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1 pm

"Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World" with Nate Klemp, PhD (Recorded Virtual Author Talk at Pine Hills Branch)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults, Older Adults
Pine Hills
Library Branch: Pine Hills
Room: Pine Hills: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Book/Author Talk
Event Details:

[For Adults] Watch a 1-hour, pre-recorded bestselling author talk in the Pine Hills Branch meeting room with fellow attendees. These videos are offered through APL's partnership with Library Speakers Consortium. 
2 pm

FFAPL Book Talk

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Washington Avenue
Library Branch: Washington Avenue
Room: Washington: Large Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book/Author Talk, Friends and Foundation of APL
Event Details:

Join us for a Book Review of Piranesi, a novel by Susanna Clarke.  Reviewer:  Sarah Reiter, prolific local fiction writer & artist.   

 
3 pm

Book Buddies

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children
Pine Hills
Library Branch: Pine Hills
Room: Pine Hills: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Book Club, Sensory Friendly, Storytime
Event Details:

[Ages 4-8] Visit the Pine Hill Branch library and explore our extensive picture book collection! Each week our "Book Buddies" will read pre-selected books featuring award winning authors.

My First Book Club at Bach

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children
Bach
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Bach
Room: Bach: Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Club, Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

[Ages 4-8] Join us for My First Book Club!

This book club is focused on building confidence in new readers as they begin reading on their own. 
4 pm
5 pm

Silent Book Club in the Bach Garden

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Adults, Older Adults
Bach
Library Branch: Bach
Room: Bach: Garden
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

[For adults] Silent Book Clubs are popping up nationally and APL has started our own chapter! Bring a book to the Bach Garden. Enjoy the peace of reading with fellow book lovers! No assigned readings or pressured discussion.
6 pm

Parent/Caretaker Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Bach
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Bach
Room: Bach: Community Room
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of relaxed conversation with other local parents and caretakers as we discuss these two thought-provoking books on raising children in the modern world:

March 20th: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: LGBT+ Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Virtual/ Online
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual/ Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Literacy, Book Club, Virtual/Online
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

[Adults] Let me be perfectly queer, this is an all-inclusive, LGBT+ book club. This book club reads fiction and non-fiction books that center around queer ideas, stories, and experiences. 
7 pm

True Crime of the Adirondacks—Remembering Grace Brown

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults, Older Adults
Virtual/ Online
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual/ Online
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Book/Author Talk, Local History, Virtual/Online
Event Details:

Albany Public Library and The Adirondack Experience welcome New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Donnelly whose novel A Northern Light retells the true story of the 1906 murder of Grace Brown.