Join award-winning writer and former ABC and NPR journalist Eileen Albrizio for a free poetry writing workshop. The focus will be on exploring the difference between free verse and formal verse and other exciting elements to create an embraceable poem you’ll be proud to share. For examples of Albrizio’s poetry, Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

The Mortifications by Derek Palacio In 1980, a rural Cuban family is torn apart during the Mariel Boatlift.  Diane Barcelo, art history professor at UConn Avery Point will lead this discussion.  

Do you enjoy flipping through cookbooks to decide what to make? Do you search through recipes for inspiration? Come join our monthly book club, featuring cookbooks! Just register for “Cooking by the Book,” pick a recipe from the specified cookbook, make the dish on your own, and then gather for Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

POETRY BISTRO NIGHT (Open Mic) Join us at a dimly-lit cafe table in our Steampunk Library to sip coffee and hear local writers read their poetry and short stories. First Fridays of each month, 8:00 – 9:30pm $5 cover charge Poets and writers who would like to participate, please email Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

A slyly funny, satisfying coming-of-age novel, Alternative Remedies for Loss is a keenly observed contemplation of what it means to lose a parent and how we fumble our way into our own futures. Meet debut author Joanna Cantor at the Avon Library as she shares an interview with Tina Panik, reference manager. Read more [...]

A slyly funny, satisfying coming-of-age novel, Alternative Remedies for Loss is a keenly observed contemplation of what it means to lose a parent and how we fumble our way into our own futures. Enjoy light refreshments as Tina Panik, Reference Manager, interviews Joanna about her writing, ideas, and creative process. Read more [...]

Listen Here Third Tuesdays Monthly at 7pm: An evening of great short fiction performed by members of the New Haven Theater Company, followed by a half-hour “talk back” with the New Haven Review team. $10 suggested donation or pay what you wish. Please register online in advance.

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

Author event with Marilyn Rothstein, Avon resident and author of Lift and Separate. Marilyn’s new book is Husbands and other sharp objects. Books will be for sale; light refreshments will be served.

Avon Free Public Library International Book Discussion Series: Mexico This is a book discussion featuring fictional books set in Mexico. Monday May 21, 2018, 2:00 PM: The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea Monday, Jun.  4, 2018, 2:00 PM: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Monday, Jun.  18, 2018, Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman A searing short novel about the life of a stand-up comic.  Dr. Anne Flammang, Captain, U. S. Coast Guard, retired, will lead this discussion.  

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

POETRY BISTRO NIGHT (Open Mic) Join us at a dimly-lit cafe table in our Steampunk Library to sip coffee and hear local writers read their poetry and short stories. First Fridays of each month, 8:00 – 9:30pm $5 cover charge Poets and writers who would like to participate, please email Read more [...]

Avon Free Public Library International Book Discussion Series: Mexico This is a book discussion featuring fictional books set in Mexico. Monday May 21, 2018, 2:00 PM: The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea Monday, Jun.  4, 2018, 2:00 PM: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Monday, Jun.  18, 2018, Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

New York Times bestselling author Michelle Gable imagines the affair between John F. Kennedy and Alicia Corning Clark – and the child they may have had in her new novel, The Summer I Met Jack. Based on a real story – in 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to Read more [...]

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

Avon Free Public Library International Book Discussion Series: Mexico This is a book discussion featuring fictional books set in Mexico. Monday May 21, 2018, 2:00 PM: The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea Monday, Jun.  4, 2018, 2:00 PM: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Monday, Jun.  18, 2018, Read more [...]

Tickets are available for purchase at member libraries, which include Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Mansfield, Pomfret, Plainfield, Putnam, Scotland, Thompson, Union and Woodstock.    

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

  Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town.  Theresa Ammirati, retired dean of studies at Connecticut College, will lead this discussion.  

The Fairisle Detectives are an unusual new book club for fans of knitting, mysteries, and mysteries about knitting! Come sit by us while we knit like blazes and parse the outlandish behavior of the suspects in fun, campy mystery books like Death by Cashmere and Knit One, Kill Two. Whether Read more [...]

Join us for this amazing conference, right in your backyard. There will be great workshops for all writers, a chance to mingle with agents and editors, and network with other writers. You can’t miss this event!