The Existential Shelf will now be known as Reading Classics of 20th Century Literature!

Peter Vorkink, Chair of the Religion Department, Emeritus, at Phillips Exeter Academy, will lead a discussion on the second half of Albert Camus's The Fall on Monday, March 2.

Copies are available to be picked up at the Adult Information Desk. New members welcome!

A no food cooking class. Come talk and learn about food from different cultures, techniques, and share recipes.

Drawing from decades of research and eyewitness testimony, Ronny LeBlanc dives deep into the strange overlap between the paranormal and the unexplained. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, this presentation will leave you questioning reality.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Exeter Public Library.

This workshop is to help those who want to write but don’t know where to start. All levels of writers and all types of writing are welcome.

No sign up required – just bring yourself, your ideas, and a way to write with a notebook.

The Exeter Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will help you track your ancestors using the library's Ancestry.com account. Bring your own laptop or use one of the library's. Please bring names and birth or death dates of your parents/grandparents to the Meeting Room on the third floor.

The Exeter Public Library’s Bird Watch Bingo allows for you to be on the lookout for birds all around you and learn how to identify them.

Pick up the bingo sheet at either the Children's Room Service Desk or the Adult Information Desk in the library.

Turn in the sheet with 1 row, column, or diagonal completed for your name to be entered in our raffle once, or turn in the sheet with a full blackout to have your name entered 3 times!

The Exeter Public Library’s Flight Path raffle will be drawn at our first event on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Click the button below to learn more about Flight Path at the library!

The New England Irish Harp Orchestra will present an evening of traditional and not-so-traditional Celtic tunes, songs, poems, and dances. Rollicking reels, jigs, and plaintive songs will delight audiences young and old.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Exeter Public Library.

Join us at the Author Fair to meet local authors and shop their books on Saturday, March 28 from 10 AM - 2 PM! Consider bringing a non-perishable item for St. Vincent de Paul of Exeter as well. Donations are not required to attend.

Join Exeter Parks & Recreation for Adult Tech Tips Part 2 on Monday, March 9 at 1 PM in Room 202 of the Exeter Community Center at 10 Hampton Road. Please click the button below to learn more and to register.

Libby is thrilled to share the featured title for the first global Libby Reads program of 2026! From March 26 – April 9, you can check out Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim with no waitlists or holds in the Libby app.

Tall Ships in Boston

Wednesday, July 15

Celebrate the 250th Birthday of the USA with Exeter Parks & Recreation! We will be taking a Coach bus to Danversport Yacht Club for a buffet brunch, then head into Boston for a private sail around the tall ships on the Provincetown III in Boston Harbor. See the sailing ships of the 18th and 19th centuries from the water (we will not be going onto the ships). There will be light entertainment on board the P’town III. After sailing around the Tall Ships, we will depart for Exeter.

Registration for residents begins on Monday, February 2. Registration for non-residents begins on Monday, February 9.

Please click the button below to learn more and to register.

High School at 12 PM

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Monday, March 2

Nifty Knitting: The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 3:30 PM.

Children ages 8-12 are welcome to join Nifty Knitting! You can join as a beginner or an experienced knitter!

Learn how to knit coasters, coin purses, or work on your own project surrounded by other fiber artists!

Thursday, March 5

Dungeons & Dragons: Prime Suspects (Ages 11-15) meet on the 1st Thursday of the month at 4 PM.

Children can sign-up for D&D to work together as a team to complete quests, slay monsters, and achieve personal and group goals within the game.

Through gameplay, players develop skills such as mathematics, teamwork, strategy, diplomacy, and multi-tasking.

Page Turners (Ages 9-11)

Saturday,

March 28

The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier

Morning Book Group

March 18 at 10

The group is reading Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe.

Want to learn how to play a game? Want to make new connections in town? Join any of the many gaming groups at the library! 

Groups are open to all experience levels – beginners to experts. There is someone willing to teach at each group. 

Interested in teaching a language? We are always looking for teachers or native speakers willing to start a language table. If you're interested, email exeterplprograms@gmail.com.

Lamprey Health Care has partnered with St. Vincent de Paul of Exeter to make weekly visits to the Community Assistance Center at 53 Lincoln Street on Fridays from 9 AM - 12 PM. Walk-in registration – no appointment needed!

Click the button below for more information about Lamprey's Mobile Health Services and to view the van schedule.

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