Bay Shore - Brightwaters Public Library

09/08/2026

Looking for interesting reads and lively conversation? Join our NEW library book club! The Page Turners Book Club will be led by a different librarian every month, and will cover a wide variety of genres and titles.

For the month of September, we will be reading and discussing The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. Copies of the book are now available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.

Register for September's meeting here: https://bsbw.librarycalendar.com/event/page-turners-book-club-1471

09/04/2026

Registration for September and October programs is NOW OPEN! Here's a preview of some of our adult programs happening next week:

• Managing Someone Else's Finances (Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6–7 PM)
• Craft Night with Julianne: Mushroom Pencil Holder (Wednesday, Sept. 9, 6–7:30 PM)
• Author Talk with Jaime Tirado: Pilgrim State Hospital (Thursday, Sept. 10, 7–8:30 PM)
• Empire Safety Defensive Driving Course (Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 AM–4 PM)

To register for these programs and more, follow this link: https://live-bsbw.pantheonsite.io/events/month or give the library a call!

09/01/2026

And just like that, the Adult Summer Reading Program is over! 🎉 All of the Weekly Prizes and Grand Prize Baskets have been claimed. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who participated this summer! We hope to see you all again next year!! ☀️

08/28/2026

Children's Book Trailer - The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan

08/27/2026

08/21/2026

Stop by the library parking lot tonight at 730 to watch Wicked!

08/21/2026

Today is the last day of the Teen Summer Reading Program! 📚☀️

Don’t forget to log your books and enter the raffles of your choice before the program ends. Good luck! 🎉

08/21/2026

Young Adult Book Trailer - What We Did to Survive

08/21/2026

Today is the LAST DAY of the Adult Summer Reading Program! Don’t forget to log the books you’ve read for a chance to win one of our Grand Prize Baskets! 🧺 The full list of winnable prizes can be found here: https://www.bsbwlibrary.org/adult-summer-reading-2026/

Still on the lookout for reading suggestions? Here are some of the books our adult patrons have been enjoying this summer! 🚨🔍