Mid-January 2023 Newsletter
A dose of news and happenings from your local library!

We are currently open Monday - Thursday 9am - 9pm, and Friday and Saturday 9am - 5pm. Please call 781-334-5411 or email [email protected] at any time with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you!

Upcoming Holidays & Closings:
January 16: Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Access our online services anytime at lynnfieldlibrary.org.

Welcome to the second newsletter of January!  As the new year rolls steadily along, don't forget to come on by the library!  New Hampshire Photojournalist Robert Azzi will be here on January 25th to give his presentation Ask a Muslim Anything, and we'll be having a stained glass art workshop on February 1st to help everyone bring some sunshine into the winter.  

Read more about all the rest of our upcoming events below. See you at the Library!

50+ Job Seekers Networking Group

The Massachusetts Library Collaborative's 50+ Job Seekers Group meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, from 9:30am to 11:30am, and the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from 6pm to 8pm via Zoom.  You can attend either the evening meetings or the morning ones, and can pick the topics that will work best for you, or attend them all.  

The second topic in January is:
Create Your "Career Story" Pitch

If you are unemployed and actively looking, underemployed, seeking a new career direction, re-entering the job market after a long employment gap, or recently retired and looking for your "Encore Career", this networking group program is perfect for you! Remember, 85% of jobs are found through networking!

Join us in a professional forum for networking with peers in a safe and comfortable environment conducive to developing new relationships and developing skills and strategies to help in your career transition. Each meeting features a new topic. Meetings include a presentation and hands-on workshop on topics relevant to career transition, guest speakers, access to hiring managers, small group breakout rooms to network, and 1-on-1 coaching guidance. Participating on a regular basis will give job seekers the many tools and strategies needed for a successful job search.

Each biweekly meeting is facilitated by Deborah Hope, MBA, PCIC, an experienced executive career coach. Deborah is a former Fortune 500 executive, investment banker and entrepreneur and transitioned to executive coaching over 12 years ago. She has coached with Harvard Business School Executive Education programs, the Mass. Conference for Women., and has been trained or certified in a variety of coaching models and assessment tools. Deborah has facilitated 50+ job seekers networking groups since 2016.  

Ages 50 and up
Zoom
REGISTER HERE

Story Time
Wednesday mornings
10:00 am
It's story time! Join Miss Alex & Miss Joan for stories and songs at 10:00 AM on Wednesday in the Children's Room.

Recommended for children ages 5 and younger.
Children's Room

Read to a Dog
Wednesday, January 18th
3:30-4:30 PM

Mitzi, a trained therapy dog, will be visiting the Lynnfield Library hoping to hear some great stories!  Sign up for a 10-minute session and choose a book to read to Mitzi.  Mitzi loves listening to beginning and reluctant readers in grades K-4.  Space is limited to 6 children.  Register to reserve a time.

Children grades K-4
Children's Room

Virtual Yoga with Tammy Syrigos Irrera
Thursdays at
12 noon

Join us for a 60-minute yoga flow! Instructor Tammy Syrigos Irrera will lead us through yoga poses over Zoom. Register with a valid email to receive the link to join the class. You will receive an email with login information a half hour before the class begins. 

January 19  - Yoga Flow
January 26th Yoga class has been canceled.
February 2 - Yoga Flow and Sculpt

This program was generously funded by the Friends of the Lynnfield Library.

Adults and Teens
Zoom

New to Fiction Express!

We are pleased to announce that we have added 18 new authors to Fiction Express! Fiction Express is a service where we automatically put holds on every new book released by your favorite authors. You choose your favorite fiction authors from a list of eighty authors, and we make sure you get their latest books. While we cannot guarantee how close to the top of the list you'll be, it’s one less thing for you to remember!

ANNOUNCING NEW AUTHORS:

- Stacey Abrams - Mystery & Thriller, While Justice Sleeps

- C.J. Box - Mystery, the Joe Pickett Series

- Becky Chambers - Science Fiction, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

- Ann Cleeves - Mystery, Shetland & Vera series

- Tana French - Mystery, Dublin Murder Squad series

- Diana Gabaldon - Outlander series

- Lisa Gardner - Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, One Step Too Far

- Colleen Hoover - Romance, Young Adult, New Adult, It Ends with Us

- N.K. Jemisin - Science Fiction & Fantasy, Broken Earth trilogy

- Darynda Jones - Mystery, Romance, Paranormal, the Charley Davidson series

- Stephen Graham Jones - Horror, My Heart is a Chainsaw

- Alka Joshi - Historical Fiction, The Henna Artist

- Celeste Ng - Literary Fiction & Thriller, Little Fires Everywhere

- Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical & Contemporary Fiction, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

- Sally Rooney - Contemporary Fiction, Normal People

- Elizabeth Strout - Literary Fiction, Olive Kitteridge

- Ruth Ware - Suspense & Thriller, The It Girl

- Colson Whitehead - Literary & Historical Fiction, The Underground Railroad

If you're already enrolled in Fiction Express, let us know if you would like to be added to the list for any of these newly added authors!

Click on this link and complete the form.  We'll add your name to the waiting list and let you know when the books are ready for you to pick up.

You can choose as many authors as you like. Happy reading!

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