Join us in person every Wednesday at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
New York Times Best Selling Author James McGrath Morris, visits OFPL on Wednesday, December 8th from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
Join OFPL in welcoming the author of Tony Hillerman: A Life the first major biography of the groundbreaking mystery writer. The author of eighteen spellbinding detective novels set on the Navajo Nation, Tony Hillerman simultaneously transformed a traditional genre and unlocked the mysteries of Navajo culture to an audience of millions. His best-selling novels added Navajo Tribal Police detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee to the pantheon of American fictional detectives.
Email tmoe@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us in person every Wednesday at 11:00 AM inside the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Begin the holiday cheer early by unwrapping the gift of reading! Throughout the month of December select a wrapped book to check out, unwrap, and read! Rate it by filling out the card with each book.
All cards that are returned by January 14th will be entered in a prize drawing. Post a picture with your book on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and tag us @galluplibrary for a second entry into the drawing.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM in the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes and read-alouds every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
OFPL’s Book Club is reading Reservation Restless by Jim Kristofic.
As a park ranger, Kristofic explores the Ganado valley, traces the paths of the Anasazi, and finds mythic experiences on sacred mountains that explain the pain and loss promised for every person who decides to love. After reconnecting with his Navajo sister and brother, Kristofic must confront his own nightmares of the Anglo society and the future it has created.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL LIVE on Facebook @galluplibrary or Zoom for a book talk with Brian Lee Young on Wednesday, November 10th at 2:00 PM, author of Healer of the Water Monster.
When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer. Still, he loves spending time with Nali, and with his uncle Jet—though it’s clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM in the Children’s Branch for storytime activities, songs, rhymes and read-alouds every week! Age 0-4.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Come one, come all for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Meet virtually with a descendant of Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker, author of the 1987 Gothic Horror novel, Dracula. Join OFPL Live on Zoom or Facebook @galluplibrary to meet Shanna Stoker on Wednesday, October 20th at 1:00 PM.
Shanna will discuss the astonishing revelation of her family lineage and dive into her knowledge of the supernatural. The owner of The Ghoulish Garb, she makes custom apparel and tarot decks. Learn how to use Ancestry.com to trace your family genealogy at your library.
Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Register at ofpl.online for a copy of Reservation Restless by Jim Kristofic now through October 16th.
As a park ranger, Kristofic explores the Ganado valley, traces the paths of the Anasazi, and finds mythic experiences on sacred mountains that explain the pain and loss promised for every person who decides to love. After reconnecting with his Navajo sister and brother, Kristofic must confront his own nightmares of the Anglo society and the future it has created.
Zoom discussions will be held in November and will include the author himself!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.