This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Feb 18 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Levenson Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Feb 18 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Levenson Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Levenson Room Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 4 Details: Book Club for second and third grades at the library. In February we will read the fiction book: Astrid The Astronaut!
This event is in the "Adult" group. Feb 24 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: The Right Stuff 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Feb 24 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: The Right Stuff 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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 Right Stuff by Tom WolfeMonday February 24 | 1 PM
This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Feb 25 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Venus and Adonis 4:00pm - 5:00pm Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18) Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Feb 25 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Venus and Adonis 4:00pm - 5:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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 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!
This event is in the "Adult" group. Feb 25 2025 Tue Speculative Fiction Book Club: A Memory Called Empire 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Macleod Board Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Feb 25 2025 Tue Speculative Fiction Book Club: A Memory Called Empire 7:00pm - 8:00pm Macleod Board Room 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. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 4 2025 Tue Mystery Book Club: Mother-Daughter Murder Night 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room Open Registration This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 4 2025 Tue Mystery Book Club: Mother-Daughter Murder Night 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Registration 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: 3GWdHCFor more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: Dust Child 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: Dust Child 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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. Dust Child by Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai
This event is in the "Youth" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Grades 4 + 5 Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Youth Activity Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Grades 4 + 5 Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Activity Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 3 Details: Students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia and participate in related activities! This month's books is The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis.
This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: Dust Child 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 10 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: Dust Child 7:00pm - 8:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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. Dust Child by Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Mar 11 2025 Tue Homeschool Book Club 1:00pm - 2:00pm Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth, Grades 3 - 5 Youth Activity Room Open Registration This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Mar 11 2025 Tue Homeschool Book Club 1:00pm - 2:00pm Youth Activity Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth, Grades 3 - 5 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 5 Details: Homeschool students in grades 4 and 5 are invited to meet with other readers to talk books and trivia and participate in related activities! This month's books is The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis.
This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. Mar 11 2025 Tue Grades K/1 Picture Book Club 3:30pm - 4:15pm Youth, Grades K - 2 Levenson Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. Mar 11 2025 Tue Grades K/1 Picture Book Club 3:30pm - 4:15pm Levenson Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Levenson Room Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 5 Details: Book Club for Kindergarten and First Grade (formerly known as Blast Off!)March's book is A Computer Called Katherine- a picture book biography of Katherine Johnson- a brilliant woman who made space travel possible - before More Info Children under ten (10) years of age must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.
This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 17 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: My Life in France 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 17 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: My Life in France 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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.
This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Mar 18 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Levenson Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Mar 18 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Levenson Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Levenson Room Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 4 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!
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. Mar 24 2025 Mon Middle School Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth Youth Activity Room Open Registration This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. Mar 24 2025 Mon Middle School Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Activity Room 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 Seats Remaining: 8 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Mar 25 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Merchant of Venice 4:00pm - 5:00pm Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18) Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Mar 25 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Merchant of Venice 4:00pm - 5:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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 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!
This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 25 2025 Tue Speculative Fiction Book Club: Slaughterhouse Five 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Macleod Board Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Mar 25 2025 Tue Speculative Fiction Book Club: Slaughterhouse Five 7:00pm - 8:00pm Macleod Board Room 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 1 2025 Tue Mystery Book Club: The River We Remember 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room Open Registration This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 1 2025 Tue Mystery Book Club: The River We Remember 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Hilton Garden Inn Room Age Group: Adult Program Type: Book Club Registration 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: 3GWdHCFor more book groups, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/book-discussion-groups. The River We Remember by
This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. Apr 8 2025 Tue Grades K/1 Picture Book Club 3:30pm - 4:15pm Youth, Grades K - 2 Levenson Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. Apr 8 2025 Tue Grades K/1 Picture Book Club 3:30pm - 4:15pm Levenson Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Levenson Room Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 8 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: The Maid 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: The Maid 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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
This event is in the "Youth" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Grades 4 + 5 Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Youth Activity Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Grades 4 + 5 Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Activity Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 6 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: The Maid 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 14 2025 Mon Fiction Book Club: The Maid 7:00pm - 8:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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
This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Apr 15 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Levenson Room Open Registration This event is in the "Youth" group. This event is in the "Grades K - 2" group. This event is in the "Grades 3 - 5" group. Apr 15 2025 Tue Book Club Grades 2/3 3:00pm - 4:45pm Levenson Room Open Library Branch: Portsmouth Public Library Room: Levenson Room Age Group: Youth, Grades K - 2, Grades 3 - 5 Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Seats Remaining: 8 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!
This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 21 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: The Devil's Element 1:00pm - 2:00pm Adult Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. Apr 21 2025 Mon Nonfiction Book Club: The Devil's Element 1:00pm - 2:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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
This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon Middle School Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Tween & Teen, Tween (Grades 6 - 8), Youth Youth Activity Room Open Registration This event is in the "Tween & Teen" group. This event is in the "Tween (Grades 6 - 8)" group. This event is in the "Youth" group. Apr 28 2025 Mon Middle School Book Club 4:00pm - 5:00pm Youth Activity Room 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 Seats Remaining: 8 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.
This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Twelfth Night 4:00pm - 5:00pm Adult, Teen (Ages 13 - 18) Hilton Garden Inn Room This event is in the "Adult" group. This event is in the "Teen (Ages 13 - 18)" group. Apr 29 2025 Tue Shakespeare Discussion Group: Twelfth Night 4:00pm - 5:00pm Hilton Garden Inn Room 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 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!