Upcoming Events

Join us for an Author Talk: Paul Castellani, PhD, retired professor & novelist, discusses and reads from his recent novel, Next. 

You’re invited to join us online with award-winning author Rex Ogle as he talks to viewers about his struggles to navigate sixth grade as written about in his book Free Lunch. 

[For Adults] Join Discover Albany's Maeve McEneny-Johnson for a Gilded Age walking tour through Albany's historic Center Square.

Watch a recording of an author talk with Smithsonian Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming at the Washington Avenue Branch with fellow attendees. This virtual author talk is provided by APL through the Library Speakers Consortium.

Join us as we review: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez.  Reviewer: Stephen Weinberg, PhD, health economist, NYS Dept. of Health. 

You’re invited to a fascinating conversation with neurologist and author Pria Anand to chat about her new book The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains (forthcoming June 10, 2025).

Roaming Readers is a monthly walking group where you are invited to bring your headphones and listen to your audiobook or chat about a book your recently read.

Join us as we review: Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore. Reviewer:  Robert Williams-Taylor, PhD student in English, U at Albany, SUNY. 

Join us for an Author Talk: Mary Armao McCarthy, writer of creative nonfiction & poetry, discusses & reads from her memoir written with Kevin McCarthy: Our Time in Morocco: A Story of Love, War, Travel, & Discovery. 

[For Adults] Watch a recording of this past author talk with us at the Pine Hills Branch with fellow attendees.

Join us as we review: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund.

Bring an appetite for sizzling drama as we discuss New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, The Pairing. 

[For ages 4-8] Join along with Barbara Lukas from WMHT as we learn all about dinosaurs and make dinosaur fossil impressions! Everyone goes home with a dinosaur book!

Join us as we review: Mayor Erastus Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma by Paul Grondahl.  Reviewer: Mary A. Rosch, operations manager for Discover Albany and volunteer with FFAPL and other organizations. 

[For ages 4-8] Join along with Barbara Lukas from WMHT as we read Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, watch the Barn Dance! story, and make an owl headpiece. Everyone goes home with a copy of Big Red Barn!

Join us for a Book Review: Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life by Dan Nadel.  Reviewer: David Brickman, photographer & FFAPL treasurer. 

[All Ages] Roaming Readers is a monthly walking group where you are invited to bring your headphones and listen to your audiobook or chat about a book your recently read.

Join us for a Book Review: Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley.  Reviewer: Nancy Dover, retired from the NYS Department of Health & former treasurer,

Join us for a Book Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a science-fiction novel from 1968 by Philip K. Dick.  Reviewer: John Vanacore, Albany-area resident & history enthusiast. 

Join us for a Book Review: The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson.  Reviewer: Richard King, retired attorney. 

Join us for a Book Review: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama.  Reviewer: Frank Robinson, JD, philosopher, author, & blogger.