Newbern City Library

06/01/2026

Thank you Pioneer Photography - Rachel Townsend for coming to support our Library! Rachel is the newest member of our Friends of the Library and we are thankful to have her.

06/01/2026

Track your summer reading with ReadSquared. Follow the prompts within the app after downloading to create your account.

If you do not have regular access to a phone, tablet, or computer, there is a reading tracker in the comments section. You can turn your tracker in at any summer reading event.

06/01/2026

Put the code where it says Log Event Code.

05/30/2026

05/29/2026

Heads up! Don't miss out on our Summer Reading kickoff event happening tomorrow! We are gonna party rain or shine!

05/21/2026

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) month! “And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English. They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds "joy luck" is not a word, it does not exist. They see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation.”
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club