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John Curtis Free Library

Welcome to the John Curtis Free Library. We would love to hear from you!

The John Curtis Free Library is a public library located in Hanover, Massachusetts; it is part of the Old Colony Library Network. Click here for the library's online catalog:
https://catalog.ocln.org/client/en_US/hanover/?dt=list

Click here for access to the library's eBook and digital audiobook collection:
http://ebooks.ocln.org

08/31/2026

TONIGHT AT 7:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: Women of War -- Italian Assassins, Spies & Couriers Who Fought The N***s

Author Suzanne Cope will discuss her new book, Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the N***s. Discover the gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters. Cope, a professor at New York University, is a narrative journalist, whose work has appeared in New York Times, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, Food & Wine, BBC, Washington Post, and others.

Please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3717850106721/WN_CoGx8eA6SRuQdoP8Ftm3MQ

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program!

08/30/2026

Happy Birthday to Mary Shelley, British best known for her 1818 Gothic novel "Frankenstein," considered a pioneering work of science fiction, born this day in 1797.

08/29/2026

Happy Birthday to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and author (Old Ironsides), born this day in 1809 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1894)

08/28/2026

MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM!! VIRTUAL: Women of War -- Italian Assassins, Spies & Couriers Who Fought The N***s

Author Suzanne Cope will discuss her new book, Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the N***s. Discover the gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters. Cope, a professor at New York University, is a narrative journalist, whose work has appeared in New York Times, The Atlantic, Los Angeles Review of Books, Food & Wine, BBC, Washington Post, and others.

Please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3717850106721/WN_CoGx8eA6SRuQdoP8Ftm3MQ

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

Thanks to the Tewksbury Public Library for sharing this program!

08/27/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 5:30 PM!! Watercolor Paint Night: Custom Bookshelf illustration

For teens (13+) and adults!

Join us for a fun, laid-back art workshop to create your own custom bookshelf illustration! No prior experience is needed. Hillary from Seaside Books & Art will walk you through step by step and provide all materials, including watercolor paper, paints, brushes, and even tracing templates you can use if needed. Together we’ll lay out the bookshelf, add color, design the covers/spines of your favorite books, and add a little personal touch as well. Makes a perfect gift for friends and family, or to add some homemade art to your own home.

Space is limited. Please register: https://johncurtislibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/paint-night/

08/26/2026

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of s*x. It was first celebrated in 1971, designated by Congress in 1973, and is proclaimed each year by the United States President.

08/25/2026

It's Bonus Borrow Week!! This selection of audiobooks, eBooks, comics and manga, TV shows, movies, and BingePass is available to patrons without using your Instant borrows. Even if you've used all your borrows, you can still enjoy great content on Hoopla.

08/24/2026

TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM!! Fintastic Sharks and Rays - Not So Scary!

Missing "Shark Week"? Join us for an all-ages talk about sharks - see actual shark teeth in person!

08/23/2026

Do you remember? On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas and later became a Category 5 hurricane.

08/22/2026

It's Read a Romance Month!

Address

534 Hanover Street
Hanover, MA
02339

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 8pm
Tuesday	1pm - 8pm
Wednesday	10am - 8pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+17818262972

Website

http://www.hanover-ma.gov/library

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