Adult Programming
General Adult Programming Information
Most adult non-repeating events take place on Friday evenings at 6:00 pm.
All programming is FREE.
Please Check our Calendar for upcoming events and call the desk to register.
Our space dictates a limited number of participants.
If you have any questions please call us at 304-535-2301.
Inclement Weather Procedure: Bolivar Harpers Ferry Public Library follows the Jefferson County Public School District’s inclement weather policy; if JCPS are closed the library will be closed as well. If JCPS have a 2hr delay the library will open on time and Programs will begin as scheduled. Please check our Facebook page for updates.
Adult Book Club
The Bolivar Harpers Ferry Public Library Thursday Book Club is held on the second Thursday of the month at 6 pm. This is a potluck dinner and discussion.
Please check our calendar for the monthly book club selection. You may pick up a book club book at the desk while supplies last.
Below you will find a list of books this book club has read:
Book Club Titles Read
| Author | Date Read | |||
| 84 Charr Cross Road | Helene Hanff | 6/14/12 | |||
| A Land More Kind Than Home | Wiley Cash | 2/18/18 | |||
| A Life We Bury | Allen Eskens | 8/13/20 | |||
| Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | 1/14/16 | |||
| All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion | Fannie Flagg | 10/9/14 | |||
| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthoney Doerr | 11/12/15 | |||
| American Dirt | Jeranine Cummins | 11/21/22 | |||
| American Wolf | Nate Blakeslee | 1/10/19 | |||
| An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England | Brock Clarke | 7/11/19 | |||
| An Artist of the floating World | Kazuo Ishiguro | 4/18/18 | |||
| Angery House Wives | Lorna Landvile | 7/5/05 | |||
| Appalachian Winter Hauntings | Short Stories | 1/1/13 | |||
| Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden | 6/21/22 | |||
| Bedford Boys | Alex Kershaw | 7/11/24 | |||
| Before I Go To Sleep | SJ Watson | 7/13/23 | |||
| Before We Were Yours | Lisa Wingate | 5/9/19 | |||
| Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | 7/12/15 | |||
| Bellewether | Susanna Kearsley | 9/22/22 | |||
| Between the Acts | Virginia Wolf | 8/8/19 | |||
| Book Of Morman Girl | Joanna Brooks | 7/5/05 | |||
| Book Shop | Penelope Fitzgerald | 3/18/18 | |||
| Book Thief | Markus Zusak | 7/5/05 | |||
| Boy, Mole, Fox & Horse/ BFG | Charlie Macvkesy/Roald Dahl | 11/22/22 | |||
| Boys in the Boat | Daniel James Brown | 9/1092015 | |||
| Buddha in the Attic | Julie Otsuka | 7/5/05 | |||
| Carrying Albert Home | Homer Hickman | 9/14/17 | |||
| Chasing Cows | Lyn Widmyer | 7/4/05 | |||
| Child of The Mountains | Marilyn Shank | 6/8/17 | |||
| Christmas Bells | Jennifer Chiaverini | 12/12/24 | |||
| Christmas Train | David Baldacci | 12/22/22 | |||
| City of Jasmine | Deanna Raybourn | 12/12/19 | |||
| Clara and Mr.Tiffany | Susan Vreeland | 9/11/14 | |||
| Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands | Chris Bohjalian | 10/8/15 | |||
| Closed for Covid 19 April & May 2020 | |||||
| Cruel Prince | Holly Black | 2/8/24 | |||
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | 9/14/23 | |||
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | 9/14/23 | |||
| Elegance of The Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery | 7/4/05 | |||
| Elegant Gathering of White Snows | Kris Radish | 6/11/15 | |||
| Elenanor Oliphant is Completely Fine | Gail Honeyman | 1/8/21 | |||
| First Frost | Sarah Addison Allen | 10/11/18 | |||
| Follow the River | James Alexander Thom | 8/28/14 | |||
