Sponsored by the Friends of the Library
Join the Friends of Beebe Library on Saturday, February 13, 2-4 p.m., for a “Book-Swap Tea” in the library’s Lecture Hall. This is a fun event where book-lovers trade books they love while enjoying light refreshments. Bring one or more books that you think others will like as much as you did and which you are willing to give away. Everyone who brings a book will bring home a different book highly recommended by a participant. Leane Ellis of the Beebe Library Reference Department will give a brief talk about book groups and other resources available through the library for finding good books.

Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley spoke recently at Beebe Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Buckley talked about the Boston sports scene and his book, Wicked Good Year.

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Library plans events to celebrate
During the month of January the library will be celebrating Jane Austen with displays and a variety of programs, including movies, a Regency Period Costume Demonstration and a Bollywood Bance Demonstration.
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The Friends of the Library will hold their annual Fall Book Giveaway on Saturday, September 26 starting at 9 a.m. in front of Beebe Library, 345 Main Street, Wakefield Massachusetts.

Series recommendations for mystery readers
At their last meeting, Beebe Library’s mystery discussion group, Supper Sleuths, compared and contrasted the works of Robert Crais and Rick Riordan. During the summer, members of the group read at least one book from each of Crais’s Elvis Cole series and Riordan’s Tres Navarre series. Some had the pleasure of re-reading and re-connecting with the authors’ PI characters. Others experienced the joy of discovering some new and compelling stories. Most of the group members enthusiastically read many of these authors’ titles throughout the summer.
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This summer’s weather has certainly made it harder to wander from home, and our bank accounts are lower than expected so international travel this summer may be a luxury few of us can truly afford. Instead, venture mentally from your porch swing or comfortable sofa into some fictional depictions of some real places for crime and detection.
In A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley, enjoy the exotic beauty of Botswana as Detective Kubu unravels a mystifying murder and uncovers a very tangled web of conspiracy. Continue »