We’re partnering with the Tewksbury Public Library to offer five virtual lunchtime Massachusetts National Park Service lectures, every Wednesday in March at 12 pm: On Wednesday, March 22, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Presents 'Stories from the Whaling Port'. These virtual programs are free, but registration is necessary to receive the Zoom links. If you miss the program, don’t worry! Registrants for each program will automatically receive a recording of the presentation via email to view at your convenience! For more information and the registration links go to https://greenfieldpubliclibrary.org The Greenfield Public Library would like to thank the Tewksbury Public Library for organizing this series.

Join us for an exciting trip through time as we chat with New York Times bestselling historical fiction author Pam Jenoff about her newest book, Code Name Sapphire, on Tuesday, March 28th, at 7 pm Inspired by incredible true stories of courage and sacrifice, Code Name Sapphire follows Hannah Martel as she races to rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and resistance. Pam Jenoff is the author of several books of historical fiction, including the NYT bestseller The Orphan's Tale. Her novels are inspired by her experiences working at the Pentagon and as a diplomat for the State Department handling Holocaust issues in Poland. For more information, and to register for this and other upcoming talks, go to https://libraryc.org/greenfieldpubliclibrary/21486/register Each talk features the opportunity to participate in author Q&A or pre-submit questions during registration! Copies of these books are available at the Library. This program, brought to you by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium, is free and open to the public.

We’re partnering with the Tewksbury Public Library to offer five virtual lunchtime Massachusetts National Park Service lectures, every Wednesday in March at 12 pm: On Wednesday, March 29, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site Presents 'From Beals St. to the White House'. These virtual programs are free, but registration is necessary to receive the Zoom links. If you miss the program, don’t worry! Registrants for each program will automatically receive a recording of the presentation via email to view at your convenience! For more information and the registration links go to https://greenfieldpubliclibrary.org The Greenfield Public Library would like to thank the Tewksbury Public Library for organizing this series.

This month, join the Greenfield Public Library as we spring right into amazing new virtual author talks from a New York Times Best Selling author and award winning cartoonist! Join us for an enlightening hour with highly-acclaimed Kate Beaton, the New York Times bestselling author of Hark! A Vagrant! and Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. Her first full-length graphic narrative follows Beaton after university as she heads out west to take advantage of Alberta’s oil rush, part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Arriving in Fort McMurray, Beaton finds work in the lucrative camps owned and operated by the world’s largest oil companies. Being one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. She encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet never discussed. Her wounds may never heal. Beaton’s natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, Northern Lights, and Rocky Mountains. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is…

You are in for a riveting hour online with New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger! Join us as he discusses his newest book in the Cork O’Connor series Fox Creek and his numerous other works! Fox Creek follows Cork O’Connor in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death. As he walks the Northwoods in solitude, he tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace is destined to elude him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. Meloux guides this stranger and his great niece, Cork O’Connor’s wife, to safety deep into the Boundary Waters, his home for more than a century. Meanwhile, in Aurora, Cork works feverishly to identify the hunters and the reason for their relentless pursuit, but he has little to go on. He knows only too well that with each passing hour time is running out. For more information, and to register for this and…