You're Invited - Wilton Reads 2024 at Wilton Library

We invite all community members to join Wilton Library this spring as we come together to read, discuss, and reflect upon The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez, for our eighteenth Wilton Reads event. Please join us for a variety of programs that provide opportunities for insights and conversations about the meaning of community and voices of cultural identity.

Book Giveaway

Wednesday, April 3 @10-11am and 5:30-6:30pm

To encourage readership and to kick off Wilton Reads, a limited number of hardcover copies of The Great Divide will be distributed to members of the community free of charge courtesy of Fairfield County Bank . Books will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, one per person, in the library lobby on Wednesday, April 3 from 10 to 11 a.m. and from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., while supplies last.

Author Talk: Cristina Henriquez - The Great Divide

Tuesday, May 7 @7pm in Brubeck Room

Cristina Henriquez will visit the library for an author talk on Tuesday, May 7. Julia will be interviewed by Wiltonian Joanna Ecke , who taught public high school English for many years and has lead several literary discussion groups at Wilton Library. The author will be presented with the Grodin Family Fine Writers award during her talk. Elm Street Books will be selling copies and Cristina will be signing books after the presentation. The media sponsor of Wilton Reads and our author talks is GOOD Morning Wilton . REGISTER & SEE DETAILS

Wilton Reads 2024 Programs

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For Adults

Spring Poetry Seminars with Judson Scruton: From the Atlantic to the Pacific - Imagination is Prolific

Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18 & 25 @10:30am in Rimer Room

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Wilton Library Readers - The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez

Wednesday, April 10 @12pm in Rimer Room

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Book Discussion of The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez

Thursday, April 11 @7pm in Rimer Room

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Panama on a Plate: One Country, One Voice, Many Flavors

Monday, April 15 @7pm in Brubeck Room

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Panama Canal Documentary Screening

Thursday, April 18 @6:30pm in Brubeck Room

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Panama Canal Documentary Screening

Sunday, April 21 @3pm in Brubeck Room

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Making the Dirt Fly: Building the Panama Canal (In-Person & Zoom)

Wednesday, May 1 @7pm in Brubeck Room and via Zoom

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For Teens and Children

Lego Panama Canal

Wednesday, April 10 @4:30pm in Story Room

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Hispanic Bilingual Storytime

Wednesday, April 17 @10:30am in Story Room

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Rainforest Experience for Elementary Kids

Thursday, April 18 @2:30pm in Story Room

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Book Discussion and Poetry for Teens

Wednesday, April 24 @3:30pm in Rimer Room

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Children's Book Discussion

Tuesday, April 30 @4pm in Story Room

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From Our Partners

Wilton Public Schools

Student Programs

To support Wilton Reads, Wilton Public Schools has created age-appropriate reading lists and programming that will involve the entire school community from grades K through 12, providing an opportunity for meaningful conversations in the schools and at home. Please visit the Wilton Public Schools website at www.wiltonps.org for more details.

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