years old he went off on his own to the deserts of Nevada to watch mustangs in the wild. What he learned about their methods of communication changed his life forever.

The Man Who Listens to Horses reveals his deep love and understanding of horses. We learn how, through his relationship with various horses, he gradually developed the methods which enabled him to communicate in their own language: a silent language of gestures like signing for the deaf.

According to Monty, anyone can learn the language of the horse and anyone can learn his Join-Up(R) methods. In this book he tells you how. This is the bestselling autobiography that spread Monty Roberts’ message across the world and changed his life forever.

The book may be obtained from your local library, via interlibrary loan, possibly as an audio or e-book via ListenUp Vermont or in New Hampshire, New Hampshire Downloadable Books. Users need only get a barcode number from their local library to use the services. Or you can obtain the book from your favorite local bookseller, or via www.bookfinder.com, the aggregator site for booksellers both large and small from all over the world, and for books both new and secondhand.

All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you.

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Meet and Greet with Library Director Finalist Candidate @ Peabody Library

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Oct 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Latham Memorial Library and George Peabody Library Boards are excited to invite Thetford community members to meet our finalist candidate for the position of Thetford Libraries Director, Holly Lague, on Wednesday, October 26! 2 – 3 pm: Join us for a Meet and Greet at George Peabody Library in Post Mills. Refreshments will be served.
Questions? Please email Latham and Peabody Board Member Melissa Weinstein at melissaweinstein@gmail.com

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