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The Friends of the Library Need Volunteers
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The Friends of the Amherst Town Library is a non-profit all volunteer group that devotes time to support the library through fund raising efforts along with developing programs that enrich the library's cultural services to our community.
We are seeking volunteers who would be interested in helping out with some of the many services we provide, including: membership drives, museum passes, fundraisers, newsletters, book sales, museum trips, library book bags and note cards, student art shows, professional art exhibits, display case collections, hospitality for events, book groups, and holiday decorations just to name a few.
Click here for more information.
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Greetings!
The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March. --Robert Frost (1874-1963) |
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No Pulitzer Awarded for Fiction
The annual winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced this Monday, April 16. To the disappointment of many, the committee did not name a fiction winner this year.
The three finalists finalists in the fiction category were: "Train Dreams," by Denis Johnson, a novella about an orphan in the old American West; "Swamplandia!" by Karen Russell, about a family and its failing alligator-wrestling theme park; and "The Pale King," by the late David Foster Wallace, a posthumously completed novel, assembled from his notes that explores boredom and bureaucracy in the American workplace.
Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, said the "main reason" that no prize was awarded was that no one of the three entries received a majority vote. 1977 was the last year that the fiction prize was not awarded.
The nonfiction prize went to Stephen Greenblatt for his book, "The Swerve: How the World Became Modern." Finalists in this category were: "One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing," by Diane Ackerman, and "Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men," by Mara Hvistendahl. |
Spend a Day at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center 
May 1 marks the first day of the 2012 season at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, NH.
The Science Center features woodland trails, hands-on, interactive exhibits, live animal presentations and the beautiful Kirkwood Gardens. Visitors can also sit back, relax, and enjoy the beauty of Squam Lake on a 90-minute guided excursion aboard a canopied pontoon boat.
Amherst Town Library cardholders can reserve passes (for 2 free trail admissions and 4 additional discounted admissions) online or by calling the library at 673-2288. |
Sensational Snacks! Tuesday, May 8 @ 3:30 PM
 Join us for a program with Cathy Duchesne from Kids Culinary Arts. Sensational Snacks gives students 7 and up the opportunity to learn how to make healthy and yummy after-school snacks for themselves. We'll be mixing up some snacks right here at the library, and then you can go home and try preparing something delicious for your family! Space is limited. Register now or call 673-2288.
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Remember, the library is a happening place and your library card is your ticket to free books, magazines, music, movies, Internet access, enriching programs and much more!
Sincerely,
Amherst Town Library
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