The Library Festival Book Sale is on August 23rd! Don’t miss our famous annual Library Festival with its huge book sale, raffles, cookie walk, giant bubbles, children’s craft, and face painting!Right across the road from the giant Apple Pie Craft Fair, the Book Sale opens at 8am for members only, and 9am for everyone else.… Read more 2025 Library Festival!
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May 12th-17th 2025 Teen Programs
Monday May 12th: No program, but feel free to come hang out in our teen space and use the computers, coloring pages, or board games. Tuesday May 13th: No program, but feel free to come hang out in our teen space and use the computers, coloring pages, or board games. Wednesday May 14th: Teen Advisory… Read more May 12th-17th 2025 Teen Programs
Color Our World Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading is right around the corner! Watch for updates, and in the meantime, get the June 24th 10:30am Kick-Off date in your calendar!
Keep Sarah Warm 2024
This year, we’re inviting our community of knitters to come together once again to create a beautiful scarf for the Sarah Josepha Hale statue in front of the library. Here’s how you can contribute: If you don’t have your own supplies, don’t worry! There will be knitting needles and yarn on display at the library,… Read more Keep Sarah Warm 2024
Monica Wood to Accept the 2024 Hale Award
The Richards Free Library proudly announces best-selling Maine author, Monica Wood, as the recipient of the 2024 Sarah Josepha Hale Award. Monica Wood is an award-winning novelist, memoirist and playwright. Originally from Mexico, Maine, her writing tells character-driven stories about life-changing events. Wood was awarded the 2019 Constance Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities in Maine; and the 2018… Read more Monica Wood to Accept the 2024 Hale Award
