Manchester City Library

Monthly Board meeting of the Library Foundation

Thanks to the generosity of the Manchester Library Foundation, the West Branch Community Library has installed a new large screen/projector system that’s almost like a movie theater. Every Friday at 3:00 the West Branch Library shows a great movie –one that has recently been released on DVD or one that is a timeless classic. Right now we’re celebrating the new Indiana Jones movie with an Indiana Jones marathon. Movies and other events at West are all online or contact us via email of phone 624-6560. The West Manchester Community Library is located at 76 North Main St., Manchester.

The Main Library will close at 3pm on Wednesday, May 21, so we can prepare for our big Foundation Event.

The program will feature Brendan DuBois, an award winning mystery/suspense author, who will present a talk and conduct a book signing. There will also be appetizers, entrée items and desserts provided by numerous area restaurants, as well as beer, wine and other liquid refreshments. Admission is $65 per person, and tickets can be obtained by calling 603-624-6550. All proceeds from the evening will benefit the Manchester City Library.

Brendan DuBois is a long-time resident of New Hampshire, and is well known for his Lewis Cole series which is set in New Hampshire and features Cole as a magazine writer and former Department of Defense research analyst who moonlights as a private investigator. His latest novel, “Twilight,” is a first-person account of a Canadian member of a UN inspection team investigating war crimes. His most well known book is “Resurrection Day,” which takes place during the Cuban missile crisis and received world-wide acclaim. This novel received the Sidewise Award for Best Alternative History Novel of 1999 at the 58th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago. DuBois has had nearly 90 short stories published in magazines such as Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. In 1995 his short story entitled “The Necessary Brother” won the Shamus Award for Best Short Story of the Year from the Private Eye Writers of America. His short story “The Road’s End” also won the Shamus Award in 2001. These are just a few of the many awards DuBois has received for his short stories as well as his novels.

The Manchester City Library Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to providing supplemental support to the Manchester City Library. In 2007, the Foundation was able to provide over $12,000 for upgrades and new items for the Main and West Branch of the library. The Foundation reinforces the need for continued and increased public support for the library, and serves as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations in order to enhance library services for the community.

The Manchester City Library Foundation is pleased to announce that author Brendan DuBois will be our guest author at their Sixth Annual Spring Fundraiser on Wednesday May 21st! Save the date!

Tickets will go on sale the week of April 21st. For more information please contact Mary Gallant at 624-6550 X311.