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Ongoing Groups Meeting in February
Knitting Club
Join the Needlers a knitting group at the Swampscott Public Library. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at 10:30a.m. The February meetings will be Wednesday, February 8th, and Wednesday, February 22nd. Crocheters are welcome to join our group. We make our own projects or items to be donated to charity. Members can be beginners or experts.
Dinner Detectives
The Dinner Detectives, the library’s mystery book group, will meet at 6:00pm on Tuesday, February 7th to discuss Secrets and Mysteries. New members are always welcome.
HISTORY BUFFS
Lou Gallo and his town historians will meet on the first Friday of every month. In February, they will meet on Friday, February 3rd at 10:00am. Anyone interested in the history of the town is welcome to attend.
NEXT GENERATION BOOK CLUB
The Next Generation Book Club combines fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as different media. For February, we will meet on Monday, February 27th at 7:00pm to discuss The Invisible Bridge by Julia Orringer.
Book Group
The book club led by Izzie Abrams will not be meeting in January and February, but will resume in March.
AFTERNOON TEA AND BOOKS
Interested in a day time book club at the library? Our afternoon book club meets the third Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm. The February meeting will be Tuesday, February 21st, at 1:00pm and we’ll discuss Bound by Sally Gunning.
Lee Golomb Cadiff Teen Poetry Contest
We are proud to announce The 8th Annual Lee Golomb Cadiff Teen Poetry Contest. To enter, you must live in Swampscott, MA or attend a school located in Swampscott, MA. The contest is for 7th – 12th grade students. CASH AND OTHER PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS. Entry form is below and will also be available at local schools, and at the library. YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY POEMS AS YOU LIKE.
Poems must be submitted by February 23, 2012. Please call the library 781-596-8867 for further information.
SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE 8th LEE GOLOMB CADIFF TEEN POETRY CONTEST
To enter, you must live in Swampscott, MA or attend a school located in Swampscott, MA. The contest is for 7th – 12th grade students. CASH AND OTHER PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS.
RULES: Poem must be an original work that you wrote.
Poem should be no longer than 40 lines.
Name:
E-mail address:
Street address:
City, State and Zip Code:
Phone:
School:
Grade:
Poem Title:
Please attach 2 copies of your poem, 1 with your name on it & 1 without your name, to this entry form and drop off or mail to the Swampscott Public Library, 61 Burrill Street, Swampscott, MA 01907. Call the library at 781-596-8867 for further information. All entries must be submitted by Thursday, February 23, 2012. Winners will be notified by March 31, 2012. The awards ceremony will be held in April at the Swampscott Public Library during National Poetry Month.
The Teen Poetry Contest is possible through the assistance of Mrs. Norma Cadiff Finn, Friends of the Swampscott Public Library, the Swampscott Middle School and Swampscott High School, and the Tin Box Poets.
Friends Name Volunteer of the Year
Janet Ernst,volunteer of the year, and Ellen Winkler, President of the Friends
The Friends of the Swampscott Public Library have named Janet Ernst the Volunteer of the Year for 2011. Janet is a very, very dedicated volunteer and neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, will keep her from getting books ready and helping with the newsletter mailings. She even recruits other volunteers for the library! Thank you, Janet, for all your hard work!