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Newington Reads Event Rescheduled 

Lucy Robbins Welles Library | 95 Cedar Street | Newington, CT 06111
Telephone: 860-665-8700 |  Fax: 860-667-1255
Newington Reads Author Event
Rescheduled to October 20, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Library.
Doors will open at 6:00 p.m.


jennifer haigh Heat and Light book cover

Newington Reads


One Book ~ One Town our community-wide reading event is now in full swing. Read the book Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh. A best book of 2016 by the New York Times, NPR and the Washington Post, explores the fall out of the natural gas boom in a small Pennsylvania town. The library has multiple copies of the book in different formats (print, large print, digital and audio) available to checkout. Paperback copies are also available for purchase at a discounted price of $12.00. Attend a book discussion and tell us what you think of the book. The library will be offering multiple book discussion in September and October A program on October 11 about fracking, titled Fracking:(what's it All About) with CCSU Geological Sciences professor will also be offered. Meeauthor Jennifer Haigh on October 20 at 6:30 pm here at the library for the conclusion of the event. She will discuss her novel and sign copies of her book. Copies will be available for purchase  More information is available online or call the library at 860-665-8700.

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