Kick-Off Summer Reading 2018 with the WPL Magazine Collection!

Summer Reading is kicking off this Saturday June 16^th at the Main Library with a musical bang! With this year’s theme of “Libraries Rock! Read, Learn, Connect”, the WPL is bursting with programs, classes, and reading suggestions. Periodicals (Main Branch, 3^rd floor) will display a selection of our popular rockin’ magazines in celebration of our musical Summer Reading kick-off, but we don’t stop there! With over 400 magazine titles to choose from, there are plenty of opportunities to read, learn, and connect.

Read: Whether it’s poetry, political commentary, or good ol’ fiction stories, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Granta, and The Atlantic have plenty of content to help you reach your reading goals this summer.

Learn: New ideas and skills are easy to integrate into your reading this summer – titles like Cooks Illustrated, Make, and Popular Mechanics yield everything from recipe testing for the perfect brownie to how to make a pizza oven from an old car (and we’re all suddenly very hungry.)

Connect: Whether it’s in our backyards or across state lines, we can find ways of connecting with our community through local magazines like Boston Magazine, Worcester Living, Connecticut Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. Find out what’s happening in New England this summer!

The Adult Summer Reading Kick-Off will be from 10:00am- 1:00pm in the Fiction Area of the Main Library. You’ll be able to sign up for SummerReading, register for programs and classes, and learn about events and services provided by the WPL this summer. Also enjoy rock painting, for all ages!

Rock (or read) on!

-Gretta