Tilton Library

Worm Bin Compost Demonstration
2024-07-16 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States
Join us for a presentation by the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District to learn how to make a worm bin for compost. Worms are one of Earth’s recycling creatures because they eat food waste and transform it into compost that can be used to help plants grow.

CANCELLED: Exploring Visual Identity Through Street Art Style
2024-07-17 16:30 - 18:30 | MA
CANCELLED:
We are sorry to announce that due to low registration this workshop has been cancelled and will be rescheduled in the late fall of 2024. Stay tuned for details.

FREE workshop for TEENS
Local artist S.T. Gately will offer reflections on the history and origins of street art. S.T. will share artistic alphabet styles that have been inspired by street art and guide you in creating your own tag – a visual representation of your own identity – on paper. You will consider parts of your personality and life, values and goals, to create your own unique piece of art.

Insect Handling Session
2024-07-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for an interactive insect handling session by the UMass Amherst Fernald Club.
Club T-shirts, featuring artwork by students will be available for sale at $30 each, cash and Venmo accepted. Proceeds from sales go to support the live insect zoo.

Bubba's Reptile Experience
2024-07-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Deerfield Elementary School Grounds, 21 Pleasant St, South Deerfield, MA, 1373, United States
Join us at the pavilion behind the Deerfield Elementary School for an interactive reptile experience!

Clothing Shoes and Linens Recycling
2024-08-02 08:00 - 20:00 | MA

Virtual Author Talk: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
2024-08-07 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
You’re invited to virtually step inside one of the greatest international achievements with a behind-the-scenes guide to space exploration with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Dr. Jennifer Levasseur.
Revealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible, Dr. Levasseur will guide you through the Smithsonian’s Behind the Scenes at the Space Station and take you on a once-in-a-lifetime virtual tour of the International Space Station.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/52488
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Pictionary and Pizza for Teens
2024-08-14 17:00 - 19:00 | MA

Virtual Talk on College Admissions
2024-08-15 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Another college application season is around the corner, and stress is already beginning to ratchet up for teens and their parents. You’re invited to join us for this must-watch talk by Irena Smith, PhD. You will hear about constructive and healthy ways to approach the college application process, preserve your relationship with your teen, and help them define success on their terms instead of chasing the elusive “golden ticket.”

Irena is a former Stanford Admissions Officer who has spent 18 years advising accomplished, tightly-wound students in Palo Alto and around the world. She saw firsthand the extreme measures parents took to help their children gain admission to highly selective colleges and the toll it took on the children as well as on their parents.
At the same time, Irena’s own children struggled with developmental delays, learning differences, severe depression, and anxiety. She kept her double life—successful college counselor at work, anxious mom at home—tightly under wraps for years until a stunning realization: she was exactly like the anxious parents of the students she worked with, all of whom were equally terrified about their children’s future. Irena’s memoir, The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays, which candidly explores her personal as well as professional life, was published in 2023, and she has since devoted her time to speaking out about hard things: the heavy burden of generational expectations, teen and young adult mental health, and the importance of embracing a broader, more generous vision of what it means to succeed. To learn more about Irena’s personal experience as a parent, professional experience as a college admissions officer, and leave with tips on how to help your child approach the application process in practical, healthy ways–register now!

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/52919
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Remarkably Bright Creatures
2024-08-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
We invite you to join us as we chat with the amazing New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don’t want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship, reckoning, hope, and so much more!
Remarkably Bright Creatures is a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance 30 years ago.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over 30 years ago.
As she works, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight tentacles for his human captors—until he forms an unlikely friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. As his affection for Tova grows, Marcellus must use every trick his old, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Charming, compulsively readable, and full of wit, Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope–a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don’t want to miss!

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/53350
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Mushroom Workshop & Sale with Mycoterra Farm
2024-08-24 10:00 - 12:00 | MA
If you’ve ever wanted to grow your own mushrooms at home, Mycoterra Farm in South Deerfield offers ready-to-grow kits and plug spawn for home growers. Our workshop provides an in-depth introduction to our home grower products. Inoculating logs with plug spawn is a fantastic long-term method for cultivating mushrooms, as the larger log substrate provides more nutrients for the mycelium, allowing mushroom logs to fruit for several years. You’ll learn everything you need to know about growing mushrooms at home.
Workshop from 10-11. Products sale 11-12.

