Each year the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association presents the Nebula Awards to the best works of science fiction and fantasy from the previous year. Here are this year's top winners. You can see the full list of nominees (and also read the nominated short stories online for free) at the SFWA website.
June 2024 Mid-Month Sudoku
Sudoku puzzles are all about the numbers 1 through 9. This month, just for kicks, we're throwing in a letter-based brainteaser: Why are some letters in the top row, other letters in the middle row, and still other letters in the bottom row?
2024 Summer Children’s Programs
We look forward to seeing everyone soon! Please visit our calendar for up to date program information. Visit our Summer Reading Page for information about the Read, Renew, Repeat Summer Reading program! Login to Beanstack to record your reading. All programs are sponsored by The Friends of Memorial Hall Library!
New Books on Black History
MHL will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th in honor of Juneteenth. If you’re looking to read up on Black History before (or after) the holiday, here are some recent titles to check out.
Teen LGBTQ+ Fiction for Teens
Happy Pride Month! Looking for some new LGBTQ+ teen fiction to check out? You're sure to find something on this list!
June 2024 Book of the Month
Called transformative by The New York Times and deserving of a place in every library by Booklist, Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobias is our pick for June's Book of the Month.
Artist of the Month: June & July 2024 – Essex Art Center
Barbara Cloonan Barbara developed a love of the watercolor medium through her study of Art History and Interior Design when she used watercolor for architectural renderings and portfolio presentations. Recently retired, she has dusted off her old paints and brushes and began to study watercolor painting from an artist’s point of view.
June 2024 Puzzle: “Stressed” spelled backwards
Warning! Most people will find the theme entries in this month's crossword pretty sweet—they may make you hungry! If you are of a mind to make something tasty and toothsome, you're bound to find inspiration in our collection of cooking magazines (many of which are available online), or possibly NYT Cooking, which is part of New York Times | All Access. We hope your enjoy this month's puzzle!
New York Times | All Access
We are excited to announce two big updates to MHL’s subscription to The New York Times: We now have unlimited access to Wirecutter, the New York Times’s product recommendation service. (If you are a fan of Consumer Reports and are not already familiar with Wirecutter, you are in for a treat!) Before, if you wanted to access NYT News, NYT Games, NYT Cooking, and/or The Athletic, you had to redeem an access code for each of them separately. No longer! Now, all those subscriptions have been bundled into a single New York Times | All Access subscription; you only need to redeem one code in order to get 24 hours’ unlimited access all those products.
May 2024 Mid-Month Sudoku
It’s May, the shortest month of the year! Yes, we know that some people think February is the shortest month, but that’s not just so. Look: