On Wednesday November 16th at 7pm, join Gordon Hayward at Putney Library for a presentation and reading of “Greek Epic: The Latchis Family and the New England Theater Empire They Built,” a fascinating and lively book that combines local history and personal stories with sweeping themes in the news today – immigration, the American Dream, […]

Do you need ideas for how to talk with your kids about social justice issues like racism, economic inequality, incarceration, homelessness, and gender? Join Act For Social Justice founder Angela Berkfield for a useful series of discussions about bringing social justice issues into conversations with your children. These interactive chats will highlight books at the Putney Public Library and […]

Copies of this book available at the library's desk. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first […]

The Putney Public Library is delighted to host Brattleboro poet Daniel A. Heller for a reading from his recently published book, Between the Shadows, on Thursday, January 12th at 7pm. In Heller’s words, “many of the poems in this book come from the dark corners of my heart. By giving verbal form to these ideas […]

Join board certified (BCC) Health/Wellness and Life Coach and Psychosynthesis Counselor Robin White for a communication workshop based on Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, at the Putney Public Library on Wednesday, January 18th at 6:30pm. Robin says of this workshop, “Communication of the Heart is a forum that is both educational and experiential, in a context […]