Virtual Adult Book Club
2025-05-22 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | VIRTUAL EVENT
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.

Register using the Event & Program Registration.
You can request a copy be reserved during registration. Virtual link will be provided after registration.

Write Circle (Hybrid)
2025-05-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Writers in all genres meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.

Meets Virtually December thru March. Hybrid meetings April thru November.

This group is currently closed to new members. Please consider joining our Write Spirit group.

Sinclairville Samplers
2025-05-23 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-30 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-06-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering, and fun with friends.

Homestead Library Services
2025-05-23 14:30 - 15:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials. Please bring passwords for digital assistance.
Event is at the Bergquist Library at The Homestead in Gerry.

Open to the public.

Book Club @ The Homestead
2025-05-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Sparring Partners by John Grisham
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store.
“Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
In “Strawberry Moon,” we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can’t save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request.
The “Sparring Partners” are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to save herself?
By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told.
Sparring Partners is book #4 in Jake Brigance series
Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public.

Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
2025-05-26

Baby Talk
2025-05-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-18 10:30 - 11:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Babies enjoy some time playing with their peers in our Children’s Room. Babies will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading and playing.

For ages birth to 2 years old.
Songs, Bounces, Stories, Read-Alongs and Play!!!

Registration is OPEN
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Story Hour
2025-05-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-04 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-06-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Children will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.
For ages 2 years old to preschool.
Participate in stories, songs & fingerplays. Take away craft or activity for extended learning.
Registration is required.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Library Board Meeting
2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Board Meetings are open to the public.

Meetings are held at the library.

Please see Board of Trustees for more information on our board.

Virtual Write Spirit
2025-05-28 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.

This group is meeting virtually. Contact Beth Hadley at director@sinclairvillelibrary.org for meeting information.
You can also register using our Event or Program Registration form.

Write Circle with CVCS Creative Writing Class (Hybrid)
2025-05-30 08:30 - 10:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

CLSC Book Club
2025-05-31 09:00 - 10:15 | 3 Lakes Cafe, 11 S Main Street, Cassadaga, United States
CLSC BOOK CLUB
The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle is the oldest book club in the US.
This book club will meet in person at 3 Lakes Cafe (located on Main Street in Cassadaga) to discuss books from the CLSC book list.

May’s Book Selection is The Queens of Crime: A Novel by Marie Benedict
The New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.
London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.
May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.
Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.

Hosted by Erin Gray in partnership with the Sinclairville Free Library. Copies are available for checkout through the library’s hold process.
For more information on CLSC.

BabyTalk
2025-06-04 10:30 - 11:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782

Virtual Write Spirit
2025-06-04 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-11 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to both aspiring and accomplished writers.

This group meets virtually. Contact Beth Hadley at director@sinclairvillelibrary.org for meeting information.
You can also register using our Event or Program Registration form.

Homestead Library Services
2025-06-06 14:30 - 15:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740

Life Story Writing @ The Homestead
2025-06-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Join us to explore life themes together and to create a written life story for personal reflection or to share with friends and family members.

Event is at the Bergquist Library at The Homestead in Gerry.
Open to the public.

Walk-In Digital Assistance & Library Information
2025-06-09 11:30 - 12:30 | Sinclairville Fire Hall, 30 Main Street, Sinclairville, NY, 14782, United States
Walk-In Digital Assistance:
Help with set-up/use of Libby (ebooks and audiobooks). Learn to use our online Card Catalog, Ancestry Library Edition & NOVELny. Please bring your login and device passwords. No appointment required.
Library Information:
Help with library cards, borrowing/requesting materials, returning materials.

Program provided using funding from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System Adult Literacy Mini Grant: Digital Skills 2024-25

Flower Pounding with Brenda Nickerson
2025-06-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
FLOWER POUNDING with Brenda Nickerson
Flower pounding, or Tatakizome, is an ancient Japanese technique of hammering plants to create patterns on fabric. It is a very simple technique that renders gorgeous results. All you need is fresh flowers, a hammer and either paper, canvas or fabric to transfer the flower “dye”.
Learn the basics of flower pounding: which flowers and/or leaves work well and how hard to pound to get the desired results.
Cost is $10 per person. Seating is limited.
Registration Required (add payment method to comment section)
Pay at the library’s front desk or using our PayPal (select Donate, enter amount in Other, select Share My Name/Email to match to registration)

GIVE BIG CHQ - All Day Fundraiser!!!
2025-06-12 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Join Us for Our Day of Giving!!!
Help the library make sure all of our community kids know and love the library by supporting the library on Give Big Day!
Donations used to provide Children’s Programming.
Visit Give Big CHQ to donate

Poetry Reading
2025-06-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Share your poetry with other poets and writers. Open to the community.

Books Unlimited Book Club
2025-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank
Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley’s successful Atlanta social set. His cronies have all traded in the mothers of their children—who they promised to love and cherish ’til death did them part—for tanned and toned young Barbie brides.
If losing the social life and close friends she adored wasn’t painful enough, a series of setbacks has shaken Les up and she’s had enough of playing the good wife. Now, she’s going to take some time for herself—in the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. In her brother’s historic home, she will reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers sharing steamy kisses with her first love on Sullivans Island. Along Charleston’s cobblestone streets, under the Lowcountry’s dazzling blue sky, Les will indulge herself with icy cocktails, warm laughter and bittersweet memories. Daring to listen to her inner voice, she will realize what she wants . . . and find the life of which she’s always dreamed.

Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required.
