Crossroads Crafters' Circle
2023-11-18 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-02 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-30 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Bring your favorite craft and socialize with like-hearted people! All crafts and all folks welcome. Any open Saturday at the library. Arrive and leave as you please.

Story Time
2023-11-18 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-11-30 16:00 - 16:45, 2023-12-02 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-12-09 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-12-16 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-12-30 10:00 - 10:45
Join us for Story Time with Betsy for music, books, and a craft!
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CANCELED Friends of the Lima Public Library: Alcohol Ink (Fundraiser)
2023-11-18 10:00 - 12:00
This event has been canceled.

Friends Meeting
2023-11-21 18:30 - 20:00, 2023-12-19 18:30 - 20:00
Friends of the Lima Public Library Meeting

Thanksgiving Closing
2023-11-23 - 2023-11-26
We will be closed for Thanksgiving beginning on Thursday 11/23 and we will re-open on Monday 11/27.

Friends of the Lima Public Library - Game Night
2023-11-27 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-12-11 18:30 - 20:30

Online Author Talk: Power of Women in Science Fiction: Naomi Alderman on Writing Dystopian Worlds
2023-11-30 15:00 - 16:00
Bestselling and award-winning author, Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book, The Future. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father’s fox and rabbit sermon—once a parable to her—are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?
Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist, flees from an assassin. She’s cornered, desperate and—worst of all—might die without ever knowing what’s going on. Suddenly, a remarkable piece of software appears on her phone telling her exactly how to escape. Who made it? What is it really for? And if those behind it can save her from danger, what do they want from her, and what else do they know about the future?
Martha and Zhen’s worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha’s relentless drive and Zhen’s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here. What are you waiting for? Register now!
About the Author: Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of The Power, which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys’ Women’s Prize for Fiction. It was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize and chosen as one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the San Francisco Chronicle. The Power topped Barack Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2017 and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Naomi grew up in London and attended Oxford University and UEA.
Register here and be sure to put a question in the form. It may be answered live! You can catch the replay at the same link, if you can’t make it to the live call.

Friends of the Lima Public Library: Book Tasting (Ages 18+)
2023-12-02 10:00 - 11:00
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Online Author Talk: Let's Talk World Building with YA Fantasy Fiction Superstar Author Victoria Aveyard
2023-12-05 19:00 - 20:00
Join us as the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Queen and Realm Breaker series, Victoria Aveyard, chats with us about YA fantasy fiction, world-building, and her incredible body of work!
In the bestselling series Realm Breaker, a strange darkness grows in Allward even Corayne an-Amarat can feel it in her small town at the edge of the sea. The long lost heir to an ancient lineage, it’s not until Corayne meets a rag-tag group of companions that she learns how to wield the magic slumbering in her blood—and how together they might stop what’s coming.
As the realm descends into chaos, the choices are clear: Save the world…or end it. Together, they stand against a vicious opponent, invincible and determined to burn all kingdoms to ash and an army unlike anything the realm has ever witnessed.
Irresistibly action-packed and full of lethal surprises, this stunning fantasy series promises Breakneck adventure and impossible thrills! Register now to join the adventure!
About the Author: Victoria Aveyard was born and raised in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, a small town known only for the worst traffic rotary in the continental United States. She moved to Los Angeles to earn a BFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. She currently splits her time between the East and West coasts. As an author and screenwriter, she uses her career as an excuse to read too many books and watch too many movies. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, and you can visit her online at www.victoriaaveyard.com.
Register here and be sure to put a question in the form. It may be answered live! You can catch the replay at the same link, if you can’t make it to the live call.

Christmas Party & Concert
2023-12-08 18:30 - 20:30
The Friends of the Lima Public Library will be hosting a holiday party with light refreshments & Christmas concert.

Online Author Talk: Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education: An Author Talk with Stephanie Land
2023-12-12 14:00 - 15:00
You’re invited to an afternoon chat with New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she talks to us about her new memoir, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.
When Stephanie Land set out to write her first book, a memoir titled Maid, she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was later adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid, which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix’s fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie’s escape from poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream.
In Class, Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn, including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, and navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn’t understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties.
Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class offers a searing indictment of America’s educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother’s triumph against all odds.
About the Author: Stephanie Land is the author of the New York Times bestseller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, called “a testimony…worth listening to,” by The New York Times and inspiration for the Netflix series Maid. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and many other outlets. Her writing focuses on social and economic justice and parenting under the poverty line. She is a frequent speaker at colleges and national advocacy organizations. Find out more at @Stepville or Stepville.com
Register here and be sure to put a question in the form. It may be answered live! You can catch the replay at the same link, if you can’t make it to the live call.

Board of Trustees Meeting
2023-12-20 18:30 - 20:00
Lima Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

SPECIAL VISITOR Story Time
2023-12-23 10:00 - 10:45
We will be having a very special guest at this Story Time – can you guess?

Holiday Closing
2023-12-25
We will be closed on Monday 12/25 for Christmas. However you celebrate this season, we hope you have a safe and happy holiday!

Babysitters Training (Ages 11-15)
2023-12-29 13:00 - 17:00
This instructor-led 4 hr class is supplemented by a video presentation, lecture and group activities. Participants will learn the roles and responsibilities of a babysitter including skills in: the business of babysitting, accident prevention, first aid and care for choking victims. Students will receive a certification card upon completion.

Presented by EPIC Trainings. Please register ahead of time using this Google Form.

New Year's Day Closing
2024-01-01
We are closed for New Year’s Day.

Closed for scheduled maintenance
2024-01-06
The Lima Public Library will be closed on Saturday 1/6 for scheduled maintenance. Thank you for understanding!

Online Author Talk with Rebecca Serle
2024-01-10 20:00 - 21:00
Join us as we kick off the New Year talking to Rebecca Serle about her journey writing epic love stories to span generations. Learning the love story formula with Serle, we’ll chat with the author about her New York Times bestselling novels, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, The Dinner List, and many more.
Additionally, in a special preview, Serle will briefly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on March 5, 2024) Expiration Dates. In Expiration Dates, Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan for her. Every time she meets a new man, she receives a slip of paper with his name and a number on it—the exact amount of time they will be together. The papers told her she’d spend three days with Martin in Paris; five weeks with Noah in San Francisco; and three months with Hugo, her ex-boyfriend turned best friend. Daphne has been receiving the numbered papers for over twenty years, always wondering when there might be one without an expiration. Finally, on the night of a blind date at her favorite Los Angeles restaurant, there’s only a name: Jake.
Told with her signature warmth and insight into matters of the heart, Rebecca Serle has finally set her sights on romantic love. The result is a gripping, emotional, passionate, and (yes) heartbreaking novel about what it means to be single, what it means to find love, and ultimately how we define each of them for ourselves. Expiration Dates is the one fans have been waiting for. Start your year with love and register now!
About the Author: Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of Expiration Dates, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, The Dinner List, and the young adult novels The Edge of Falling and When You Were Mine. Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based on her YA series of the same name. She is a graduate of USC and The New School and lives in Los Angeles with her husband. Find out more at RebeccaSerle.com.

Register at https://libraryc.org/lima/37076
