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Coming Up In August @ PFPL August 2025 |
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 Tuesday, August 5, 11:00am Make a colorful wipe-clean calendar with paint swatches and a picture frame, and personalize it with some fun embellishments! Registration is required. C all the library to sign up, or register online! |
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 Thursday, August 7, 5:00pm-7:00pmJoin us for an art show! Pieces created by patrons of all ages will be on display throughout the library, and light refreshments will be served in the community room. There is still time to enter a piece in our show! Check out a blank canvas from the library and return your completed piece by Monday, 8/4 to be featured in the show! |
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Take & Make Pickup Monday, August 4 Available while supplies last
End the summer with one more art project that you take home to complete! |
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Storytime with Action Karate Thursday, August 7, 10:00am Enjoy a family story time with special guests from Action Karate Phillipsburg at the Phillipsburg Public Library. Free Program for families - no library card needed - no registration required! |
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Artwork & School Supply PickupMonday, August 11 Available while supplies last The gallery is now closed! Come pick up your artwork and a bundle of free school supplies.
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Ice Cream Social
Monday, August 4, 5:00pm
Close out summer reading with a sweet treat at our end of summer Ice Cream Social. This day will also be the last day to submit art pieces for the art show so be sure to bring in your canvases!
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Dungeons & Dragons
Monday, August 4, 5:00pm
Adults - join us for an exciting 2nd Edition Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in the enchanting world of the Forgotten Realms! Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or a curious newcomer, this is the perfect opportunity to dive into a rich storytelling experience where roleplaying takes center stage over mere dice rolls. Space
is limited. Registration is required. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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PFPL Writers Group
Monday, August 4 & 18, 7:00pm D o you have a story to tell? Join the PFPL Writers Group! We welcome all levels of writers from beginner to published professionals. We'll discuss fiction, poetry, nonfiction (including memoir), and more. Bring your ideas, a notebook, and your magic pen! This event will be held on Zoom. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Stitch & Sip Yarn Group Friday, August 8 & 22, 10:00am
Calling all knitters, crocheters, and other fiber artists! Join us on the second and fourth Friday of each month - Bring your latest WIP, and help yourself to a cup of tea provided by us! Call the library for more information, or register online!
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Flirty Fiction Book Club:Gothikana Saturday, August 9, 10:00am Phillipsburg Free Public Library’s Flirty Fiction Book Club will be reading a wide variety of romance novels — ranging from second chance to romantasy to thrillers and more. If you’ve been looking for a place to discuss the many aspects of romance with other readers, this is the book club for you! We meet every second Saturday of the month from 10am-11am. This month's selected is Gothikana by RuNyx.
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Classic Book Club: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wednesday, August 11, 7:00pm
“Classic” books are classic for a reason – their literary excellence transcends passing fads, and they continue to engage readers generation after generation. If there are classics you have always meant to read “someday,” or if you read them in school before you were ready to appreciate them, now is the time to enjoy them with other adult readers. This month we're reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. |
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Game Night/Game DayThursday, August 14, 1:30pm Tuesday, August 19, 5:30 pm Join us for some lively game sessions where people bring their favorite games to share! Some games will also be provided for your enjoyment. This month, the featured game will be Phase 10. If you have your own copy of Phase 10, please feel free to bring it in to share. You are also welcome to bring any game of your choosing or select from our library-provided games. It's a fun and friendly day where new friendships are formed and old friendships are rekindled over shared games, quests, and friendly competition. Registration is strongly recommended!
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Adult Lego ClubThursday, August 21, 6:30pm Join us on our building adventures as we explore the world through the library and Legos. This is an adult Lego program, for 18 years and up. Registration is strongly recommended! Call the library for more information, or register online!
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EveryDay Art Wednesday, August 27, 6:30pm
EveryDay Art workshops focus on mindfulness, intention, preparing a work of art with purpose; maybe to give to someone as a gift for outstanding service or just because we care or love the other person. We also can keep the artwork for ourselves! Each month usually has a topic or theme, and it is always a surprise! **Please Note** Bring your own coloring pencils or markers-some will be available. Call the library for more information, or register online! |
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Happy Bookers Discussion Group: The Demon of Unrest Wednesday, August 27, 7:00pm Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them."
Multiple copies of the book are available for reserve. See
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Another super simple dinner idea this month. Who doesn’t want a one-pot meal in the middle of the summer? And one that is easy to customize to your tastes. This is truly just cooking pasta, with a few other ingredients. It doesn’t get any easier than that! I don’t know about you, but I will take all of the simplicity I can get. |
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Rose in Chains by Julie SotoThe war is over...Captured as her castle is overrun by the enemy, the world as Briony Rosewood knows it is changed forever. Evil has won, and her people face imminent servitude, imprisonment, or death. Stripped of her Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are quickly sold off to the highest bidders in an auction...After a fierce bidding war, she's sold to none other than Toven Hearst, scion of a family known for their cruelty. Yet despite the horrors of her new world and the roleshe must learn to play within it, all is not lost. Selected by Norah, Library Assistant |
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The Poppy Fields: A Novelby Nikki ErlickWelcome to the Poppy Fields, where there's hope for even the most battered hearts to heal. Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache of loss to sleep through their pain... and keep on sleeping. After patients awaken from this prolonged state of slumber, they will finally be healed. But only if they're willing to accept the potential shadowy side effects. Selected by Lori, Supervising Library Assistant
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client cases, and her own personal struggles with High-Functioning Depression to demystify this poorly understood condition. Her five simple tools--the Five V's--will help you understand the science of your happiness and empower you to reclaim your life and joy. Selected by Vic, Library Assistant |
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Our South: Black Food through My Lens: Backcountry, Lowlands, Midlands, Lowcountry, Homelandby Ashleigh ShantiOur South takes readers on a mouthwatering journey through Appalachia and beyond, revealing the depth and diversity of Southern cooking through the eyes of a rising culinary star. Perfect for fans of other regional Southern cookbooks like the Mosquito Supper Club cookbook or soul food cookbooks like Jubilee, Our South stands as a testament to the rich tapestry of Black culinary traditions, offering a contemporary exploration of Black Southern foodways that's both personal and universal. Selected by Cindy, Senior Library Assistant
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Tusk Love by Thea GuanzonA merchant's daughter who yearns for adventure gets more than she bargained for when she falls for a broodingly handsome stranger in this saucy romantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars. As the daughter of an ambitious merchant, Guinevere has a predetermined path: marry into a noble house of the Dwendalian Empire, raise her family's station, and live quietly as a lordling's obedient wife. But Guinevere longs for a life unbounded by expectations-for freedom and passion and adventure. Those distant dreams become a sudden reality when her caravan is beset by bandits, leaving her guards slain and Guinevere stranded alone on the dangerous Amber Road. Her only chance of survival is to travel alongside Oskar, an aloof half-orc who saved her during the attack. Selected by Shannon, Library Associate |
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since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways. Selected by Stephanie, Reference Librarian |
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