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The Oxford Public Library provides materials and services to help community residents obtain information to meet their personal, educational and cultural needs, and serves as a learning and educational center for its residents.

Book Highlight:Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty"In her first-ever sequel, Liane Moriarty examines the complexities of...
09/12/2026

Book Highlight:
Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty

"In her first-ever sequel, Liane Moriarty examines the complexities of modern women’s lives, shining light on shame and family secrets with wit and compassion. Whether you’ve read Big Little Lies or not, this is the perfect novel for longtime fans and new readers alike.

The last time we saw the women of Big Little Lies—Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie—their children were five years old. If someone wasn’t invited to a child’s birthday party, feelings were hurt. But ten years have passed, and the kids are now in high school, with all of the drama that accompanies teendom (goodbye playdates, hello drugs, s*x, and alcohol).

Now, after the principal of the high school receives a severed human finger in the mail, the parents are in an uproar. But Madeline, Celeste, Jane, Renata, and Bonnie have other things to worry about. Celeste’s mother-in-law, Mary Louise, is behaving oddly—is it old-age forgetfulness and forthrightness, or something more sinister? Madeline is facing perhaps the biggest challenge of her life, Jane is at a dangerous fork in her marriage, Bonnie has realized there’s only so much solace in yoga. And Renata? Renata is living her best life—revenge is sweet.

When a strange man begins lurking around the school asking supposedly innocent questions, this tightly connected group of women must finally face the full repercussions of the big little truths they have and haven’t shared with their kids. Because the stakes are now much higher than not being invited to an ice-skating show—and the ice has never been thinner for any of them."

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Join us tonight at 5:30pm for our monthly Sit ‘N Stitch group! Bring a work-in-progress, start a new craft, or even brin...
09/10/2026

Join us tonight at 5:30pm for our monthly Sit ‘N Stitch group!

Bring a work-in-progress, start a new craft, or even bring a book to bedazzle (bedazzling supplies provided) and join a group of fellow crafters for an evening of fun!

Can’t make it tonight? This group meets the second Thursday of each month.

We’re back again with Wacky Wednesday fun! Starting at 1:30pm today we’ll be hosting our monthly LEGO challenge where ki...
09/09/2026

We’re back again with Wacky Wednesday fun!

Starting at 1:30pm today we’ll be hosting our monthly LEGO challenge where kiddos can come flex their building skills with a given mystery prompt.

Reminder that we won’t be serving snacks this week.

We can’t wait to see you this afternoon for some wacky fun! 🤪

We've got another great discussion happening THIS Saturday for our Posy Pages book club. Unfortunately, due to the closi...
09/08/2026

We've got another great discussion happening THIS Saturday for our Posy Pages book club. Unfortunately, due to the closing of Posy Bakery & Cakes we will be meeting at a new temporary location: Midnight Coffee in North Liberty.

This Saturday we'll be discussing Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea and voting for a new permanent meeting location moving forward.

Until then, here are our picks for October:

#1: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
#2: Cackle by Rachel Harrison
#3: Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young

Full synopses can be found in the comments below. Cast your vote in the comments below or in person this Saturday, Sept. 12th @ 3pm.

See you at book club at Midnight Coffee! 📖🎂

Happy September! We're back open and ready to fulfill all of your library needs this month with a Transportation Story T...
09/08/2026

Happy September!

We're back open and ready to fulfill all of your library needs this month with a Transportation Story Time (9/12), Sit 'N Stitch (9/10), Wacky Wednesdays, book clubs, and more.

This month we'll be collecting donations for the Oxford Costume Closet, our program that provides free costumes for local children and family for Halloween festivities. Bring your new of gently used costumes to the front desk during open hours and we'll add it to this year's closet!

Some of you may have also noticed we've welcome a new member to the OPL staff this summer! Look out for our full (re)introductory post later this week.

See you soon at OPL!

The library is closed (8/25-9/5) as our director recharges after a busy summer reading program🌞 and the building undergo...
08/25/2026

The library is closed (8/25-9/5) as our director recharges after a busy summer reading program🌞 and the building undergoes deep cleaning.

All due dates set within this period are excused. Books can be returned in the blue, outdoor material bin at the front of the building. Any DVDs, games, puzzles, or electronics should be kept until you can return them inside the library.

We will be open for regular hours starting Tuesday, September 8th.

Thank you for your flexibility and we'll see you soon!

Book Highlight:Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw"The night Clay Lockhart’s wife dies, a violent storm tears their home—a...
08/22/2026

Book Highlight:
Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw

"The night Clay Lockhart’s wife dies, a violent storm tears their home—and the eight hectares of land beneath it—away from the Scottish coast, sending it adrift into the Atlantic. Thirty years later, twelve-year-old Ellie Mills discovers the fabled floating island off the coast of Nova Scotia and finds Clay still living in the weatherworn farmhouse perched on its highest hill.

When the island vanishes overnight, Ellie is left questioning whether it ever existed at all. But decades later, now in her thirties, the island resurfaces—and Ellie returns, determined to uncover the truth. What she finds is even Clay hasn’t aged a single day.

Faced with the impossible, Ellie learns that some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved—and that a life shaped by wonder may hold more promise than one bound by certainty.

Spanning centuries and coastlines, Habits of the Sea is a haunting, romantic journey through time, memory, and the invisible tides that pull us home."

Check it out today!

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday evening for our joint book club discussion to discuss Everything is Tubercu...
08/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday evening for our joint book club discussion to discuss Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. Since this was a special join book club, we'll also be announcing our next picks for both book clubs in a joint post!

In September, the After Hours Book Club will be reading The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams.

“An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.”

We'll be discussing our pick Thursday, September 24 at 7pm both in person and via Zoom.

In October, the Table of Context Book Club will be reading Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza.

"Can you enjoy yourself while you are in pain? The question, which is not new, arises over and over again during that eternity that is mourning... 'A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murder, from one of Mexico's greatest living writers' (Jonathan Lethem)."

We'll be discussing our pick Thursday, October 15 at 7pm both in person and via Zoom.

If you would like to join the book club email list for reminders, recommendations, and updates, send us a message!

Copies of these picks are available at the desk for check-out. Please send us a message or email to request your copy.

Happy reading! 📖

Book Highlight:The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden"Anne of Brittany was a child when France invaded and drove her roy...
08/20/2026

Book Highlight:
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

"Anne of Brittany was a child when France invaded and drove her royal father to his death. Now she is a young woman, sovereign duchess of an occupied realm, and France means to crown their conquest by marrying her to their king. Such an alliance would put her title, her lands, and her body forever in the hands of her enemies.

But Anne refuses to be the last duchess of Brittany.

Her only hope of resisting conquest is another alliance sealed with marriage, so Anne arranges a daring last gambit: a secret betrothal to Charles of France’s greatest rival. But secrets are hard to keep in a world where rival courts spy on each other with diviners.

The forest of Brocéliande was once the haunt of Merlin the Enchanter and the long-lost faerie queen. But magic is long gone from Broceliande, except for the occasional sight of a unicorn and one critical quirk: This ancient forest is completely hostile to divination.

While pretending compliance with France, Anne plans a unicorn hunt in Brocéliande. A bit of pointless pageantry. A diversion so she can wed in secret.

Or so she thinks.

In this rich and epic novel, the author of the acclaimed Winternight trilogy turns the real history of a remarkable woman into an unforgettable tale of mystery, enchantment, and the price of power."

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112 N. Augusta Avenue
Oxford, IA
52322

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm

Telephone

+13198284087

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