Our library’s long running non-fiction book club will meet Thursday, January 3, 2019 from 6:30-7:30PM to discuss Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time Pick up your copy today at the ground floor checkout desk. Check out our book club page for more info and other titles up for discussion.Read More
Our library’s long running non-fiction book club will meet Thursday, December 6, 2018 from 6:30-7:30PM to discuss the The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery. Pick up your copy today at the ground floor checkout desk. Check out our book club page for more info and other titles up for discussion.Read More
The Pollard Library World Literature book club meets at 6:30PM on the third Tuesday of every month. The meetings are free and open to the public. November Selection: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov - discussion Tuesday, November 20th 6:30-7:30PM. For more information about this group please contact Pam Colt at 978-674-1524 or pcolt@LowellLibrary.org.Read More
As part of their annual fundraiser, the Pollard Memorial Foundation will be presenting An Evening with Anita Diamant. If you are interested in attending, please email pollardmemorialfoundation@gmail.com for more information about the event or how to register.Read More
Pollard Library Non-Fiction book club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30PM in the ground floor meeting room. Our group is free and open to the public. Copies of books up for discussion are available for patrons to borrow on a first come first serve basis at the 1st Floor Information Desk.…Read More
Pollard Library Non-Fiction book club meets on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30PM in the ground floor meeting room. Our group is free and open to the public. Copies of books up for discussion are available for patrons to borrow on a first come first serve basis at the 1st Floor Information Desk.…Read More
On April 19 we will read The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason. In 1886, piano tuner Edgar Drake leaves London for the jungles of Burma, where he has been asked to repair a grand piano belonging to a British army officer who uses the piano and music to help keep the peace among warring local…Read More
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually by the American Library Association to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. Â The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors…Read More
"The first book in the series The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey tells the story of Cassie is running from Them…the creatures that only look human and are taking over the world...Cassie is trying to find and rescue her brother. Cassie meets Evan Walker and she must determine whether she can truly trust him in…Read More
It's LCK! time again. If you find yourself downtown today or tomorrow for the Kerouac festival you should stop by the first floor of the library and check out our Kerouac Corner and Young Promethean Poetry Collection (look for the YPPC call number for those searching our catalog). We dedicated the corner this past March as part…Read More
Our nonfiction book club is set to discuss an interesting book that tells the lesser known story of one of history's supporting characters, who so happens to be a woman. The Book of Ages tells the story of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, as much as anything can be known about the person with whom Franklin corresponded…Read More
     Author (nationality)                Title (imprint) Marlon James (Jamaica)     A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld Publications) Tom McCarthy (UK)               Satin Island (Jonathan Cape) Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria)     The Fishermen (ONE, Pushkin Press) Sunjeev Sahota (UK)        The Year of the Runaways  (Picador) Anne Tyler (US)…Read More
The 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize short list is here. After the Parade by Ostlund "An ESL teacher seeks closure from a rejection-marked childhood and his own questionable choices by exploring his relationships with fellow misfits in his youth. A first novel by the award-winning author of The Bigness of the World." Against…Read More
"I’ve always wanted to take a road trip across America. Due to a long history of getting pulled over for dumb stuff and a general fear of driving, it’s never happened. So I’ve lived vicariously through books, hitching a ride with Jack Kerouac or piggy backing along with Cheryl Strayed on toe-nail-murdering hiking trails." Click here for more.Read More
This long lost manuscript has just been published and is a Dr. Seuss take on "make up your mind already". Click here to put it on order.Read More