Friends of Brooks Memorial Library

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Purpose: to support Brooks Memorial Library in providing the highest quality library services.

Membership shall be open to all persons interested in the purposes of the organization to support Brooks Memorial Library in providing the highest quality library services to the community by means of advocacy, public relations and fund raising.

10/29/2026

Brattleboro Community TV recording of the Brattleboro Literary Festival

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10/28/2026

November 14, 2026
11am - 6pm
Fletcher Free Library
Burlington, VT

FREE TO ATTEND

The fifth annual Non-Fiction Comics Festival will feature panel discussions, workshops, and exhibiting cartoonists creating non-fiction and autobiographical work.

10/25/2026

Visit the Town of Brattleboro website for public skating hours: https://brattleboro.gov/skating-facility
Reserve your passes online:
https://brookslibraryvt.org/use-the-library/museum-passes/

10/19/2026

10/18/2026

10/15/2026

Join us in the Main Reading Room on Saturday, October 17 from 1 PM as we welcome local author Ann Braden for this special Brattleboro Literary Festival event! Ann will read from her newest middle grade novel, Hijacked by Goats.

Thanks to the generosity of the Friends of Brooks Memorial Library, there will be 25 FREE copies for the first 25 middle grade attendees. Books will be for sale and signing from ByWay Books & More. And, there will be goat milk carmaels from Big Picture Farm. Hope you join us for the fun!

PLEASE NOTE: The front entrance to the library is closed. Please enter from the upper rear entrance from the parking lot.

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10/13/2026

A founding member of the Brattleboro Literary Festival, Tim Mayo's poetry has been widely published and he's received Pushcart Prize nominations and fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center. For many years, he worked at the Brattleboro Retreat as a mental health worker. He'll be reading from his latest collection of poetry at this year's Literary Festival.
https://www.brattleborotv.org/here-we-are/here-we-are-tim-mayo-poet/

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19nWRV4sus/

Brattleboro Community Television's newest episode, Here We Are: Tim Mayo, Poet is now available. Visit our website to watch the recording now.

10/13/2026

At ByWay Books & More ...

10/11/2026

Interaction's Event at BMAC
Thursday, October 15, 5:30pm

Celebrate Fractured, Not Broken, a collaborative quilt project connecting people inside and outside prison walls. Whether you added some stitches at the library or are simply interested in this Interaction community project, all are welcome to the opening celebration for the exhibit at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center.

Address

224 Main Street
Brattleboro, VT
05301

Telephone

+18022545290

Website

https://friendsofbrookslibraryvt.org/

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