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Grades K/1 Picture Book Club

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Levenson Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K - 2
Details:

Book Club for Kindergarten and First Grade Can I Be Your Dog?  is a sweet epistolary (written in letters) tail tale of a street dog who is searching for a forever home!Th...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Details:

Book Club for Kindergarten and First Grade 

Can I Be Your Dog?  is a sweet epistolary (written in letters) tail tale of a street dog who is searching for a forever home!

More Info

Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
The Maid

Fiction Book Club: The Maid

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

The Maid by Nita ProseMonday April 14 | 1 PM or 7 PMA charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down and inspirin...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Maid

Choose Your Own Who Was Book April 14 4 PM

Grades 4 + 5 Book Club

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month choose your own Who Was book from our collection and bring it to discuss with...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month choose your own Who Was book from our collection and bring it to discuss with other book clubbers.

The Maid

Fiction Book Club: The Maid

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

The Maid by Nita ProseMonday April 14 | 1 PM or 7 PMA charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down and inspirin...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Maid

Choose Your Own Who Was Book April 15 1 PM

Homeschool Book Club

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth, Grades 3 - 5
Details:

Homeschool students are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month choose your own Who Was book from our collection and bring it to discuss with other ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades 3 - 5
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Details:

Homeschool students are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! This month choose your own Who Was book from our collection and bring it to discuss with other book clubbers.

Grades 2/3 Book Club

Book Club Grades 2/3

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Macleod Board Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Details:

Book Club for second and third grades will be back at the library!This book club is not intended to teach literacy but simply build a love of books and libraries! We will chat abou...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Macleod Board Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Details:

Book Club for second and third grades will be back at the library!

This book club is not intended to teach literacy but simply build a love of books and libraries! We will chat about the book and play games or do an activity!

The Devil's Element

Nonfiction Book Club: The Devil's Element

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Nonfiction Book Club:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout wit...

Details:

The Devil's Element by Dan EganMonday April 14 | 1 PMThe story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Devil's Element by Dan Egan

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Twelfth Night

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Age Group:
Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Required
Seats Remaining: 44
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of the month in the way ‘twas presented: to the masses!

House of Leaves

Speculative Fiction Book Club: House of Leaves

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Macleod Board Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Spec Fic Book Club:

The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for ch...

Details:

House of Leaves by Mark DanielewskiTuesday April 29 | 7 PMA young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house ...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Macleod Board Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski

Everyone in My Family Book Cover

Mystery Book Club: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Mystery Book Club:

The library's Mystery Book Club meets at 1 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkou...

Details:

 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonErnie Cunningham's brother is being released from prison for murder, and the family is gathering at a remote mou...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 44
Details:

The library's Mystery Book Club meets at 1 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

 

Shipping News cover

Fiction Book Club: The Shipping News

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

 The Shipping News by Annie E. Proulx Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

 

Grades 4 + 5 Book Club

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! Students can pick up the books at the library ahead of time and then join us for a ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! 

Students can pick up the books at the library ahead of time and then join us for a fun conversation and related activities.

Shipping News cover

Fiction Book Club: The Shipping News

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

The Shipping News by Annie E. Proulx Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts. An a...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Shipping News by Annie E. Proulx 

Homeschool Book Club

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth, Grades 3 - 5
Details:

Homeschool students are invited to join us for a fun discussion each month. 

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades 3 - 5
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Details:

Homeschool students are invited to join us for a fun discussion each month. 

Explorers Book Cover

Grades K/1 Picture Book Club

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Levenson Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K - 2
Details:

Book Club for Kindergarten and First Grade (formerly known as  Blast Off!)This month we will be exploring a wordless picture book by Matthew Cordell- Explorers.This book club ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Levenson Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Details:

Book Club for Kindergarten and First Grade (formerly known as  Blast Off!)

This month we will be exploring a wordless picture book by Matthew Cordell- Explorers.

More Info

Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
The Years cover

Nonfiction Book Club: The Years

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Nonfiction Book Club:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout wit...

Details:

The Years by Annie ErnauxThe Years is a personal narrative of the period 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory, impressions past and present – even projections into the futu...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Ye

Richard II

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Richard II

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Age Group:
Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Required
Seats Remaining: 45
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of the month in the way ‘twas presented: to the masses!

The Cruel Prince cover

Speculative Fiction Book Club: The Cruel Prince

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Macleod Board Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Spec Fic Book Club:

The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for ch...

Details:

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Macleod Board Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black&n

Killing trail cover

Mystery Book Club: Killing Trail

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Mystery Book Club:

The library's Mystery Book Club meets at 1 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkou...

Details:

 Killing Trail by Margaret MizushimaWhen a young girl is found dead in the mountains outside Timber Creek, life-long resident Officer Mattie Cobb and her partner, K-9 police d...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 44
Details:

The library's Mystery Book Club meets at 1 PM on the first Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

 

West with Giraffes cover

Fiction Book Club: West with Giraffes

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes ...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 

Grades 4 + 5 Book Club

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Youth
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! Students can pick up the books at the library ahead of time and then join us for a ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Details:

Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia! 

Students can pick up the books at the library ahead of time and then join us for a fun conversation and related activities.

West with Giraffes

Fiction Book Club: West with Giraffes

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Fiction Book Club:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for check...

Details:

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 1938: The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes ...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Fiction Book Club meets the second Monday each month at 1 PM and 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge 

Where You'll Find Me cover

Nonfiction Book Club: Where You'll Find Me

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Hybrid Nonfiction Book Club:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome. Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout wit...

Details:

Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and The Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a tra...

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Details:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 1 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

This club will be held in hybrid format. Come in person at the library, or attend online! Click this link to connect via Zoom. Password: 3GWdHC

For more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups.

Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and The Last Climb of Kate Matrosova

Henry IV Part 1

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Henry IV, Part I

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Age Group:
Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library
Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room
Age Group: Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18)
Program Type: Book Club, Discussion Group, Drama & Music
Required
Seats Remaining: 45
Details:

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of the month in the way ‘twas presented: to the masses!