Adults

Friends of the PRML Annual Book Sale September 13 and 14, 9-5, Plainfield Village Town Hall 

9/15 - 6pm

In the library's breakout room.

Bunyan and Henry; Or, the Beautiful Destiny

About the Author

MARK CECIL is host of The Thoughtful Bro show, for which he conducts interviews with an eclectic roster of award-winning and breakout storytellers. Formerly a journalist for Reuters, he is Head of Strategy for literary social media startup A Mighty Blaze and has taught writing at Grub Street in Boston. This is his first book.

Book reading at the library in September 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Alyssa R. Rondeau

Born and raised in New England, Alyssa has always been an avid writer from as early as grade school. She has a particular love for poetry but enjoys writing fiction as well. When she became a mother in 2023, she discovered a whole new world of inspiration for her writing. She is a strong advocate for self-love, spending time at the ocean, and eating copious amounts of pasta. The happiest you'll find her is anywhere her family is. She resides in New Hampshire with her husband and daughter.

link: In Between: A Poetry Collection

"In Between" is a book of poems divided into three sections, each showcasing the major turning points of a woman's life - finding love, becoming a mother, and the self-growth that has taken place along the way. Although the poetry describes an individual experience, it touches on intense feelings many other women experience in their lives at one point or another, making it not only relatable, but acting as a voice for words that we often struggle to speak aloud.

Plainfield Democratic Committee Meeting

Hold the date & waiting for a program description.

The Plainfield Conservation Commission will be hosting a community forum to highlight our work to update the Town’s Natural Resources Inventory and to engage the public in helping to direct the work moving forward. We’re working with Moosewood Ecological to create the plan.

Meriden Library on Wednesday, October 8th at 6:30 pm.

Join Artist Berkley Heath for an afternoon of indigo dyeing! She will be demonstrating dyeing in her indigo vat and participants will be able to dye small samples of cotton fabric, and have the opportunity to bring an item from home to dye (note that this material needs to be clean and natural fiber--cotton, linen, wool, etc). Bring an old cotton T-shirt and dye it blue with natural indigo!

Indigo is a dye found in many different species of plants that grow all over the world. Indigo is the only traditional true blue dye, and humans have been using it to dye fiber and cloth various shades of blue for thousands of years (the oldest indigo-dyed fragment is over 6,000 years old and found in Peru). Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) is the species best-suited to growing in our climate in New England, and Berkley grows hundreds of indigo plants each year right here in Claremont. Come learn more about this fascinating natural color!