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  • Join The Crafty Crew. Fridays from 10 am to noon, North Walpole Branch Library. Join us weekly—or whenever you can—for a fun gathering with fellow crafters. Share ideas, work on your projects, and enjoy some creative time together. Just bring along your current portable craft project and let's get creative!
  • Wiggle Time. Songs, dancing and bubbles. Mondays at 10 am.
  • Caregivers Support Group. Meets the second Tuesday of the month, 2 pm, Main Library.
  • Story Time at the Main Library. Wednesdays at 10 am and 5:30 pm.
  • Walpole Town Library Story Walk at Distant Hill Nature Trail. Open every day, dusk to dawn. New books every month.
  • Tales From The Spice Rack: exploring people & places behind the ingredients that flavor our food. Wednesday, March 18, 2026 6:30 PM. From ancient trade routes to modern kitchens, spices connect the past and present. This presentation by Plymouth State Associate Professor Laura Tilghman explores cloves and vanilla—two spices largely grown in Madagascar. Grown by small-scale farmers using traditional methods, these spices carry a long history while facing modern challenges like climate change, market swings, and artificial flavors. Learn how everyday ingredients reveal the people and global systems behind what we eat. Sponsored by a grant from NH Humanities. Registration is required. 603-756-9806 or jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org
  • Movie Time. In the Heat of the Night Thursday, March 19 , 1 pm Main Library.
  • Did you know that Walpole has organic garden plots with a nominal $25 membership per season? Learn about "No Till" gardening, soil management, share seeds and knowledge, be part of a multi-generational community, and attend special events. Any level of gardening experience is welcome! Join us for a presentation led by the Hooper Institute Director and Walpole Community Garden members. Light refreshments provided.
  • Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 PM Walpole Town Hall, Join us to commemorate and reflect upon the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a film screening and discussion! Together, we’ll watch a short excerpt from THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new film directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, followed by a community discussion. The featured segment from THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, “The Spirit of Service,” explores service as a core American value, from the nation’s founding through to the present day – examining volunteerism, civic participation, public leadership, and more. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Keene State professor, Margaret Mott. Free and open to the public. This event is made possible by New Hampshire Humanties, in partnership with NHPBS, with additional support provided by Dogswell Benevolent Trust. By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
  • Poetry reading, Thursday, April 9 @ 7PM Walpole Town Library. The Walpole Town Library is delighted to host a reading with poets Chard deNiord, Alice Fogel, and Lesle Lewis. Chard deNiord is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently Westminster West (2025). He served as poet laureate of Vermont from 2015 to 2019 and taught English and Creative Writing for twenty-two years at Providence College, where is now a Professor Emeritus. Alice B. Fogel (she/her) is the New Hampshire Poet Laureate emerita (2013–2019). She gives talks and workshops for all ages on reading and writing through the New Hampshire Councils on the Arts and the Humanities and works as a professor and one-on-one as an academic coach with neurodiverse students at Landmark College in Putney, Vermont. Her most recent book of poetry, Nothing But: a series of indirect considerations on art & consciousness, was published in 2021. Lesle Lewis’ poetry collections include Small Boat (winner of the 2002 Iowa Poetry Prize), Landscapes I & II (2006), lie down too (2011), A Boot’s a Boot (2014), and Rainy Days on the Farm (2019). Her chapbooks published by Factory Hollow Press include It’s Rothko in Winter or Belgium (2012) and Hydrogen (2025). She has two forthcoming collections in 2026.
  • Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 PM Walpole Town Hall. Join us to commemorate and reflect upon the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with a film screening and discussion! Together, we’ll watch a short excerpt from THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new film directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, followed by a community discussion. The featured segment from THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, “The Spirit of Service,” explores service as a core American value, from the nation’s founding through to the present day – examining volunteerism, civic participation, public leadership, and more. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Keene State professor, Margaret Mott. Free and open to the public. his event is made possible by New Hampshire Humanties, in partnership with NHPBS, with additional support provided by Dogswell Benevolent Trust. By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

New at the Library!

Truth and Consequence by Daniel Ellsberg
The Cure for Everything by Michelle Williams
American Struggle by Jon Meacham
Burned by Billionaires by Chuck Collins
Trouble Maker: The fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford by Carla Kaplan
Fear And Fury by Thompson, Heather Ann
The Red Winter by Sullivan, Cameron
50 Knitted Wraps and Shawls by Nöldeke, Marisa
A World Appears by Pollan, Michael
A Beginner’s Quilt by Brunstetter, Wanda
Fear Less by Smith, Tracy K.
Tripping Toward Marsby Scott, Richmond
A Far-Flung Life by Stedman, M. L.
Felicia’s Favorites by Steele, Danielle
Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy by Gerard, Tieghan
Crucible by Sayles, John

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