The Hills Branch Library will close for renovations beginning June 1, 2026, and will reopen in fall 2026.
The Wellesley Free Library will be closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 23 – 25, 2026 for Memorial Day Weekend.
Holidays are in the air! Whatever your feelings on the holiday season, a little escapism can go a long way. Enjoy these Christmas romances from Circulation team member library TikTok and BookTube-er Rachael Hobson.
Annette brings us a number of diverse recommendations from our graphic novel collection, showing the breadth and depth of what’s available for readers
Hi! I’m Heather-Lee Byrne, Information Services librarian and host of the Wellesley Free Library Book Report podcast. We want to make it easy for busy people in our community to figure out what to read next. Our podcast connects Wellesley library patrons with ranked popular titles and book recommendations from subject librarians in different genres […]
Hi! I’m Heather-Lee Byrne, Information Services librarian and host of the Wellesley Free Library Book Report podcast. We want to make it easy for busy people in our community to figure out what to read next. Our podcast connects Wellesley library patrons with ranked popular titles and book recommendations from subject librarians in different genres […]
Comments? Questions? Send us an email! wflbookreport@minlib.net Guest Librarian: Megan Flynn Interview Notes: Our book recommendation this week is from librarian Megan Flynn, our fiction selector. She talks to us about Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Questions? Comments? Recommendations? Email us at: WFLBookReport@minlib.net Reader’s Report ADULT FICTION The personal librarian by Marie […]
Comments? Questions? Send us an email! wflbookreport@minlib.net Guest Librarian: Tyson Bolles Interview Notes: Today we’re going to be speaking with librarian Tyson Bolles about non-fiction history title, The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte. Known for his New York Times bestseller, […]
Guest Librarian: Annette Diola Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Interview Notes: Our book recommendation this week is from librarian Annette Diola, her SciFi Book Club’s August pick: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. She has also written a sequel to this book titles Harrow the Ninth, and the third […]
Guest Librarian: Jackie Linsky Interview Notes: Today Wellesley Librarian and YA selector Jackie Linsky discusses the popular title The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Jackie also mentions the other books in the Summer series, as well as To All the Boys…, another series by Jenny Han and puts in a good word for […]
Guest Librarian: Debra Berenbaum Our book recommendation this week is from librarian Debra Berenbaum: Anne Patchett’s These Precious Days. Interview Notes In today’s episode, Deb and I discuss Anne Patchett and how her work can be found throughout the library. Deb also mentions some other works by Anne Patchett: This is the story of a […]
Guest Librarian: Megan Flynn This week we’ll introduce the podcast, the Wellesley Reader’s Report, and speak with Information Services librarian Megan Flynn about her summer book pick in Adult Fiction, The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner. Interview Notes In today’s episode, Megan and I discuss Novelist, a Reader’s Advisory service that you can access through […]