For more information or to register for a program, please stop by or call the library at 860-668-3896 or go online to suffield-library.org Follow us on Facebook. All programs are free.
Movies at the Library
KML is showing movies again! Visit our website at www.suffield-library.org/ for more information, including this month’s movie showtimes.
Rise to the Challenge Book Group
Monday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Join us in reading and discussing books that have been challenged and/or banned. April’s book meeting was cancelled so May’s book will be Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Copies of both books will be available at the library. Please be aware that this group discusses books which may include sensitive topics. Registration is not required.
Thursday Readers Book Discussion Group
Thursday, May 28 at 1 p.m.
Get together on the last Thursday of the month with other readers to discuss a book. Books are available at the library. Registration is not required. The May title is The Lies They Told by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
Rabble Readers
Tuesday May 19 at 7 p.m.
Rabble Readers is an Escapist Lit book club at KML for adults. We’ll read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, anything that takes us away! We will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. Copies of the books will be available at the library, no registration required. The May title is A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen.
Quiet Time Book Club
Monday May 18 from 6 – 8 p.m.
Looking to tackle your TBR (To Be Read)? Need some accountability finishing those last couple chapters? Come to the KML Quiet Time Book Club! Take some time for yourself to read whatever strikes your fancy in the company of other book lovers. Bring your own book to read or find one at the library, and we’ll provide the tea and cocoa and ambiance. Stay for two minutes or stay for two hours – no social interaction required (but if you’d like to introduce yourself, we’re happy to know you!).
Books & Beyond with author Allison Larkin
Thursday May 14 at 7 p.m. via Zoom
Join us for a live discussion with the author of the book Home of the American Circus. Copies of the book will be available for pick up at the library. Registration is required. The acclaimed author of The People We Keep returns with a luminous new story of redemption, breaking generational curses, and the power of family in its truest form. Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel is an exploration of broken families, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home.
Mahjong
Thursday mornings from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Join us for a morning of American Mahjong!
Make new friends as you play one of the world’s oldest tile-based games. For adults -Basic knowledge of the game required. Please bring your 2025 NMJL (National Mahjong Junior League) card. Registration required.
A Conversation with author Ron Farina
Tuesday May 19 from 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Kent Memorial Library is pleased to host Connecticut Author and recent CT Veteran Hall of Fame inductee, Ron Farina on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. Ron will read from his novel, Sacrifice the Final Chapter and discuss the book, taking audience questions. Ron Farina is the author of four books and personal essays about the human cost of war. In 2021, he was awarded the Association of Writers and Programs (AWP) Intro Award for fiction and the American Society of Professional Journalists, Connecticut Chapter first-place award for general column magazine feature, for the essay “War Torn.” In January of 2025, cited for using his passion for writing to advocate for and bring attention to the needs of veterans and their families, Ron was inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame. Ron was selected as an INDIE Publishers 2025 book award finalist for military nonfiction for the book Sacrifice: The Final Chapter.
Kids and Teens Programs
Chick Hatching
Our chicks are due to hatch May 1 and will live in the library for a few weeks. Come visit them!
Rhyme Time
Fridays May 1, 8, 15 and 29 at 10:30 a.m.
Bring your singing voice on Fridays! We sing, dance, blow bubbles — and have fun!
Drop in; no registration required. Recommended ages 0-5.
Visiting Spaulding
May 18 – 22
Miss Wendy will be visiting Spaulding School in May to tell students all about the Summer Reading Program! She’ll be bringing a bunch of new books to share as well!
Outside the Box: Neurodivergent & Friends Club
Next Meeting: Thursday, May 14 at 3:30 p.m.
Open to Kids 10+ (under 12, adult must remain in the building)
Welcome to our club, where neurodivergence is celebrated! If you are neurodivergent, or you have a friend that is, come hang out with us! All kids 10+ are welcome, regardless of diagnosis. This is a special meeting, where the club will take on KML’s Revolutionary War Escape Room! (This is a social group and will not provide diagnosis or therapy.)
The Kids Who Read Books Book Club
Thursday, May 21 at 3:30 p.m.
Join us for the next meeting of The Kids Who Read Books Book Club! We’ll be discussing Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret by Tui T. Sutherland (Book 4). Books will be available to check out at the library. Open to all people in grades 5-12. Registration is not required.