Howe Library Front

Expanding your world for more than a century

Now @ The Howe

May 04 – 5:00 PM

Chess Club 4 Kids

Learn to play chess while meeting new friends. This is a drop-in program with 20 minutes of instruction and plenty of time to play the game in a supportive environment. […]

May 05 – 10:30 AM

Let's Move!

Support early learning and development with music and rhythm, movement and lots of dancing! Come prepared to move your body! Recommended for children ages five and under. No registration is required. We recommend […]

May 06 – 10:30 AM

CANCELLED Bilingual Storytime, Cuentacuentos

Enjoy stories, songs, and rhymes in English and Spanish! All levels of Spanish are welcome—from fluent speakers to those exploring the language for the first time. Recommended for children ages […]

Download, Stream, Online Tools, and More…

Experience your favorites right at your computer. Thousands of titles on Hoopla, films that matter through Kanopy, and audio books with Libby.

Get the most out of your electronic device today!

New Arrivals

SEE ALL THE NEW & NOTABLE

New Adult Fiction

New Adult Nonfiction

New Audiobooks

New DVDs

Past Programs

Colin Calloway, Professor of History at Dartmouth College, discusses the Native American experience during the time of the American Revolution, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This program is co-sponsored by the Howe Library and the Hanover Historical Society and took place at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH on April 28, 2026.

Colin Calloway is the John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dartmouth College.

Celebrating the 250th: The Native Americans' Revolution

This talk was co-sponsored by the Hanover Conservation Commission and the Howe Library, and took place at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH on April 21, 2026.

Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd, a former professor of biology at Middlebury College and currently the co-pastor at the Church of Christ at Dartmouth College, discusses the spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis, exploring how eco-spiritual and eco-theological perspectives can help to illuminate a path forward in a climate-changed world.

Rev. Dr. Andi Lloyd is an ecologist and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. She received her B.A. degree in Geography from Dartmouth College in 1989, an M.S. in Biology & Wildlife from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1992, and a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona in 1996.

Spiritual Dimensions of the Climate Crisis

Local author Courtney Floyd to discuses her debut fantasy novel, Higher Magic.

Higher Magic is an incisive, irreverent, and whimsical cozy dark academia novel for fans of Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde series and R.F. Kuang’s Babel, a struggling mage student with intense anxiety must prove that classic literature contained magic—and learn to wield her own stories to change her institution for the better.

Courtney Floyd grew up in New Mexico, where she learned to write between tarantula turf wars and apocalyptic dust storms. She currently lives at the bottom of a haunted mountain in the woods of Vermont with her partner and pets. Her debut fantasy novel, Higher Magic, was published by MIRA Books in October 2025.

Courtney has a PhD in British Lit and a penchant for irreverent literary allusions. Her short fiction and poetry can be found in publications including Haven Spec, Small Wonders, and Fireside Magazine, and her cozy horror audio drama, The Way We Haunt Now, is available on all major podcast platforms. Find her online at courtney-floyd.com.

This talk took place on April 16, 2026 at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH.

Author Talk with Courtney Floyd

Mary Butow, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NHDHHS), and Tom Jarvela, Community Advocate, discuss radon in NH and what you can do to protect yourself and your family.

Mary Butow is the Radon Program Manager with the NH Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS), where she oversees implementation of NH's State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG) program grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including responding to community concerns and promoting testing and mitigation of radon.

Tom Jarvela is a New Hampshire native living in Stratham with his wife and two young children. In 2021, his family discovered that their home in Stratham had very elevated levels of radon. Having remediated their own radon issues, he founded radonlibrary.com, an organization dedicated to working collaboratively with libraries to promote radon awareness in the granite state.

This program took place on April 14th, 2026, at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH.

Radon in NH: Test. Fix. Save a Life.

Samara Ayvazian-Hancock presents on the history of the book, charting its global spread and adaptations, before focusing on common problems books face and how you, as a home librarian, can take steps to protect the longevity of your own collection.

Samara Ayvazian-Hancock is a graduate student at the Garman Art Conservation Department at SUNY Buffalo State University specializing in library and archive material. Samara is spending her final year of the program in the conservation lab at Dartmouth Libraries. Samara earned her BA in ancient, medieval, and modern history from Durham University, followed by a graduate diploma in book and library materials conservation from West Dean College.

This program took place at the Howe Library on April 7th, 2026.

Books: Their History and Care

This is a thought-provoking conversation with Beth Malow and Doug Teschner, authors of Beyond the Politics of Contempt: Practical Steps to Build Positive Relationships in Divided Times.

They believe that amid a climate of widespread contempt and even hatred for people who disagree politically, we can each make important contributions to better our lives, our relationships, and our country. They aim to find a way to turn the politics of fear and contempt into the politics of hope.

Beth Malow is a neurologist and science/health communicator working in public health and climate change, and has given a TEDx talk, The Art of Communicating Science. She moderates workshops and debates for Braver Angels, the bipartisan non-profit grassroots organization focused on uniting Americans in our divided time. She’s appeared on NPR 1A and the PBS Newshour.

Doug Teschner ran the Peace Corps in Ukraine and led a community education effort to end the Ebola epidemic in Guinea. As Braver Angels New England Regional Leader, he led the effort that led to the creation of a bipartisan caucus in the NH House of Representatives, where he previously served as a GOP legislator.

https://beyondthepoliticsofcontempt.com/
https://togethernow.substack.com/
https://braverangels.org/
https://braverangels.org/
https://togethernow.substack.com/p/channeling-outrage-into-grace-under
https://moreincommon.substack.com/p/what-we-get-wrong-about-each-other

Beyond the Politics of Contempt

Britton Mann DAOM, L.Ac. dives into the phenomenology, epistemology, diagnosis, and treatment of as seen in traditional east Asian medicine

In Chinese medicine, the body’s channels (meridians) can be disrupted much like rivers, by factors such as aging, poor diet, illness, trauma, surgery, or emotional stress. When the flow of qi ("chi") and blood is impaired, pain and disease can arise. Chinese medicine restores circulation using tools such as acupuncture, herbs, diet, cupping, moxibustion, and qigong. Britton diagnoses the source of disruption and applies appropriate therapies to restore function. Medically bilingual, he integrates Chinese and Western perspectives and collaborates with physicians to provide patient-centered care.

Britton Mann holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine - building on a lifelong interest in traditional Asian healing shaped by his studies at Williams College and a career that includes yoga teaching, bodywork, and extensive training in martial arts and yoga. He earned advanced degrees from the National University of Natural Medicine and the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, completed years in private practice with Dr. Haosheng Zhang, and is a board-certified, licensed practitioner, published researcher, and active member of the New Hampshire Acupuncture and Asian Medicine Association.

This program took place at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH on 3/5/2026

Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Traditional East Asian Medicine

Ted Levin and Erin Donahue, of Daybreak fame for their weekly trail cam feature, celebrate the wildlife that live in our woods. This talk took place at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH, on March 10th, 2026.

Erin Donahue, of East Thetford, has been a psychotherapist for forty years, and a wildlife photographer for the last twenty. Ted Levin is a lifelong naturalist whose work has appeared in many magazines and has written numerous books, including America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake (2016), and his most recent, The Promise of Sunrise.

Trail Cams and The Promise of Sunrise

View more past programs