Seacoast Area Libraries

08/31/2026

Long live Dolly Parton's Imagination Library!

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library would be available to families across New Hampshire under a bill a bipartisan group of state senators plan to file next month.

08/25/2026

It's almost fantasy football season, and those guide magazines are like $12! What to do? Try your library, of course! 🏈💻



https://nh.overdrive.com/nh-rye/magazines/media/13340675

08/24/2026

Sounds like a prudent plan to us!

This actually IS how I read books. Three at a time. I don't read them on my phone, that's what my trusty e-reader is for! How about you?

07/07/2026

Editorial: NH state librarian job should remain politically neutral.

Letter writers offer takes on politics in NH on state librarian and data centers in Nottingham.

07/07/2026

Thanks for your ongoing support of libraries! Water Street Bookstore

You can support your local independent bookstore and your library this week! And who doesn't need another book or jigsaw puzzle?

06/25/2026

☎️ This looks like a fascinating presentation at The North Hampton Public Library by the NH Telephone Museum!

☎️History is calling!☎️

Head to NHPL tomorrow at 1p for Live Free or Dial: A History of Telephones with the New Hampshire Telephone Museum! Take a virtual tour around the museum and handle vintage phones including a candlestick, rotary, and liquid telephone.

📆Thursday, June 25th @ 1-2p
📍North Hampton Public Library | 239 Atlantic Avenue, North Hampton NH 03862

06/24/2026

What a great idea!

👏 Friends of the Plaistow Public Library

♻️ It’s time to clear out those clutter piles — safely and securely!

Join Friends of the Plaistow Library for their Paper Shredding Fundraiser!

📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9 AM – 12 PM
📍 Location: Plaistow Library (parking lot / details in event)

💰 Pricing:

· $10 per standard size copy paper or banker box
· $25 for 3 boxes

💵 Cash or check only, please

All proceeds support the Friends of the Plaistow Library and their work for our community.

Invite a neighbor, clean out those old bills & documents, and support a great cause!

06/24/2026

NEWS: The Library of Congress has announced that the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction will be awarded to Ann Patchett at the National Book Festival on Aug. 22.

The annual Prize for American Fiction, one of the Library’s most prestigious awards, honors an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished by its mastery of the art, as well as its originality of thought and imagination.

“The Library of Congress is one of our nation’s noblest institutions, and it’s full of librarians, who I consider to be the very noblest of people. I am grateful for this award and honored by the association,” said Patchett.

“Ann Patchett crafts moving, probing, tender novels. She has a talent for creating fiction that readers continually devour because she thinks deeply and writes evocatively about human connection,” said Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen. “I am thrilled that she is the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction recipient.”

Learn more at https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/ann-patchett-to-receive-2026-library-of-congress-prize-for-american-fiction/s/4cab92e9-cda0-47f4-8ee3-6b1c4efbe3e3



Image: Ann Patchett, recipient of the 2026 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Photo credit: Emily Dorio.