Event List

Mystery Book Club: The Marlow Murder Club

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 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...

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

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.

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

Fiction Book Club: Unlikely Animals

Monday, January 12, 2026 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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

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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 6:30 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.

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Middle School Book Club

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

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Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Details:

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

Fiction Book Club: Unlikely Animals

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

Unli

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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 6:30 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.

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Kindergarten and First Grade Book Club Tuesday January 13 3:30 PM with cover of The Water Princess with girl holding a jug of water on her head.

Grades K/1 Book Club

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades K - 2

The Water Princess written by Susan Verde and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds is the story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village and is inspired by a true story!

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2

Program Type: Book Club

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Details:

The Water Princess written by Susan Verde and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds is the story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village and is inspired by a true story!

Early Chapter Book Club January 20 3:30 PM

Grades 2/3 Book Club

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades K - 2

In Kwame's Magic Quest, Kwame heads off to magic school and discovers his friend has been possessed by evil magic! What can he do?!

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2

Program Type: Book Club

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Details:

In Kwame's Magic Quest, Kwame heads off to magic school and discovers his friend has been possessed by evil magic! What can he do?!

Nonfiction Book Club: The Golden Thread

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult

Nonfiction Book Club:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 12 PM, in person only. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for...

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kass

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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 12 PM, in person only. All are welcome.

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

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kass

Grades 3-5 book Club with coer of book on museum background.

Book Club for Grades 3-5

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades 3 - 5

Join Miss Gretyl for book club!

Each month will feature a new title to be read BEFORE book club! You can still come to book club if you are not finished - as long as you are OK with spoilers.

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades 3 - 5

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Details:

Join Miss Gretyl for book club!

Each month will feature a new title to be read BEFORE book club! You can still come to book club if you are not finished - as long as you are OK with spoilers.

Shakespeare Discussion Group: Hamlet

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 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)

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!

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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

Registration Required

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!

Speculative Fiction Book Club: Leviathan Wakes

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

OFF SITE at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult

Off Site Speculative Fiction 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...

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: OFF SITE

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.

No registration required.

This book club will be held at Dwyer's Pub in Portsmouth.

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

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Mystery Book Club: The Dry

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 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...

The Dry by Jane Harper

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

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.

The Dry by Jane Harper

Fiction Book Club: On Beauty

Monday, February 9, 2026 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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

On Beaut

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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 6:30 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.

On Beaut

Middle School Book Club

Monday, February 9, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Details:

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

Fiction Book Club: On Beauty

Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

On Beaut

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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 6:30 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.

On Beaut

Grades K/1 Book Club

Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades K - 2

This month we will explore space with Star Stuff the story of an astrophysicist who shared the universe with us.

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2

Program Type: Book Club

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Details:

This month we will explore space with Star Stuff the story of an astrophysicist who shared the universe with us.

Grades 2/3 Book Club

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades K - 2

Murray is a cat who loves quiet and Bun loves adventure Their lives are changed by a magical cat flap that leads to fantastical worlds.

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2

Program Type: Book Club

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Details:

Murray is a cat who loves quiet and Bun loves adventure Their lives are changed by a magical cat flap that leads to fantastical worlds.

Shakespeare Discussion Group: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 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)

NOTE: this meeting's month is a week early!

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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

Registration Required

Details:

NOTE: this meeting's month is a week early!

Nonfiction Book Club: Challenger

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Hilton Garden Inn Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult

Nonfiction Book Club:

The library's Nonfiction Book Club meets the third Monday each month at 12 PM, in person only. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for...

Challenger: A True Sto

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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 12 PM, in person only. All are welcome.

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

Challenger: A True Sto

Book Club for Grades 3-5

Monday, February 23, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Youth, Grades 3 - 5

Join Miss Gretyl for a book club for students in grades 3-5! Join us to talk books, trivia, play some games, have some snacks and a stupendously fun time!

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Youth, Grades 3 - 5

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Details:

Join Miss Gretyl for a book club for students in grades 3-5! Join us to talk books, trivia, play some games, have some snacks and a stupendously fun time!

Speculative Fiction Book Club: Little Thieves

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

OFF SITE at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult

Off Site Speculative Fiction 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...

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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Offsite Event

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: OFF SITE

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.

No registration required.

This book club will be held at Dwyer's Pub in Portsmouth.

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

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Mystery Book Club: Three Bags Full

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 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...

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

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Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room

Age Group: Adult

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

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.

Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann

Fiction Book Club: Stone Yard Devotional

Monday, March 9, 2026 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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

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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 6:30 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.

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

Middle School Book Club

Monday, March 9, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Youth Activity Room at Portsmouth Public Library

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

Open

Register Now

Registration Required

Open

Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Details:

Students in grades 6-8 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia!

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

Fiction Book Club: Stone Yard Devotional

Monday, March 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

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 6:30 PM. All are welcome.Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checko...

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

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