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Deep in the Stacks!

Would you like a sneak peak into the weekly events at the library? Watch our newest virtual show!

Join us on Facebook and Instagram, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. to catch the latest talk on movies and books, and to hear about the exciting events coming next week. We’ll answer questions, showcase library materials, and more. So watch us every week and be our guest, Deep in the Stacks!

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Just Craftin’ Around Club

Join OFPL’s Just Craftin’ Around Club on Saturday, April 10th at 12:00 p.m. for an afternoon of chatting and crafting on Zoom!

Virtually chat with other community members to exchange craft ideas, stories, and food recipes as we craft together through collaging, painting, sewing, drawing, crocheting, and more. Register to participate in OFPL’s virtual get-together below by Friday, April 9th.

Register HERE

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Every Child Ready 2 Read – April 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. to view episodes of OFPL’s Every Child Ready 2 Read series where we focus on the five practices of early literacy: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing.

Premiere Dates:
● April 7th, 2021 – Rhyme and Repetition
● April 14th, 2021 – Informational Books
● April 21st, 2021 – Talking about Books
● April 28th, 2021 – Making it Fun!

Talking Tuesday – April 2021

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

Tell us a story!

To celebrate the upcoming Authors Festival, we would like to hear your stories. Tell us about family, travel, your 2020 experience, or other tales. Submit a 3-5 minute video telling your story and join the creative genius of OFPL. Look for talks about books, authors, movies, food, making, and technology from our talented community

. EVERYBODY talks! DON’T Miss it!

Submissions can be sent to libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Talking Tuesday

Join us on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

In honor of Women’s Her-story Month, we are talking about the amazing women in our lives. Submit a 3 – 5 minute video about the influential women in your lives and join the creative genius of OFPL. Look for talks about books, authors, movies, food, making, and technology from our talented community.

EVERYBODY talks! DON’T Miss it!

Submissions can be sent to libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Talking Tuesday

Join us on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

In honor of Women’s Her-story Month, we are talking about the amazing women in our lives. Submit a 3 – 5 minute video about the influential women in your lives and join the creative genius of OFPL. Look for talks about books, authors, movies, food, making, and technology from our talented community.

EVERYBODY talks! DON’T Miss it!

Submissions can be sent to libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Talking Tuesday

Join us on Facebook @galluplibrary or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.

In honor of Women’s Her-story Month, we are talking about the amazing women in our lives. Submit a 3 – 5 minute video about the influential women in your lives and join the creative genius of OFPL. Look for talks about books, authors, movies, food, making, and technology from our talented community.

EVERYBODY talks! DON’T Miss it!

Submissions can be sent to libtrain@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

We READ, We TALK Book Club

Register below for a copy of Heart Berries by Therese Marie Mailhot now through October 9th.

A powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder…MORE.

Read the full synopsis HERE

Register for Book Club HERE

Get ready for some great conversations and tons of fun as we meet virtually! Zoom discussions will be held:

Thursday, October 22nd
at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 31st
at 2:00 p.m.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Libraries Transform Digital Reading

OFPL joins public libraries nationwide in a digital reading program September 14th – 28th  by offering access to the same eBook for a two-week period through the Libraries Transform Book Pick.

The eBook selection is Lauren Francis-Sharma’s epic saga Book of the Little Axe. Ambitious and masterfully wrought, it is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of warring colonial powers and westward expansion.

During the lending period, eBook copies will be available without waitlists or holds through U.S. public libraries using OverDrive. Readers will only need a library card and the Libby app to borrow and read the eBook.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.

Follow the Libraries Transform Book Pick on Facebook and Twitter and join the discussion on social media using the hashtag #LTBookPick.

Book Signing with Author

Visiting Author: Jeffrey Hass

Join us at the Main Library on Saturday, February 8th at 4:30 p.m., for a book signing and discussion of The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas.

Discover Haas’s personal account of how he and People’s Law Office partner Flint Taylor pursued Hampton’s assassins, ultimately prevailing over unlimited government resources and FBI conspiracy.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.