Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on February 4th at 2:00 PM for a special family storytime with Cameron Bourg, an Albuquerque-based special-education teacher, literacy tutor, and children’s book author. He will be reading from his books and offering literacy tips for the whole family!
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join us in person at the Main Library or on Zoom for discussions of Shutter by Ramona Emerson. This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.
Discussions are Saturday, February 4th at 2:00 PM and Tuesday, February 21st at 6:00 PM. Ramona Emerson will be in attendance on Saturday, February 4th! Refreshments will be served!
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Register for a copy of Shutter by Ramona Emerson while supplies last!
This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation.
Discussions will be held in February via Zoom or in person at the Main Library with the author in attendance on February 4th.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call 505-863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 8th at 2:00 PM for an exciting family storytime with a special guest!
Local counselor, author, and illustrator Sheila Lofgreen will read stories that explore social and emotional learning, including some of her own stories.
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on September 10th at 2:00 PM for an exciting family storytime with a special guest! Local counselor, author, and illustrator Sheila Lofgreen will read stories that explore themes of social and emotional learning, including some of her own!
Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL and Guest Author, Bob Rosebrough
Main Library on April 27th beginning at 5:00 PM.
“The veil between the material and spiritual worlds is thinner and more permeable in Gallup, New Mexico. It is a place that is disproportionately and simultaneously wonderful and terrible. A reservation border-town with a remarkably diverse citizenry, Gallup started out as a railroading and coal mining community with an alcohol-soaked, violent history. It is a place of
constant struggle where the forces of good and evil are joined in combat and where each resident faces their own inner struggles. This book isn’t just for Gallupians or New Mexicans; it is both a memoir and history about real people facing Goliath struggles.”
Books will be available to purchase on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Cash or Check
Light refreshments
Email tmoe@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join author Daniel Vandever and illustrator Corey Begay LIVE on Zoom or Facebook, @galluplibrary on Wednesday, March 30th at 2:00 PM for a presentation and reading of Herizon, a story that details the journey of a young Diné girl as she helps her grandmother retrieve a flock of sheep aided by a magical scarf.
In an age that has seen the election of the first female Vice President and the first Native American Secretary of the Interior, Herizon speaks to the power of the moment and honors progress and persistence during Women’s History Month.
Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.
Join OFPL in-person on Wednesday, December 22nd from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at OFPL’s Children’s Branch, 200 West Aztec Ave. for a princess-themed storytime and photo opportunity!
Come listen to a story from a Princess at our winter wonderland. Experience the excitement of interacting with a live Princess and taking photos with her.
Email jwhitman@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 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.