Author: Sean Smith
Books with Bex: ‘Sinking’ into a Literary Rabbit Hole
Do you ever find yourself reading a book and they mention something in that book that makes you want to read a book on that subject, and then that book recommends further reading and you get sucked into a literary
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Check out some of these new titles from AAPI authors today!
In May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, marking the enormous contributions of the AAPI community in all areas of our life. The same is true in literature! In this reading list, we highlight some of the
Borrow the Epson FastFoto Scanner from the Library of Things to digitize your family photos!
Blog post by Head of Adult Services, Sean Smith. Email him with any questions you may have with our Library of Things items! Meet the newest addition to our Library of Things, the Epson FastFoto FF-680W. It bills itself the
We’re hosting a Spring Diaper Drive to benefit Community Giving Tree! May 1-26, 2023
Poster for our Spring Diaper Drive, benefiting Community Giving Tree. The Topsfield Town Library is hosting a Spring Diaper Drive, benefiting Community Giving Tree! A drop-off cart will be located in the library’s vestibule. Between May 1 and May 26, 2023,
Preserving Family Memories: Digitizing Your Old Home Movies using the Topsfield Library of Things
Have you checked out our Library of Things collection? We have a large, growing collection of items to check out from the library! In this post, we are going to highlight a couple of our most popular tools, the Elgato
Staff Reviews: Foster, I Know Who You Are, and more!
Foster by Claire Keegan Review by Sean Smith, Head of Adult Services An absolutely wonderful novella written in 2010 and just now published in full on this side of the Atlantic; Foster is an early leader for my favorite book
Why We Love Graphic Novels
Blog post written by Head of Youth Services, Lindsey Recka Here in the Children’s Room, we often hear that graphic novels are “not real books” or that kids should “pick a real book” as if graphic novels are somehow inferior
The Topsfield Town Library celebrates Black History Month: A Reading List highlighting Black authors in our collection!
In February, the world celebrates Black History Month, and the Topsfield Town Library is highlighting Black authors in our collection! Check out our shelf-talkers in the stacks, highlighting some excellent books! This reading list highlights some of the newest additions
Book Review: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Review by Sean Smith, Head of Adult Services If you have been watching this space, you may have seen that one of my top choices for 2022 (and awarded the coveted Golden Gould award) was Stacy Willingham’s novel A Flicker