LIMITED TO 8 PEOPLE. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mushroom-workshop-sale-with-mycoterra-farm-at-tilton-library-tickets-983886058687?aff=oddtdtcreator

Sign a Beam and Be a Part of The Library
2024-09-04 08:00 - 20:00 | MA
Help us celebrate a construction milestone – the steel frame is just about complete! You can sign the last beam to go up. Stop by the Tilton Library – IN FRONT OF THE THE TEMP LIBRARY SPACE /CHURCH ON THE LAWN NEAR THE FENCE – on 8:00 AM Wednesday September 4 through 8:00 PM Thursday September 5, and become a permanent part of your new library!
Join your friends and neighbors in signing the steel beam, which will be a part of the building. Come to the library construction site area (there will be signs saying where) and add your signature; markers will available, but you are welcome to bring your own.
Open to everyone, this is a rain or shine event. Don’t miss this chance to add your name to a part of Deerfield history!
ALSO: The children’s room will construct their own non-structural item for kids to sign, which will be placed or hung in the children’s room. Stay tuned for information on what/when this will be!

Tot-Time Tilton Library Playgroup
2024-09-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States

Virtual Author Talk: GARRETT M. GRAFF
2024-09-10 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Don’t forget to register for this incredibly moving virtual chat with New York Times bestselling author Garrett Graff! An expert at capturing the human drama, Graff will speak about his body of work with particular focus on his oral histories, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 and When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day.
Much has been written and said about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the profound impact they had on America and the world. But those names, stories, and memories have never before been collected in one place to tell the full, 360-degree story of what happened that day, and in the days after. In The Only Plane in the Sky, award-winning journalist Garrett Graff draws on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, and original interviews and stories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members to paint the most comprehensive, minute-by-minute account of the September 11 attacks yet, all told in the words of those who experienced that dramatic and tragic day.
In his most recent work, When the Sea Came Alive, Graff explores the full impact of a world changing event: D-Day, one of history’s greatest and most unbelievable military and human triumphs. Though the full campaign lasted just over a month, the surprise landing of over 150,000 Allied troops on the morning of June 6, 1944, is understood to be the moment that turned the tide for the Allied forces and ultimately led to the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. This book dives deep into the complexities—from the secret creation of landing plans by top government and military officials and organization of troops, to the moment the boat doors opened to reveal the beach where men fought for their lives and the future of the free world.
Graff’s work, filled with impressive detail, captures a human drama and history like no other. Register today!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/55728
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: NATE KLEMP
2024-09-18 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join us as New York Times bestselling author and philosopher Nate Klemp helps us explore pathways back to openminded living when he talks to us about the core tenets in his new book Open: Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World.
With the avalanche of information we get every day, closing down our minds and hearts seems to be the only way to survive. We close off to ourselves by compulsively checking our devices. We close to each other by getting caught in echo chambers of outrage. But what if there’s another way? In this climate of distraction and division, Nate Klemp’s Open offers a path back to a way of living that is expansive, creative, and filled with wonder.
Drawing on personal stories, scientific findings, and traditional wisdom, Klemp explores why we close down when faced with stressors or threats―then reveals why training ourselves to fully engage even with discomfort, pain, and sadness leads to greater well-being in the long run.
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/56181
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

CANCELLED - Playful Engineers: Artful Mechanisms
2024-09-21 10:30 - 11:30 | Deerfield Town Hall, 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield Village, MA, 01373, United States
Due to low registration this event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for this summer.

Virtual Author Talk: LIANE MORIARTY
2024-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? Join us as we chat with mega-bestselling author Liane Moriarty about her newest novel Here One Moment. Moriarty’s Here One Moment is a brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world.
In Here One Moment, aside from a delay, there will be no problems. The flight will be smooth, it will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off. But almost all of them will be forever changed. Because on this ordinary, short, domestic flight, something extraordinary happens. People learn how and when they are going to die. For some, their death is far in the future—age 103!—and they laugh. But for six passengers, their predicted deaths are not far away at all.
How do they know this? There were ostensibly more interesting people on the flight but none would become as famous as “The Death Lady.” Not a single passenger or crew member will later recall noticing her board the plane. She wasn’t exceptionally old or young, rude or polite. She wasn’t drunk or nervous or pregnant. Her appearance and demeanor were unremarkable. But what she did on that flight was truly remarkable.
A few months later, one passenger dies exactly as she predicted. Then two more passengers die, again, as she said they would. Soon no one is thinking this is simply an entertaining story at a cocktail party.
A modern-day Jane Austen who humorously skewers social mores while spinning a web of mystery, Moriarty asks profound questions in her newest I-can’t-wait-to-find-out-what-happens novel. Be sure to register now!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/56634
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Hidden World of Tropical Bats
2024-10-02 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Join us in kicking off October as we welcome three Smithsonian-affiliated scientists to teach us about the remarkable world of tropical bats!
For decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have studied the remarkable biodiversity of bats on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where an astonishing seventy-six species coexist. Now, for the first time, Smithsonian scientists’ expertise pairs with the stunning photography of National Geographic contributor Christian Ziegler for a captivating visual journey into the fascinating world of these elusive night creatures, to bring you the book Bat Island: A Rare Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats.
Bats are unique among mammals: they have acquired true flight, they provide essential ecosystem services, and represent the ecologically most diverse group of mammals worldwide. Synthesizing decades-worth of intensive study, Drs. Rachel Page, Dina Dechmann, Teague O’Mara, and Marco Tschapka provide authoritative insight alongside 150 photographs that showcase bats’ extraordinary environmental adaptations and rich natural history.
This presentation will cover topics from the book, such as the diverse sensory abilities of bats, their foraging strategies, roosting ecologies, and social systems. Bat Island presents decades of study of the hyper diverse bat population on Barro Colorado Island in addition to the most comprehensive and long-term datasets on tropical bats. The book and this presentation highlights how bats are threatened by habitat fragmentation and land degradation, and communicate the initiatives needed to ensure the survival of these animals, which are critical to maintaining healthy, balanced ecosystems.
And let’s not forget, the award-winning photojournalist Christian Ziegler’s photography as the images within the book illuminate the unique beauty and allure of bats and the tropical rainforest in Panama. Register now for this rare look into Bat Island!
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/57646
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Pop-up Book Sale!
2024-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | MA
The Friends of Tilton Library are holding a small Pop-up Book Sale!* Come browse contemporary fiction and non-fiction on Deerfield’s Town Wide Tag Sale Day, Saturday October 5, from 10-1.
Tilton Library (temporary location)
71 N. Main St, rear entrance, inside
*SELF-SERVE, CASH OR CHECK ONLY

