Glow in the dark dodgeball tournament.

Location: NHIOP Political Library

Join us for the Centered Conversation Series "God Behind Bars: Religion and Incarcerated Persons" on September 26th, 2024, at 4:00 PM in the NHIOP Politics Library. Engage in a thought-provoking discussion with Criminal Justice Professor Stephanie Morse and Theology Professor Marc Rugani as they explore the intersection of faith and incarceration. Hosted by the Center for the Study of Religion and Public Life, this important dialogue aims to shed light on the role of religion in the lives of incarcerated individuals. Enjoy light refreshments while connecting with others interested in this crucial topic.

Bag Lunch Book Group

"Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black" by Harriet E. Wilson

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "Our Nig." 

"Our Nig is the tale of a mixed-race girl, Frado, abandoned by her white mother after the death of the child's black father. Frado becomes the servant of the Bellmonts, a lower-middle-class white family in the free North, while slavery is still legal in the South, and suffers numerous abuses in their household. Frado's story is a tragic one; having left the Bellmonts, she eventually marries a black fugitive slave, who later abandons her" (GoodReads.com).

Published in 1859, this book is considered to be one of the first books written by an African American woman to be published in the United States (Wikipedia).

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by January 22, 2025.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025 
Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.

Bag Lunch Book Group

"A Piece of the World" by Christina Baker Kline

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "A Piece of the World." 

"To Christina Olson, the entire world was her family’s remote farm in the small coastal town of Cushing, Maine. Born in the home her family had lived in for generations, and increasingly incapacitated by illness, Christina seemed destined for a small life. Instead, for more than twenty years, she was host and inspiration for the artist Andrew Wyeth, and became the subject of one of the best known American paintings of the twentieth century. Told in evocative and lucid prose, A Piece of the World is a story about the burdens and blessings of family history, and how artist and muse can come together to forge a new and timeless legacy" (GoodReads.com).

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by February 28, 2025.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025 
Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.

Bag Lunch Book Group

"The Samurai's Garden" by Gail Tsukiyama

All members of the Saint Anselm College community are invited to attend a book discussion of "The Samurai's Garden." 

"A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight" (GoodReads.com).

Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk by March 28, 2025.

Attendees are welcome to bring their lunches to the book group meeting. 

Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 
Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. 
Location: Library Classroom, upper level of Geisel.

Ready! Set! Go! On Competition day the lucky 100 teams will receive all materials and have 3 hours to complete any type of gingerbread house you can imagine. Bring the creativity!

     When:           December 1, 2024

     Time:             5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

     Where:          Davison Dining Hall

The first of Geisel Library's three summer book discussions will be on Celeste Ng's novel Our Missing Hearts. All students, faculty, staff, and monastic members of Saint Anselm College are welcome to attend. This discussion will happen over Zoom. Please RSVP to Melinda Malik (mmalik@anselm.edu) to receive the Zoom link.

Summer reading books are available at the library in the Reading Room, or through Overdrive's Libby App as an ebook or audiobook. For more information, see the Geisel Library Book Group guide.

The second of Geisel Library's three summer book discussions will be on Matt Haig's novel The Midnight Library. All students, faculty, staff, and monastic members of Saint Anselm College are welcome to attend. This discussion will happen over Zoom. Please RSVP to Melinda Malik (mmalik@anselm.edu) to receive the Zoom link.

Summer reading books are available at the library in the Reading Room, or through Overdrive's Libby App as an ebook or audiobook. For more information, see the Geisel Library Book Group guide.

Geisel Library's final summer book discussion will be on Bonnie Garmus's novel Lessons in Chemistry. All students, faculty, staff, and monastic members of Saint Anselm College are welcome to attend. This discussion will take place in person in the library's Reading Room.

Summer reading books are available at the library in the Reading Room, or through Overdrive's Libby App as an ebook or audiobook. For more information, see the Geisel Library Book Group guide.