Sinclairville Free Library

Virtual Book Club
2026-02-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | VIRTUAL EVENT
Join the discussion from the comfort of your living room!!!
Title Selection: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Book #1 in series of 5 titles
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.
But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case. Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late? (from Goodreads)

Register at Event & Program Registration.
You can request a copy be reserved during registration. Virtual link (Zoom) will be provided after registration.

Write Spirit
2026-02-25 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-11 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-04 19:30 - 20:30, 2026-01-28 19:30 - 20:30 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Christian writers meet to encourage, inspire and provide reader feedback to aspiring and accomplished writers.
Group meets virtually. Meeting link will be provided after registration.
Registration is Open.

Library Board Meeting
2026-02-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-28 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.

Story Hour
2026-02-25 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-04 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.
Participate in stories, songs and learning. Craft or take away activity for extended learning.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited.
For ages 2 (toddler) to Preschool.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities available on our Facebook event and the main website page.

Baby Talk
2026-02-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-18 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-02-04 10:30 - 11:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Each month focuses on one theme related to baby development. Sing songs, fun movements, learn baby sign language and spend time with other babies.

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

Registration is Currently CLOSED Register to be added to our waiting list.
Schedule of upcoming themes and activities detailed on our monthly Facebook event and on our main website page.

Book Club @ The Homestead
2026-02-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Devil’s Food Cake Murder (#14 Hannah Swensen series) by Joanne Fluke
These days, everyone in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is buzzing with activity, and Hannah Swensen is no exception. But no matter how busy she may be, Hannah can always find time to help a friend in need–especially when he’s been murdered. . .
Hannah Swensen has to admit that her life is pretty sweet. Things are going well in the romance department, and her bakery’s delectable confections are selling almost as fast as she can bake them. Even her good friend Claire is on Cloud Nine, head over heels with her new husband, Reverend Bob Knudson. If only they could find time to take their honeymoon!
When Bob’s childhood friend, Matthew Walters, comes to town, it seems like divine intervention. Matthew, like Bob, is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth. Since he’s on sabbatical, Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he and Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon. It sounds like the perfect plan–until Hannah finds Matthew in the rectory, face-down in a plate full of Devil’s Food Cake, a single bullet in his head.
Determined to find out who killed Matthew, Hannah starts asking questions–and discovers that the good Reverend wasn’t quite the saintly fellow he appeared to be. But could the gold Sacagawea coins in Sunday’s collection plate hold the key to solving the crime? Or is the murder connected to that big jewel heist out in Minneapolis? Is it possible that Matthew’s love of chocolate somehow led to his downfall? It will take some more digging to find out, but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly. . .
Copies are available through the library system.
No registration is required. Open to the public.

Sinclairville Samplers
2026-02-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering and fun with friends.

Write Circle (Virtual)
2026-02-20 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-02-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-02-06 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-01-30 09:00 - 10:00 | VIRTUAL EVENT
Writers in all genres meet to encourage, inspire and provided 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.

Unlimited Book Club
2026-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse that Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts

Goodreads Choice Award
Nominee for Readers’ Favorite History & Biography (2011)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses—a drab white former plow horse named Snowman—and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest of all longshots—and their win was the stuff of legend.
Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a bleak winter afternoon between the slats of a rickety truck bound for the slaughterhouse. He recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up horse and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, the horse thrived. But the recent Dutch immigrant and his growing family needed money, and Harry was always on the lookout for the perfect thoroughbred to train for the show-jumping circuit—so he reluctantly sold Snowman to a farm a few miles down the road.
But Snowman had other ideas about what Harry needed. When he turned up back at Harry’s barn, dragging an old tire and a broken fence board, Harry knew that he had misjudged the horse. And so he set about teaching this shaggy, easygoing horse how to fly. One show at a time, against extraordinary odds and some of the most expensive thoroughbreds alive, the pair climbed to the very top of the sport of show jumping.
Here is the dramatic and inspiring rise to stardom of an unlikely duo, based on the insight and recollections of “the Flying Dutchman” himself. Their story captured the heart of Cold War–era America—a story of unstoppable hope, inconceivable dreams, and the chance to have it all. Elizabeth Letts’s message is Never give up, even when the obstacles seem sky-high. There is something extraordinary in all of us.

Copies are available through the library system.
Registration is requested. A copy of the book club selection can be reserved during registration.

Nighttime Story Hour
2026-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
“It’s Snow Problem”
Mix your own “Snow Cream” treat or Melted Snowman paper craft
*includes: milk, vanilla, sugar & food coloring

Children will gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.
Participate in stories, songs and learning. Craft or take away activity for extended learning.
Registration is Required. Space is Limited.
For ages birth and up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren).
Light snacks will be available.

Life Story Writing @ The Homestead
2026-02-06 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.
Open to the public.

Books Unlimited Book Club
2026-02-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Small, Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers’ Favorite Fiction (2016)

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong.
With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game.

Copies are available through the library system.
Registration is requested. A copy of the book club selection can be reserved during registration.

Family Night: "Gopher" It!
2026-02-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Bergquist Library at the Homestead in Gerry @ 4600 Route 60 Gerry NY 14740
Family Night
Crafts and Fun for Families
“Gopher” It!
Create a paper groundhog. Will he see his shadow?
All materials provided.
Ages 3 & up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child.
This is a drop-in event. Each craft/activity should take around 15 minutes..
Registration Required.

Sinclairville Samplers
2026-01-30 11:00 - 12:30 | Sinclairville Free Library @ 15 Main Street, Sinclairville NY 14782
Quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidering, and fun with friends.
