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Saturday, May 15

Watch Now: Babies & Toddlers Storytime Week 10

9:00am - 5:00pm

Watch Now: Preschool Storytime Week 10

9:00am - 5:00pm

Monday, May 17

Read 100 Books Before You Graduate

9:00am - 5:00pm

Join the May Reading Challenge!

9:00am - 5:00pm

Watch Now: Preschool Storytime Week 11

9:00am - 5:00pm

Getting to Normal: Come Read, Work, and Study in the Library

We’re getting back to normal. Our study rooms and sitting areas are open again, and we're more like the library you remember and love.

Love & Connection: The Songs of Singer-Songwriter Thea Hopkins

Thea is the winner of the 2020 Great American Song Contest. She’s performed at the Kennedy Center, and she’s worked with Paul from Peter, Paul and Mary.

A Purple Martin (photo credit: Gregory Gough, Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

Start a Purple Martin Colony in Your Backyard: An Online Event

Join Warwick citizen scientist Lois Graydon for a presentation on Purple Martins, the largest swallows in North America, on Monday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

Breakfast Served All Day: The Story of the Rhode Island Diner

What’s on the menu? An exploration of all-things diner with Rhody Radio host Tom Shaker. Listen now and prepare to get hungry.

TUNE IN HERE for History, Music, Meditation, and More

Enjoy lectures, stories, and conversations with local experts, artists, performers, and scholars brought to you by Warwick Public Library.

Director's Updates

Our goal is to provide quality library services to the residents of Warwick in a safe manner.

May Reading Challenge

Updated on Thursday, April 22

This May we celebrate Asian-American & Pacific Islander voices. Find some wonderful new reads and keep your daily reading habit! May 1 - May 31

Recent News

Storytime on the Lawn

Updated on Tuesday, March 23

Virtual VolunTEENS

Updated on Wednesday, February 03

Request a Book Bundle for Kids

Updated on Tuesday, January 05

Staff Reviews

Wild Fire By Ann Cleeves

Reviewed by Mary Anne

Wild Fire is the eighth and final installment of Cleeve’s Shetland series, featuring Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez, in charge of keeping the peace on the Shetland Islands, off the coast of Scotland. A young family, the Flemings, moves to one of...

The Harder They Come

Reviewed by Wil

The Harder They Come is built on an oft-told tale—a young man is forced into a life of crime when the corrupt society around him won’t give him an honest chance. But with its hip reggae soundtrack, this rewrite is unlike any version that came before...

Miles Davis: Ahead of His Time

Reviewed by Lou

"I don't look back . . . Never," Miles Davis declared in 1973. "I don't have any place in my head for that stuff I only look ahead." In a career that spanned nearly five decades (with more than 50 studio albums and dozens of live sets and...