Community DANCE Workshop
2024-10-05 16:00 - 17:30 | MA

Virtual Author Talk: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2024-10-09 19:00 | MA
You’re invited to free your mind with the highly acclaimed Silvia Moreno-Garcia, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of several novels including Mexican Gothic, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and many more!
Moreno-Garcia’s most recent novel, The Seventh Veil of Salome, is set in 1950s Hollywood. Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingénue, has just won a star-making role in a big budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times–Salome. Vera quickly becomes the talk of the town and an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, an actress whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.
The Seventh Veil of Salome follows two actresses, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood—a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue—makes for a sizzling combination. But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Herod. Salome is a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart. Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga.
Join us as Moreno-Garcia chats with us about Latin American Genre fiction, her writing process and journey, as well as her newest book The Seventh Veil of Salome. Register now!
About the Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including Gods of Jade and Shadow (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), Mexican Gothic (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), Velvet Was the Night (finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Macavity Award), The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, and The Seventh Veil of Salome. She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical.
Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. Cachanilla and Canuck, originally from Baja California, she now resides in Vancouver. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia.
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/58098
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Matt York: Highwaymen Songs and Stories
2024-10-18 17:30 - 19:00 | MA

Virtual Watercolor Class - Poppies
2024-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | MA
PLEASE SIGN UP: AGES 18+. Hosted by Tilton Library and Pop-up Art School. Discover how to layer translucent watercolor paint to create a realistic rendering of this striking flower. Watercolor paint is the perfect medium for the delicate leaves of poppies. You’ll learn the basics of painting with watercolors and create two paintings of poppies by the end of the program.
Zoom link and paint kits will be sent to you upon registration.
Funded by the Friends of Tilton Library and Massachusetts Cultural Council

LIMITED TO 15 ADULTS. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-watercolor-class-poppies-tickets-1015699282897

Virtual Author Talk: Lori Gottlieb
2024-10-22 14:00 - 15:00 | MA
Every year, nearly 30 million Americans sit on a therapist’s couch—and some of these patients are therapists. In her remarkable book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb tells us that despite her license and rigorous training, her most significant credential is that she’s a card-carrying member of the human race. “I know what it’s like to be a person,” she writes, as a crisis causes her world to come crashing down.
Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but. In her book, Lori explores the inner chambers of her patients’ lives—a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can’t stop hooking up with the wrong guys (even one from the waiting room)—she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.
With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb reveals our blind spots, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.
We invite you to join us as Gottlieb shares her wisdom on examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves to help us breakthrough what is holding us back and getting in the way of living the life we desire. Register now to start your journey!
About the Author: Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which has sold over two million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series starring Kristen Bell. In addition to her clinical practice, she co-hosts the popular “Dear Therapists” podcast produced by Katie Couric and writes The Atlantic’s “Dear Therapist” advice column. She is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN, and NPR’s “Fresh Air” and her TED Talk was one of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year. She is the creator of the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit for Editing Your Story and Changing Your Life and the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Journal: 52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life. Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com or by following her on Instagram @lorigottlieb_author and X @LoriGottlieb1.
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/58550
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Pickleball Tournament Fundraiser for Library Expansion
2024-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Frontier High School, 113 North Main Street, South Deerfield, 01373, United States
Deerfield Pickleball Group presents
Pickleball Tournament – Lob for the Library!
Join us for a fun-filled pickleball tournament to support the Tilton Library expansion!
Saturday October 26 at 10:00am at Frontier High School Courts on North Main Street South Deerfield
Rain Date October 27th same time same place.

