Daland Memorial Library

Library Building Committee

December 18, 2025 by dalandlibrary

The Library Building Commitee will be meeting on Saturday, Dec. 20th at 1:45 at the library.

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Episode 57: Happy Holidays! Special Project Update

December 3, 2025 by dalandlibrary

Happy Holidays from the staff of the library! Tune into this special episode to hear about holiday happenings around town and catch our interview with library leaders for a project update. Let the countdown to the new library begin!!

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:

Wreck by Catherine Newman

Flashlight by Susan Choi

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell

To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:

The Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell

Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer (The Dive From Clausen’s Pier)

The Dinner Party by Viola Van de Sandt

I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

Upcoming Books

The Storm by Rachel Hawkins 1/6/2026

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney 1/20/2026

More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen 2/24/2026

Impossible Creatures 3 by Katherine Rundell – August 2026

Galinda: A Charmed Childhood by Gregory Maguire – September 2026

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Closed 12-2-25 Happy Snow Day

December 2, 2025 by dalandlibrary

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Cookbook Club Cookie Swap

November 3, 2025 by dalandlibrary

Cookbook Club Cookie Swap

Get out your best Christmas cookie recipes and join us for the 4rd Annual Cookbook Club Cookie Swap on

Tuesday , Dec. 8th at 6:30pm.

Make a double batch of your best cookie and bring it to the library for a cookie swap! We’ll have large festive platters available for you to fill, wrap, and take home. All bakers welcome!

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Hooks & Needles

November 3, 2025 by dalandlibrary

Hooks & Needles

Calling all knitters and neddle crafters! Join Hooks & Needles the 2nd Friday of the month at the Mont Vernon Fire Dept. Community Room to share your latest project. Group meets Friday, November 14th from 12-2pm. New members always welcome!

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Share with SHARE@ the Library

November 3, 2025 by dalandlibrary

Community Food Drive for Share @ the Library

SHARE has put the cry out for donations! Help support your neighbors in the towns of Milford, Amherst, Mont Vernon, Brookline, and Wilton by dropping off donations to support the shortage. Items listed below can be dropped off during open hours at the Daland Memorial Library Nov. 1st-29th. We will take care of delivery to SHARE in Milford. Thank you for you donations!

Pantry Most Wanted List

• Nonperishable meat and proteins: Beef stew, chicken stew, chili, tuna, lentil soup, peanut butter, nutritional drinks for seniors (i.e. Ensure)

• Dried goods and canned goods: All canned fruits and vegetables, pastas and pasta sauce, canned and bottled juices, dried beans and peas, rice, breakfast cereals and oatmeal, bread, soups, cooking oils

• Dairy: Shelf-Stable milk (including almond)

• Healthy Snacks

• Baby items: Baby foods, diapers, wipes

Can’t make to the library to donate items? Donations are always gratefully accepted.

SHARE Financial Donations

There are several ways to make a financial gift:

• Make a check payable to SHARE Outreach, Inc. and mail to 1 Columbus Avenue, Milford, NH 03055

• Make a secure online donation. https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx… (-> https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E355209&id=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExOWhxeFhNU2U3Sk05bHZGdQEeh6M_m78u_HtSadQKCn2qvFP5ZFxjYLCnxhAXmw68Zm4-h4DShdmBJhm1pWU_aem_mSynOjrwfOpweuZiDDGcaA)

• Stop by the SHARE Center during business hours and make a cash or gift card donation.

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Episode 56: Witch Talk

October 19, 2025 by dalandlibrary

It’s Fall Y’all! The leaves are falling and it’s time to carve the pumpkins!! Listen in to this new episode to hear all the excitement at the library as we head towards Halloween…candy collection, mini pumpkin hunt, Witch Walk and of course Trick or Treating in Mont Vernon!! Get your costumes on and stop by the library on Halloween

Amy’s Book Recommendations

Books I Read Recently That I Enjoyed:

The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno Garcia

We Love You Bunny by Mona Awad

New Books I’m Looking Forward to Reading:

The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Heart the Lover by Lily King