Special Events/Announcements:

Adult End of Summer Raffles

Summer Reading Ends August 16

Adult readers! There's still two weeks to track your reading and activities this summer to earn raffle tickets that you can put towards a chance at one of our fantastic prizes! Participation in the Scavenger Hunt, attendance at summer events, and for every 120 minutes of reading up to 1200 minutes will net tickets. Spend those tickets on any of the eight prize options on display near our new books! Drawings will take place after August 16.

How do you track your progress? Sign up for Beanstack on your computer (by clicking here) or phone through your app store.

All adult summer prizes provided by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

Scavenger Hunt

All Summer Through August 16

This summer, everyone is invited to take part in the Weston Public Library Scavenger Hunt! Explore the Town of Weston by visiting each location marked on the map and discover which image can be found at the corresponding location. Sound easy? Well these images will test your mettle!

Be the first to complete the map correctly and win the grand prize. Can’t find ‘em all? Match at least eight (8) correctly and be entered into a drawing for another prize. There will be a youth and an adult winner in each category; that’s four (4) prizes total! Participation also nets raffle tickets for the End of Summer prizes!

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

A Collection of Beach Reads on Hoopla 

School may be looming and a hint of pumpkin spice may be tickling your taste buds. But not yet! Summer is still in full swing and there's plenty of beach days ahead. Check out something from a curated collection of titles perfect for the beach FREE with your library card on Hoopla and enjoy the warmth, the sun, and the memories.

Weston Authors Talk Adventure 

Saturday, August 3 at 2:00 p.m.

Calling all budding authors, book lovers, and Westonites! Join us for a panel discussion of Weston authors as they share their personal adventures writing across different genres and topics. Their journeys, like their books, are as unique as they are. Audience Q&A as well as an author meet & greet to follow the panel!

Registration is requested.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

Polymer Clay Fairy Door

Saturday, August 10, 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Make your own doorway to adventure for use indoors or out with award-winning polymer clay artist Deb Jaffe. All materials are provided. Bring your imagination and be ready to have fun creating in polymer clay!

Adult program. Register here.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library.

Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, Behind the Scenes at the Space Station

Wednesday, August 7 at 2pm

You’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur. Revealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible, Dr. Levasseur will guide you through the Smithsonian’s Behind the Scenes at the Space Station and take you on a once-in-a-lifetime virtual tour of the space station.

Click here to register for this upcoming online author talk!

Irina Smith, The Golden Ticket

Thursday, August 15 at 2pm

Another college application season is around the corner, and stress is already beginning to ratchet up for teens and their parents. You’re invited to join us for this must-watch talk by Irena Smith, PhD. You will hear about constructive and healthy ways to approach the college application process, preserve your relationship with your teen, and help them define success on their terms instead of chasing the elusive “golden ticket.” Irena’s memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays, which candidly explores her personal as well as professional life, was published in 2023, and she has since devoted her time to speaking out about hard things: the heavy burden of generational expectations, teen and young adult mental health, and the importance of embracing a broader, more generous vision of what it means to succeed.

Click here to register for this upcoming online author talk!

Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

Thursday, August 21 at 7pm

Join us as we chat with the amazing New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more! Remarkably Bright Creatures is a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus, named Marcellus, reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance 30 years ago. Register now for a conversation you just don't want to miss!

Click here to register for this upcoming online author talk!

Recurring Events

Sip and Stitch
Thursday, August 8 at 7pm

Come spend an evening with friends and neighbors and share your projects. We can share our progress on old projects and the new ones we are starting!

Please register.

Cookbook Club
Monday, August 12 at 12pm

The Weston Public Library Cookbook Club is an opportunity for those who love cooking to share favorite recipes and try new recipes with neighbors and friends! Make your favorite dish to share and bring the recipe! This month's theme: Keep It Cool!

Looking for favorite recipes from previous meetings? You can check out all of the recipes here. 

Please register. This group meets monthly in the Community Room.

Service Spotlight

AtoZ World Food and AtoZ Food America

AtoZ Food World and AtoZ Food America showcase recipes, prep instructions/videos, cultural insights, culinary history, and regional etiquette. Going to visit France for Christmas? Why not learn how to make a bûche de Noël. Visiting Mexico for the first time? Learn what makes Chapulines, a street food, so special. Visit our website to access these great new offerings using your Weston Public Library card! 

Local History Resources

Learn more about the rich history of Weston through the library's Local History Resources including digitized versions of The Chronicle Quarterly, the Weston Forum, and more! 

Click here for access.

Prepare for Your Next Big Trip with Transparent Language Online

Learn over 110 languages from all over the world, including indigenous languages from the Americas, English as a Second Language, and Irish Gaelic!

Sign up through the library website.

Homebound Delivery Service

Weston residents who are temporarily or permanently homebound due to health or disability issues or COVID concerns are eligible for the Library's free homebound delivery service.

Call the library at 203-222-2665 or email mailto:[email protected] for more information.

Consumer Reports Online Access

Did you know that you can access current and back issues of this popular magazine for FREE? Through the state library's ResearchIT resource, you can read, download, and print individual sections including the popular Buyer's Guides. Check it out here!

Librarian Picks: August Releases

What new releases are librarians most looking forward to in August? Check out the selection below from Weston's Adult Services Librarian, Anne.

Avoid the rush and place your holds early at www.westonpubliclibrary.org. 

Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor - Boston detective Franklin Warren navigates his new home and job in 1965 Bethany, Vermont, where he uncovers the mysteries behind a suspicious death on a remote farm and grapples with his own personal tragedy.

Burn by Peter Heller - Longtime hunting buddies Jess and Storey stumble out of the woods and into a post-apocalyptic Maine after their two-week, off-the-grid moose hunt, forcing them to fight their way home amidst bewildering secessionist violence and a shocking discovery.

Mina's Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa - In 1972, 12-year-old Tomoko is sent to stay with her affluent aunt’s family in a coastal town in Japan, where her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world of secrets and storytelling.

The Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria Balibrera - Spending years under the cruel dictator El Gran Pendejo’s regime in El Salvador, sisters Graciela and Consuelo, each believing the other to be dead, flee across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate brings them back together in the most unlikely of ways.

A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson - Bessie, the daughter of a former slave, defies societal barriers and navigates love, mentorship, and challenges in pursuit of her passion for flying amidst the backdrop of racial discrimination and personal struggles during the 1920s.