| Forest of Vanishing Stars | Kristin Harmel | 1/22/22 | |||
| Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton | 10/10/19 | |||
| Four Winds | Kristin Hannah | 5/11/23 | |||
| Garden Spells | Sarah Addison Allen | 7/18/18 | |||
| Girl in the Tower | Katherine Arden | 7/21/22 | |||
| Girl Waits With Gun | Stewart, Amy | 5/12/16 | |||
| Girls of Atomic City | Denise Kienan | 7/5/05 | |||
| Glass castle | Jeannette Walls | 4/9/15 | |||
| Go Set A Watchman | Lee, Harper | 4/14/16 | |||
| Gray Mountain | John Grisham | 4/13/17 | |||
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | JK Rowling | 12/14/23 | |||
| Harry Potter and the Sorcor's Stone | JK Rowling | 12/14/23 | |||
| Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet | Jamie Ford | 2/9/23 | |||
| Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet | Jamie Ford | 2/9/23 | |||
| I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Margaret Craven | ||||
| Immortalist | Chloe Benjamin | 3/14/24 | |||
| In Five Years | Rebecca Serle | 12/21/22 | |||
| In the language of Miracles | Rajia Hassib | 8/11/16 | |||
| Invention Of Wings | Susan Monk Kidd | 8/13/14 | |||
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brtonte | 6/13/24 | |||
| Keeper of Lost Things | Ruth Hogan | 8/1/18 | |||
| Killing in the Hills | Julia Keller | 6/11/20 | |||
| Kitchen House | Kathleen Grissom | 12/11/14 | |||
| Kitchens of Great Midwest | J. Ryan Stradal | 2/18/16 | |||
| Language of Flowers | Vanessa Diffenbaugh | 3/12/15 | |||
| Last Lecture | Randy Pausch | 10/11/12 | |||
| Last Runaway | Tracy Chevalier | 5/14/15 | |||
| Last thing He Told Me | Laura Dave | 10/23/23 | |||
| Leaving Time | Jodi Picoult | 6/8/23 | |||
| Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Garmus | 10/10/24 | |||
| Let's Pretend This Never Happened | Jenny Lawson | 9/12/19 | |||
| Letters of the Woman Homesteader | Elinore Pruitt Stewart | 9/132012 | |||
| Light Between the Oceans | Maria Stedmans | 7/5/05 | |||
| Little Fires Everywhere | Celeste Ng | 8/9/18 | |||
| Little Shop of Found Things | Paula Brackston | 12/9/20 | |||
| Long Way Down | Nick Hornby | ||||
| Man Called Ove | Fredrik Backman | 6/18/18 | |||
| Milkweed Ladies | Louise McNeil | 11/8/12 | |||
| Morality Play | Barry Unsworth | 2/14/19 | |||
| Mother of Rain | Karen Spears Zacharias | 3/14/19 | |||
| Mrs. Lincoln and Ms. Keckly | Jennifer Fleischner | 7/5/05 | |||
| Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker | Jennifer Chiaverini | 7/5/05 | |||
| Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase | Walters, Louise | 9/82016 | |||
| Next Ship Home | Heather Webb | 4/13/23 | |||
| Night Circus | Erin Morgenstern | 5/22/22 | |||
| Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | 6/9/22 | |||
| Olive Again | Elizabeth Strout | 8/15/24 | |||
| Olive Kiteridge | Elizabeth Strout | 7/6/05 | |||
| Once Upon A River | Diane Setterfield | 7/11/19 | |||
| One Thousand White Women | Jim Fergus | 5/11/17 | |||
| Open Season | C. J. Box | 7/6/05 | |||
| Ordinary Grace | W. Kent Keuger | 7/9/20 | |||
| Orphan train | Christina Kline | 7/6/05 | |||
| Paris Wife | Paula Mclaine | 7/6/05 | |||
| Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake | Aimee Bender | 5/10/12 | |||
| Patron Saint of Ugly | Marie Manilla | 10/21/22 | |||
| Readers Choice | 11/9/23 | ||||
| Reluntant Midwife | Patricia Harman | 2/9/17 | |||
| Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt | 11/14/24 | |||
| Rosemary | Kate Clifford Larson | 11/10/16 | |||
| Saints For All Occasions | J. Courtney Sullivan | 9/12/19 | |||
| Sandcastle Girls | Chris Bohjalin | 1/13/23 | |||
| Secrets We Kept | Lara Prescott | 4/21/22 | |||
| Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 9/12/24 | |||
| She Walks these Hills | Sharyn Mccrumb | 2/14/13 | |||
| Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides | 10/8/20 | |||
| Silver Star | Jeanette Walls | 3/9/17 | |||
| Sing Unburied Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2/21/22 | |||
| Sisterland | Curtis Sittenfeld | 7/6/05 | |||
| Snow Child | Eowyn Ivery | 11/8/18 | |||
| Sold on a Monday | Kristina McMorris | 9/11/20 | |||
| Spellman Files | Lisa Lutz | 7/6/05 | |||
| Still Life | Louise Penny | 12/12/19 | |||
| Stolen Marriage | Daiane Chamberlain | 10/22/22 | |||
| Storied Life of A. J. Frikry | Gabrielle Zevin | 7/22/22 | |||
| Summer Wives | Beatriz Williams | 8/8/19 | |||
| Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Alan Bradley | 7/6/05 | |||
| Tell The Wolves I'm Home | Carol Rifka Brunt | 7/5/05 | |||
| The Good Earth | Pearl S. Buck | 4/11/24 | |||
| The Measure | Nikki Erlick | 5/9/24 | |||
| Third Angel | Alice Hoffman | 4/14/22 | |||
| Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield | 8/22/22 | |||
| This Tender Land | W. Kent Kreuger | 11/12/20 | |||
| To Kill A Mockingbird | Lee, Harper | 3/10/16 | |||
| Touch of Stardust | Kate Alcott | 1/12/17 | |||
| Trumbo | Bruce Cook | 1/19/19 | |||
| Truth According To Us | Annie Barrows | 10/13/16 | |||
| Under the Whispering Door | TJ Klune | 3/10/23 | |||
| Unquiet Grave | Sharyn Mccrumb | 5/18/18 | |||
| Victoria and Adul | Shrabani Basu | 4/11/19 | |||
| Virgil Wander | Leif Enger | 5/21/22 | |||
| Water Street | Crystal Wilkinson | 11/14/19 | |||
| We Bought A Zoo | Benjamin Mee | 8/9/12 | |||
| What Alice Forgot | Moriarty, Liane | 6/9/16 | |||
| When Harry met Minnie | Martha Teichner | 3/22/22 | |||
| Where The Crawdad's Sing | Delia Owens | 6/13/19 | |||
| Where The Forest Met the Stars | Glendy Vandurah | 3/21/22 | |||
| Winter of the Witch | Katherine Arden | 8/21/22 | |||
| Woman in the Library | Sulari Gentill | 8/10/23 | |||
| Woman in the Library | Sulari Gentill | 8/10/23 | |||
| Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael Chabon | 12/13/12 |
Knitting for Charity
Knit and Crochet for Charity are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 12:00-2:00 PM
This is a Free program. Everyone is welcome to join.
If you would like to learn more please email Judy at: eslusher2@aol.com
Stitchers of Harpers Ferry
The Stitchers of Harpers Ferry meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10:00 AM
This is a Free program. All are welcome to join.
Anyone crocheting, knitting, sewing, or any type of needle craft may join.
The Stitchers of Harpers Ferry have a Facebook group that you can request to join. They meet here one Thursday 5-7pm and on one Friday 10am -12pm and each month.
- These dates vary each month so joining the Facebook page will keep you in the know.
Braided Rug Making
Braided rug making taught by Megan Perez
This is a free program and requires pre-registration.
This program will run every Monday 4:00-5:30 PM between January and February 2025, excluding holidays and inclement weather.
Yoga
Lisha Simester's Golden Yoga
Meeting Wednesdays through October 30th, from 6:30 - 7:30 PM
A suggested donation of $10.00 a class.
Indoor yoga, ages 15 +
Certified by: British Wheel of Yoga
Crafty Thursday with Sara
A craft will be on offer the 1st Thursday of each month taught by Sara.
Most ages are welcome to participate. Please check the events calendar to see what craft is coming up.
This is a free program with supplies provided so pre-registration is required.
Please call the Library to pre-register at 304-535-2301.