We are very pleased and excited to be able to announce that the new library will be opening Friday, August 7! We will be hosting a grand opening celebration that day from 10 am to 2 pm–more on that soon–and can’t wait to welcome you into our beautiful new home!
In the meantime, we are open at our current location through this Wednesday, July 15. Read more for an FAQ on what to expect during the move.
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We are very excited to announce that we will be closing the current location of the library next week, Wednesday, July 15, so we can move to our new location on South Springfield Street!!!!!
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It’s an important historical birthday for the United States, and we will be celebrating it all year-round with our new Free to Be series. With respect to Marlo Thomas, our Free to Be posts will be celebrating unique freedoms we enjoy as Americans. And this month, we’re looking at how we’re free to celebrate.
Continue reading “Free to Be: July”Stuck in a reading rut? Want to expand your reading horizons in 2026? You’re in luck! Every month this year, we will be delving deep into popular genres at the library. If you’re already a fan, find readalike suggestions for popular authors and ideas for similar genres to explore. If you’re brand new to the genre in question, you will find a helpful explanation of the hallmarks of the genre, a breakdown of its most common subgenres, and explanations of what readers find so appealing about the most popular authors writing those types of books. Let’s explore women’s fiction for June!
Continue reading “Exploring Genres: Women’s Fiction”Every month, we’re profiling new-ish releases that are getting critical and commercial buzz. For June, we’re looking at a compelling read set in 1990s Hawaii, closed-door Edwardian romance, contemporary romance inspired by Jane Austen, gripping suspense about a disappearing husband, two entertaining mysteries, literary folklore not-vampire historical horror, domestic suspense about inconvenient exes, and a plethora of nonfiction.
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Summer is always busy at the Berryville Library, and that’s doubly true this year as we are preparing to move into our new building later this year. In addition to our regular summer program activities of tracking reading and attending cool programs, we have a couple of unique activities for June specifically connected to our upcoming move.
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It’s an important historical birthday for the United States, and we will be celebrating it all year-round with our new Free to Be series. With respect to Marlo Thomas, our Free to Be posts will be celebrating unique freedoms we enjoy as Americans. And this month, we’re looking at how we’re free to read.
Continue reading “Free to Be: June”Stuck in a reading rut? Want to expand your reading horizons in 2026? You’re in luck! Every month this year, we will be delving deep into popular genres at the library. If you’re already a fan, find readalike suggestions for popular authors and ideas for similar genres to explore. If you’re brand new to the genre in question, you will find a helpful explanation of the hallmarks of the genre, a breakdown of its most common subgenres, and explanations of what readers find so appealing about the most popular authors writing those types of books. Let’s explore thrillers for May!
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Summer reading will look a little different this year as we prepare to transition to our new building, but we are excited to present a very special Readers vs. Movers challenge!
You can learn more details at our Summer Reading page, but participating in summer reading has never been easier.
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As many of you may have now heard, we will not be able to open the new library on June 20, as we had originally planned. Lots is still going on over at the site but, for the most part, the construction remains on track for its completion timeline of late May or early June. However, there has been a significant delay in the manufacturing of the shelving, so it will not be installed in time for us to open in June.
We will be announcing the new grand opening date once we have a firm ship date for the shelves. We still hope to be able to open later this summer.
This was not the news we wanted to talk about today. But the shelves are definitely worth waiting for.
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Berryville Book Buzz 