Sunderland Public Library

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

We are hosting a collage exhibit "Embrace the Wrinkles" from local artist and educator Sara Gately in our gallery in September and October.

09/03/2026

Today's trivia question! Join us on Saturday, September 26th at 3:00 pm for Trivia.

09/02/2026

2026 Massachusetts Book Awards Winners!

Fiction Award
Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler (Dutton)

Fiction Honors
Lake Song by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (Ohio State University Press)
Isola by Allegra Goodman (Dial Press)

Nonfiction Award
We the People by Jill Lepore (Liveright / W.W. Norton)

Nonfiction Honors
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless by Maria Pinto (University of North Carolina Press)
The Art Spy by Michelle Young (HarperOne)

Poetry Award
An Optimism by Cameron Awkward-Rich (Persea)

Poetry Honors
In the Good Years by Laura Cresté (Four Way Books)
The Last Beast We Revel In by Noah Davis (CavanKerry Press)

Middle Grade / Young Adult Award
Imposter by Cait Levin (Charlesbridge Teen)

Middle Grade / Young Adult Honors
The Ripple Effect by Rebecca Caprara (Charlesbridge)
A World Without Summer by Nicholas Day (Random House Studio)

Picture Book / Early Reader Award
Flora and the Jazzers by Astrid Sheckels (Waxwing Books)

Picture Book / Early Reader Honors
We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie. Aaron Becker, illus. (Atheneum BYR)
Wonder Why by Lisa Varchol Perron. Nik Henderson, illus. (HarperCollins)

Translated Literature Award
Cécé by Emmelie Prophète, translated from French by Aidan Rooney (Archipelago Books)

Notable Contribution to Publishing Award
Slices of Life: A Comic Montage by Qu (Bulgilhan Press)

09/02/2026

See what's new this week at the Sunderland Public Library at:

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There are six new bestsellers, one new movie, three new audiobooks, four new children's books, and nineteen other new books.

The new bestsellers this week include "Delusional," "What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast," and "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State." The new movie this week is "The Gilded Age: The Complete Second Season."

09/01/2026

Test your local knowledge! In honor of our Trivia Night program on Saturday, September 26th at 3:00 pm, we're asking a question each day in September. Give us your answer at the Circulation Desk to earn a raffle ticket.

You must be present at the Trivia Night event to win the raffle.

09/01/2026

We have equipped one of our public computer stations with a large print keyboard. Thank you to our donor for thinking of the library when rehoming this useful tool.

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

Last week's concert was amazing! Thank you to Chick'n'Wire for the music, the Trustees and Millstone Farm Market for the food, to the Friends of Sunderland Public Library for sponsoring our concert series (and all of our programs!), and to everyone who attended, for making this evening so special.