$30 per person

SIGN UP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DABAB2AA4FCC61-50642633-pickleball#/

There will be four exciting categories:

Fun
Over 55
Mixed Doubles
Advanced Group

Thank you for supporting our community!

Halloween Harvest
2024-10-31 16:00 - 18:00 | CISA, 1 Sugarloaf St, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States
The Tilton Library and CISA are teaming up for Halloween fun! Join us for free games, crafts & local treats on Halloween. Stop by and see us outside CISA’s office.
-Decorate white ghost pumpkins from Antonellis Farm
-Taste pumpkin muffins & cookies from Ciesluk Market
-Sip cider from Clarkdale Farm
-Take home goodie bags with chocolates from Richardson’s Candy
-Play harvest-themed games
-Make Halloween crafts
Funded in part by the Friends of Tilton Library
Event will be moved inside the CISA offices in the event of rain.

Virtual Author Talk: Stanley Milford, Jr.
2024-11-07 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
You are welcome to join us in conversation with Navajo Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.
As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford, Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo, where shapeshifters roamed, witchcraft was a thing to be feared, and children were taught not to whistle at night. In his youth, Milford never went looking for the paranormal, but it always seemed to find him. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers—a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers, archeological conservationists, and historians—the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mundane duties of overseeing the massive 27,000-square-mile reservation, Milford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly frequent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings, UFOs, and malicious hauntings.
In The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford’s Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible. Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to run down your spine!
About the Author: Stanley Milford, Jr., graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers, Stan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU), whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation’s White Collar Crime Unit.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/59503
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Javier Zamora
2024-11-14 16:00 - 17:00 | MA
Tune in for a special conversation with New York Times bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats with us about his riveting tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memoir Solito.
Zamora’s adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.
At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents’ arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.
Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. Register today to learn more about this gripping and moving story!
About the Author: Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the country when he was one, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents’ migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala, Mexico, and the Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection, Unaccompanied, explores the impact of the war and immigration on his family. Zamora has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/60413
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

Virtual Author Talk: Mona Susan Power
2024-11-20 19:00 - 20:00 | MA
You’re invited to join us as Mona Susan Power chats about her newest novel A Council of Dolls. This conversation highlights how her work explores Native Rights and Native American culture, in particular using an important symbol that anchors comfort and companionship in Native life: dolls.
From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried….
Sissy, born 1961: Sissy’s relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a doll called Ethel. Ethel whispers advice and kindness in Sissy’s ear, and in one especially terrifying moment, maybe even saves Sissy’s life.
Lillian, born 1925: Born in her ancestral lands in a time of terrible change, Lillian clings to her sister, Blanche, and her doll, Mae. When the sisters are forced to attend an “Indian school” far from their home, Blanche refuses to be cowed by the school’s abusive nuns. But when tragedy strikes the sisters, the doll Mae finds her way to defend the girls.
Cora, born 1888: Though she was born into the brutal legacy of the “Indian Wars,” Cora isn’t afraid of the white men who remove her to a school across the country to be “civilized.” When teachers burn her beloved buckskin and beaded doll Winona, Cora discovers that the spirit of Winona may not be entirely lost…
A modern masterpiece, A Council of Dolls is gorgeous, quietly devastating, and ultimately hopeful, shining a light on the echoing damage wrought by Indian boarding schools, and the historical massacres of Indigenous people. Mona Susan Power weaves a spell of love and healing that comes alive on the page. Register now to join the conversation!
About the Author: Mona Susan Power is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her novel, A Council of Dolls, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. She is the author of three previously published works of fiction, The Grass Dancer, which won the Pen/Hemingway Prize, Sacred Wilderness, and Roofwalker. Her short stories have been published by The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The Best American Short Stories, and more. Mona is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Register Now: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/60868
Unable to attend on that date? You can view the recording of this talk and all other past talks at: https://libraryc.org/tiltonlibrary/archive
Funded by The Friends of Tilton Library

New Year's Eve Celebration
2024-12-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Tilton Library, 75 North Main Street, South Deerfield, MA, 01373, United States
Join us in the Tilton children’s area for a Family New Year’s Eve Celebration! While the library is closed, we’ll have stories, crafts, and treats.
Tilton is open 1-4pm on 12/31

CANCELLED: Fire Cider Workshop
2025-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Tilton Library is sorry to announce that the Fire Cider Workshop scheduled for Wed March 12 has been CANCELLED due to a family emergency with the workshop instructors. Due to the time needed for this emergency the workshop will be rescheduled for sometime in Fall 2025 in the NEW Expanded Tilton Library. We apologize for the inconvenience and please stay tuned to Tilton Library programs in the future. Thank you.
