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This event is in the "19+ Years" group
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us for the inaugural meeting of our new Library Book Club!

This event is in the "12-14 Years" group
This event is in the "15-18 Years" group

Hanging Out & Nerding Out: Book Dragons Read

3:00pm–4:00pm
12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Cliffdale Regional Library
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Conference Room (CLF)
Age Group: 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: Book Club, General Program
Registration Required
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.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Mystery Book Club: Thicker Than Water

5:30pm–6:30pm
19+ Years
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Conference Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Julia and Sienna Larkin are close sisters-in-law and business partners whose bond is tested when Sienna's brother and Julia's husband, Jason, becomes the prime suspect in his boss’s gruesome murder.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Top of the Morning Book Club: The Thursday Murder Club

10:00am–11:00am
19+ Years
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

This event is in the "6-11 Years" group

STEAM and STORIES: Artist Highlight

3:00pm–4:00pm
6-11 Years
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, 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 June, the book is Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. 

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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.

This event is in the "15-18 Years" group
This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Fantasy Book Club: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

It's an ordinary Thursday afternoon for Arthur Dent...until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Cinema Bookworms

3:00pm–5:30pm
19+ Years
Cliffdale Regional Library
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Cinema Bookworms! We'll be comparing a book and its movie adaptation. You will read the book on your own and then watch the movie with us at the library. After the movie we will discuss and compare the two. 

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Mystery Book Club: Thicker Than Water

5:30pm–6:30pm
19+ Years
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Julia and Sienna Larkin are close sisters-in-law and business partners whose bond is tested when Sienna's brother and Julia's husband, Jason, becomes the prime suspect in his boss’s gruesome murder.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Club Insomnia: Not a Happy Family

5:00pm–6:00pm
19+ Years
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Brecken Hill is a wealthy enclave in upstate New York, home to the affluent Merton family. After a tense Easter dinner, Fred and Sheila Merton are found brutally murdered. Their three adult children are shocked—or at least they appear to be.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

The Silent Book Club of McArthur Road

3:00pm–4:45pm
19+ Years
North Regional Library
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Silent reading time is golden. Take an hour to enjoy some snacks and read whatever book you want in a quiet room. After that, stay and talk to your fellow readers about books for a while. 

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

The 100 Club Short Story Book Club

5:00pm–6:30pm
19+ Years
Headquarters Library
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.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

East Regional Book Club: My Lovely Wife

5:45pm–6:45pm
19+ Years
East Regional Library
Library Branch: East Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (ERL)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss Samantha Downing's wildly compulsive debut thriller, My Lovely Wife. How well do you really know the person you love most? Their life was just like yours. Nice house, great kids, the perfect life.

Closed for Independence Day

07/03/2025 @ 6:00pm–07/06/2025 @ 6:00pm
All Branches
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
This event is in the "19+ Years" group

NC Reads - Doc Watson: A Life in Music

3:00pm–5:00pm
19+ Years
Headquarters Library
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.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Rainbow Skies: Compound Fracture

4:00pm–5:30pm
19+ Years
Cliffdale Regional Library
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Welcome to Rainbow Skies!

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Amazing Stories: Warbreaker

3:00pm–4:30pm
19+ Years
Virtual
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Each person is born endowed with the power of one Breath―which can be sold and collected by others, then used to Awaken objects and even corpses to do their bidding.

This event is in the "19+ Years" group

Mystery Book Club: The Silent Patient

5:30pm–6:30pm
19+ Years
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 19+ Years
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Alicia Berenson, a successful painter with a seemingly perfect life, shocks everyone when she kills her husband without explanation and then goes completely silent. Confined to a secure psychiatric facility, she becomes infamous for her silence.

Closed for Labor Day

All Day
All Branches
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
Some Branches
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

Closed for Thanksgiving

All Day 11/27–11/30
All Branches
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–12/28/2025 @ 6:00pm
All Branches
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