Community Room
All Ages
Join beloved author Lois Lowry as she reads from her books, talks about her work, and answers your questions. Books can be pre-ordered through Mockingbird Bookshop or purchased at the event. Presented by the Bath Book Bash and the Patten Free Library.
October 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Community Room
The first in a planned continuing series of “Bath Climate Conversations” community forums and events. This forum focuses on Locals Leading on Climate Change – The Built Environment, and will discuss climate change and Bath’s public facilities, homes, roads, transportation, and people. The evening will begin with a half-hour public forum for Bath residents to hear from community leaders about Bath’s climate action planning efforts, followed by a community discussion that seeks to engage citizens and hear their thoughts about Climate Change and their community.
After the forum, join us for food from Taco the Town Food Truck in Library Park and informal opportunity to share what climate change means to us locally.
Hosted by Bath Climate Action Commission in partnership with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Patten Free Library. This program is presented in person and on Zoom. Registration is required for Zoom only.
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Local Leader Lineup:
Marc Meyers: City Manager
Rod Melanson: Director of Sustainability
Deb Keller: Bath Housing
Ruth Indrick: Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
Tim Blair: Transportation and Bike Pedestrian Committees
Questions? Contact Rod Melanson: rmelanson@cityofbath.com.
1st prize and 2nd prizes will be named in each of six categories:
Grades 7-9: Short Fiction, Non-Fiction
Grades 10-12: Short Fiction, Non-Fiction
Adults: Short Fiction, Non-Fiction
Entries will be judged by a panel of library staff, trustees, local teachers, and Teen Library Council members. First ($100) and second prize ($50) gift certificates will be awarded in each category. Winners will be honored at a reception in January 2023; winning entries will be published on the Library website. The Writing Contest is made possible with support from the Friends of the Patten Free Library.
Entries accepted September 9 through December 3, 2022.
Guidelines:
• One submission limit per author per category; no co-authors.
• Teen entrants must be in grades 7-12, live in the library service area; or attend an R.S.U. 1 school, Chop Point School, Hyde School, or Chewonki Middle School.
• Adult entrants must be 18 years or older and live in the library service area (Arrowsic, Georgetown, Bath, West Bath, or Woolwich) or hold a valid Patten Free Library card. Library staff are not eligible for consideration.
• Previously published work will not be accepted.
• Entries may be up to 3000 words.
• Include a header on each page with title, category, and page number.
• Submissions will be judged blind. DO NOT include writer’s name anywhere on the submission itself.
• No “fan fiction,” please.
Submissions accepted via online submission form or in print.
Electronic submission:
Print submission:
Writing Contest c/o Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530
Questions? Call or email Hannah Lackoff (207-443-5141 x1021, hlackoff@patten.lib.me.us)
The contest is made possible with support from the Friends of the Patten Free Library.
Saturday, September 17
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
A family friendly book festival and celebration of children’s literature featuring over 25 children’s authors and illustrators, panels, workshops, food trucks and more. Admission is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. For more information, including author lineup, visit bathbookbash.org or on social media @bathbookbash. With support from Bath Sunrise Rotary Club.
Join Susan Conley, author of the acclaimed novel Landslide, as she reads from her book, talks about her work, and answers your questions.
Books will be available for sale and signing at the event. This program is presented in person and live on Zoom. Registration is required for the Zoom event only.
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Watch the movie beforehand than join a lively on-line discussion about titles chosen by the group’s members.
Register for This EventSeptember 8: Chinatown (1974)
September 15: Imitation of Life (1959)
September 22: Rashomon (1950)
September 29: Smoke (1995)
October 6: Nashville (1975)
October 13: The Long Day Closes (1992)
October 20: A Taste of Honey (1961)
October 27: Witness (1985)
November 3: King of Hearts (1967)
November 10: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
November 17: Midnight Cowboy (1969)
December 1: Leave No Trace (2018)
December 8: Arrival (2016)
December 15: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Celebrate the last days of summer with a classic game of Bingo in the Library Park Gazebo. Have fun and win prizes! Bingo attire, including visors, glasses, and cheesy t-shirts, encouraged. Grades 7-12.
Friday, June 17- Friday, August 26
Read books, attend programs, and win prizes! For more information about our all ages summer program click here.
August 2 at 6 p.m.
Join Phuc Tran, author of the Read ME selection Sigh, Gone, as he reads from his book, talks about his writing process, and answers your questions. Books will be available for sale and signing at the event. This program is presented in person and live on Zoom. Registration is required for the Zoom event only
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Learn how to decorate coral reef and jellyfish cookies with watercolor icing! We will be using edible markers to give complete freedom and Kaite Thayer from Thayer Treats will be teaching techniques on how to make the water look more realistic using paint brushes.
All supplies provided. For grades 7-12. Registration required.
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