SPEAKER SERIES: Chef Geoff Tracy
Presented at the Fishers Island Library on August 5, 2025 Chef Geoff Tracy shared reflections from a 25-year career in the restaurant business.
New Books at the Library August 2025
This Other Eden by Paul Harding; Sheepdogs by Elliot Ackerman; Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe; The Dark Dark Stories by Samantha Hunt; Crosshairs by James Patterson and James O. Born; Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs; An Inside Job by Daniel Silva; Moon and the Mars by Kia Corthron; Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton; The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson; Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart; Source Code-My Beginnings by Bill Gates; The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood; Nightshade by Michael Connelly (large print); Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams . . . and more!
AUTHOR TALK: Samantha Hunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8K6scu7fHg Presented July 29, 2025 in partnership with Lighthouse Works, celebrated author Samantha Hunt visited Fishers Island to share selections from The Seas a novel about a girl who might be a mermaid – and to join author and Library…
SPEAKER SERIES: Women’s Sailing on Fishers
Presented at the Fishers Island Library on July 22, 2025, a distinguished group of women sailors shared their experiences on the water – both here on Fishers Island and around the world, and what sailing on Fishers has meant to them as they have journeyed out for competition on the international circuit.
SPEAKER SERIES – Mystic Aquarium: Marine Mammal and Turtle Rescue
https://youtu.be/q2GMsE6MIew?si=3Cw27cefpR6gCKx Sarah Callan, Manager of the Animal Rescue Program at Mystic Aquarium, presented at the Library July 8, 20205 on how Mystic Aquarium’s ARP responds to marine mammals and sea turtles in the Long Island and Fishers Island Sound. Mystic…
Summer Reading Challenge Begins!
The Library invites all readers through grade 12 to join our Summer Reading Challenge!
GUEST SPEAKER AUG 5: Chef Geoff Tracy
Join us at the Library @ 5:30pm for a behind-the-scenes look at launching Chef Geoff's, a beloved restaurant group serving hundreds of thousands annually.
SPEAKER SERIES: Walking the Camino de Santiago
https://youtu.be/cL0ioHAahpw?si=1TIPCAasEQTtvpRS Islanders Ace Ahrens, Oliver Scholle, and Ted Rogers presented at the Library July 1, 2025 on their recent adventure along the Portuguese route of the Camino de Santiago. Inspired while walking the fairways of the Hay Harbor golf course,…
AUTHOR TALK: Sophie Burnham
https://youtu.be/-BmnIf8k_CM?si=075-7kgOtNKe7AP4 Presented at the Library Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Sophie is a queer, nonbinary novelist and screenwriter, best known for the Ex Romana trilogy. Their debut novel, Sargassa, is out now wherever books are sold. The thrilling sequel, Bloodtide, hits…
New Books at the Library for Young Readers July 2025
Owl Diaries: Eva and the New Teacher by Rebecca Elliott; Be a Hero with Skipper the Seal by Adam. William H. McRaven (RET) and Kelly Marie McRaven; Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews; The Day the Crayons Made Friends by Drew Daywalt; The Girl Who Was too Big for the Page by Geena Davis; History of We by Nikkolas Smith; Who Put This Song On? By Morgan Parker; Orris and Timble: Lost and Found by Kate Dicamillo