Books & Brews: Social Hour

Held the second Monday of every month @ 12pm (unless schedule notes otherwise). This is an age-friendly, 1 hour gathering to share our love for books, plus enjoy tea, coffee, light snacks, & good company!

Next sessions: July 14th, August 11th, Sept, 8th, Oct, 6th, Nov. 10th, and Dec. 8th @ 12pm

Location: Washburn Memorial Library's Barbara Porter Room (downstairs).

To sign up: Please contact Cara, Library Director. Call 455-4814 or email washburnmainelibrary@gmail.com

Fee: NO fee to attend.

If you love to read and/or enjoy learning, please join us for this relaxed social hour! If you feel inspired, please bring along a book you'd like to share with the group!

Teatime Book Club

Do you enjoy savoring a cup of tea in the comfort of your own home, while discussing a good read? If you said YES to this question, then please join us for our virtual,

monthly Teatime Book Club via Zoom @ 1pm.

Location: Virtual via Zoom (invite link emailed to participants)

Fee: No fee to attend.

To Do: Sign up, start reading your book, and mark your calendar for our next virtual meeting!

* Washburn Memorial Library

(Open Hours: 9:30am - 4:00pm, Tuesday – Friday).

To sign up for Teatime Book Club: Please contact Cara, Library Director. Call 455-4814 or email washburnmainelibrary@gmail.com

December Book:

The Secret Christmas Library: A Novel, by Jenny Colgan

Mirren Sutherland stumbled into a career as an antiquarian book hunter after finding a priceless antique book in her great aunt’s attic. Now, as Christmas approaches, she’s been hired by Jamie McKinnon, the surprisingly young and handsome laird of a Highland clan whose ancestral holdings include a vast crumbling castle. Family lore suggests that the McKinnon family’s collection includes a rare book so valuable that it could save the entire estate—if they only knew where it was. Jamie needs Mirren to help him track down this treasure, which he believes is hidden in his own home.

But on the train to the Highlands, Mirren runs into rival book hunter Theo Palliser, and instantly knows that it’s not a chance meeting. She’s all too familiar with Theo’s good looks and smooth talk, and his uncanny ability to appear whenever there’s a treasure that needs locating.

Almost as soon as Mirren and Theo arrive at the castle, a deep snow blankets the Highlands, cutting off the outside world. Stuck inside, the three of them plot their search as the wind whistles outside. Mirren knows that Jamie’s grandfather, the castle’s most recent laird, had been a book collector, a hoarder, and a great lover of treasure hunts. Now they must unpuzzle his clues, discovering the secrets of the house—forming and breaking alliances in a race against time.

A treat for booklovers and treasure hunters alike, The Secret Christmas Library serves up a delicious mystery with a hint of romance, and plenty of holiday spirit!