An informational session about the lottery for the 4 affordable duplex homes being built at Knights Landing in Swansea. These homes will be sold at affordable prices to households with incomes at or below 80% of the area median income. Applications and info packets are available at the Library.
This fiction book club meets the third Friday of each month (unless otherwise noted). We bring our lunch and discuss all types of fiction.
The Swansea Free Public Library is pleased to announce the start of German language classes with Christel Amaral.
Learn a new and exciting language including basic words and phrases. Learn how to order food and drinks, tell time and ask for directions. Learn all about German Culture and History. This language conversation group is great for those interested in practicing speaking in another language. This class is open to all levels of experience.
Dementia Friends gives people an understanding of dementia and the small things you can do that make a difference. You will become a Dementia Friend by attending this one-hour information session to learn five key messages about living with dementia, and the simple things you can do to make a difference in your community. This free information session is a discussion led by a volunteer Dementia Friends Champion. You’ll learn what dementia is, what it’s like to live with it, and some tips for communicating with people who have dementia. No medical background is needed
Our mystery book club meets the first Wednesday of each month. We enjoy all kinds of mystery and crime books from cozy to historical to modern thrillers.
This month's selection: Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson
During the final months of World War II, a small group of people--including teenager Anna Emmerich, daughter of Prussian aristocrats; Callum Finnela, a twenty-year-old POW; and a young Wehrmacht corporal hiding his true Jewish identity--make their way westward across a ravaged Europe in a desperate attempt to reach British and American lines
Our historical fiction book club meets the first Wednesday of each month.
This month's selection: Skeletons at the feast by Chris Bohjalian
for ages 16+ and all adults who like to read graphic novels
This month's selection is:
Kin by Holly Black
When her mother goes missing and her father is blamed for her disappearance, Rue Silver delves into her family's secret past and learns something incredible that changes her entire understanding of the world in which she lives.
for ages 16+ and all adults who like to read young adult literature
This month's selection is:
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, THE ROOK is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.
