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NC Reads - On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, Genealogy/Local History
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina. Join us as we discuss these...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, Genealogy/Local History
Event Details:

North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina.

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Rainbow Skies: Pageboy

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies! Every month, we meet to discuss a story with LGBTQIA+ representation. You're welcome to our monthly in-person meetings on the second Saturday of ever...

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

An African-American teenage girl on the cover, wearing a black tank top. Red and blue lights shimmer from her arms.

Amazing Stories: Legendborn

Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

After her mother dies in an accident, 16-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at U...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

After her mother dies in an accident, 16-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home.

Four old books laying on their side stacked on top of each other on a table with a book shelf in the background.

Hanging Out & Nerding Out: Book Dragons Read

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club, General Program
Age Group:
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Event Details:

Gaming, robots, books and podcasts, oh my! We invite teens to join us in #hangingout&nerdingout every week as we participate in various activities. We have games. We have robot...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Book Club, General Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Gaming, robots, books and podcasts, oh my! We invite teens to join us in #hangingout&nerdingout every week as we participate in various activities. We have games. We have robotics and coding. We have books to read.

There's a man and woman embracing in a darkened alleyway. They are in shadow, the lamplight hanging above them illuminating the space behind them. To the left of them, in the forefront, we see a blurred figure of a man, also in shadow, seemingly walking toward them.

Mystery Book Club: The Shadow District

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (HPM) at Hope Mills Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detect...

Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detective Konrad looks into the smothering death of a 90-year-old man.

A woman in a lounge chair wearing a green two-piece swimsuit, sunglasses and a green hairband. Behind her is a man wearing a yellow long-sleeve shirt, orange shorts, orange shoes and sunglasses reading a green book. There are palm leaves around the edges of the cover.

Top of the Morning Book Club

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

In Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation, Poppy and Alex are best friends from college who have travelled together each summer for the last decade. But two years ago there was a...

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

In Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation, Poppy and Alex are best friends from college who have travelled together each summer for the last decade. But two years ago there was a rift in their friendship, and they haven't spoken since.

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STEAM and STORIES: Robots

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting/Activity Room (BOR) at Bordeaux Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
6-11 Years
Event Details:

STEAM and Stories is a program to explore a book from the juvenile fiction section and do a related STEAM activity. For April, the book is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. ...

Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Book Club, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

STEAM and Stories is a program to explore a book from the juvenile fiction section and do a related STEAM activity. 

For April, the book is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Closed for Good Friday/Easter Weekend

04/17/2025 @ 6:00pm to 04/20/2025 @ 6:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
There's a man and woman embracing in a darkened alleyway. They are in shadow, the lamplight hanging above them illuminating the space behind them. To the left of them, in the forefront, we see a blurred figure of a man, also in shadow, seemingly walking toward them.

Mystery Book Club: The Shadow District

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detect...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

In wartime Reykjavík, an Icelandic detective and a U.S. military policeman investigate the murder of a young woman in the dangerous "shadow district." Decades later, retired detective Konrad looks into the smothering death of a 90-year-old man.

Image of lit-up houses on the edge of a lake with tall trees around the houses. The title has the words, "The...at the Wedding" crossed out along with the author's first and last name.

Club Insomnia: The Last One at the Wedding

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

Frank Szatowski is thrilled when his estranged daughter, Maggie, unexpectedly invites him to her wedding after three years of silence. Upon arriving at the lavish, secluded estate ...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Frank Szatowski is thrilled when his estranged daughter, Maggie, unexpectedly invites him to her wedding after three years of silence.

A stylized phoenix rises into a starry night sky above a house on a cliff above the sea.

Fantasy Book Club: Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room (SPL) at Spring Lake Community Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Event Details:

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adopti...

Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Conference Room (SPL)
Age Group: 15-18 Years, 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one.

Four old books laying on their side stacked on top of each other on a table with a book shelf in the background.

The 100 Club Short Story Book Club

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

The Short Story Book Club for busy individuals offers a curated selection of short stories, each 100 pages or less, from the esteemed collection "The Best Short Stories of 2024" O....

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Short Story Book Club for busy individuals offers a curated selection of short stories, each 100 pages or less, from the esteemed collection "The Best Short Stories of 2024" O. Henry Prize winners.

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Cinema Bookworms

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Meeting/Activity Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms where we'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. Read the book at your leisure and watch the movie with us to discuss and compare the book vs. ...

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms where we'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. Read the book at your leisure and watch the movie with us to discuss and compare the book vs. movie. 

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East Regional Book Club: The Moonshiner's Daughter

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 5:45pm - 6:45pm
Meeting/Activity Room (ERL) at East Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

Join us to discuss Donna Everhart’s The Moonshiner’s Daughter, a Southern coming-of-age novel. It is 1960, and Jessie Sasser has inherited a legacy that she does not want...

Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss Donna Everhart’s The Moonshiner’s Daughter, a Southern coming-of-age novel. It is 1960, and Jessie Sasser has inherited a legacy that she does not want: she comes from a long line of moonshiners.

Cover of Hungry Roots showing different root vegetables around the title.

NC Reads - Hungry Roots: How Food Communicates Appalachia’s Search for Resilience

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Conference Room #3 (HQU) at Headquarters Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, Genealogy/Local History
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina. Join us as we discuss these...

Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Conference Room #3 (HQU)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club, Culture & Entertainment, Genealogy/Local History
Event Details:

North Carolina Reads annually features five books that explore issues of racial, social and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina.

The cover of Butter Honey Pig Bread features an artistic drawing of two dark skinned, short haired figures against a pink and orange background with a large palm frond beside each figure.

Rainbow Skies: Butter Honey Pig Bread

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Conference Room (CLF) at Cliffdale Regional Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
19+ Years
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies! Every month, we meet to discuss a story with LGBTQIA+ representation. You're welcome to our monthly in-person meetings on the second Saturday of ever...

Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Conference Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

Closed for Memorial Day

All Day 5/25 - 5/26
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for Independence Day

07/03/2025 @ 6:00pm to 07/06/2025 @ 6:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for Labor Day

All Day
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for Veteran's Day

All Day
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for Thanksgiving

All Day 11/27 - 11/30
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual

Closed for Christmas

12/23/2025 @ 6:00pm to 12/28/2025 @ 6:00pm
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual
Closing
Branches:
Headquarters Library, Bordeaux Community Library, Cliffdale Regional Library, East Regional Library, Hope Mills Community Library, North Regional Library, Spring Lake Community Library, West Regional Library, Off Site, Virtual