Paul Doiron Talk Death Before Dawn at the Wendell Gilley Museum

July 22, 2021

Co-sponsored by Sherman’s Books, the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the Jesup Memorial Library Bestselling author Paul Doiron will be at the Wendell Gilley Musaum at 4 Herrick Road on July 23 at 7pm. He’s . . . read more »

Category: Event General, News

Book Sale July 9-10 9am to 4pm

July 7, 2021

Find your next summer read at Southwest Harbor Public Library’s Big Book Sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 9, 10, 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Library in the Children’s Garden and . . . read more »

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Maine Library Quest Scavenger Hunt

June 30, 2021

Maine Library Quest Website Treasure Hunt for Tweens & Teens July 1 – Aug 16 Online The Southwest Harbor Public Library is proud to participate in Maine’s first ever Library Quest. Tweens, teens, and their . . . read more »

Category: Event Children, Event Young Adult, News

Rebecca Milliken Book Talk

June 18, 2021

On Tuesday, June 29 at 5:30 the Southwest Harbor Public Library will host a virtual author talk with Rebecca Milliken who will speak about her memoir Gaining Altitude: Retirement & Beyond and the saga of . . . read more »

Category: Event General

Call to Artists & Art Donors

June 16, 2021

The Library invites artists and art donors to submit a unique piece of art for our 2021 Celebration of Art Silent Auction Library Benefit on display from August 1 to 27. Art donors, we welcome . . . read more »

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Life of Cptn. Anderson and the last decades of the Atlantic sailing trade

June 4, 2021

Tuesday, June 15 at 5:30 p.m. Don’t miss this virtual program with author John Anderson who will speak about his book Borne on the Wind that chronicles the life and times of Maine schooner Capt. . . . read more »

Category: Event General, News

Island Quilters June Exhibit

June 4, 2021

Island Quilters, a Mount Desert Island quilters group since 1992, will exhibit their work at the Southwest Harbor Public Library during the month of June. The group has been meeting via Zoom over the winter . . . read more »

Category: Exhibit, News

KIDS!!! When Magic Meets the Real World — books you may have missed!

May 21, 2021

The Southwest Harbor Public Library has 6 of these 12 titles (Unusual Chickens For The Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones, Coraline, El Libro Fantastico, A Wrinkle in Time, Aru Shah and the End of . . . read more »

Category: Book Lists, Book Reviews - Kids

New Books at the Library in May 2021

May 17, 2021

Here’s a small sample of new books at the library in May.  To see more new books, go to “BORROW” on the library’s homepage green task bar and check out our “new books” lists as . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews, New Books in the Library

All Aboard? Rethinking Transformational Travel on a Cruise ship

May 4, 2021

Tuesday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. Anthropologist Geoff Devito is a professional Storyteller and is highly recommended by COA professor Sean Todd.   Attitudes toward cruise tourism are generally polarized.  Many “cruisers”  sail multiple times a . . . read more »

Category: Event General, News