News & Announcements

The Craft Retreat is a 3-day event from Friday to Sunday on Jan 3-5. Each class is a crafty how-to taught by members of Portsmouth Public Library Staff!

Please feel free to sign up for one, two, three, or as many of the programs as you like. The schedule is as follows:

Friday Jan 3:

View our interactive display, or attend a film/panel discussion! Find out more...

Live music, dancing, games, crafts, and prizes! Free and open to all ages. Register now!

Belonging in New Hampshire: Terry Farish and Lochan Sharma present their YA novel GO HOME

Join us downtown for the Halloween Parade! We will be in costume, so keep your eyes open for us! Have some fun with us this fall season!

Learn more about the Portsmouth Halloween Parade!

Ghostbusters (The Original).
1984. PG. 107 Minutes.

The library's Speculative Fiction Book Club meets the final Tuesday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome.

Whenever possible, copies of each month's title will be available for checkout with a library card.

Registration is optional - register to receive reminders!

Do you have questions about Medicare?  Not sure about the best plan for you?  This lively, informative class will help you understand the basics of Medicare in relatable, easy-to-understand language.  It will also help you better understand your options and provide tools that will be valuable in determining the plan best suited to

How now good friends? Dost thou seek a monthly passtime to broaden the mind and entice the senses? Look no further than Shakespearean Discussion Group! Enjoy the selected play of the month in the way ‘twas presented: to the masses!

Poets are invited to join our new Poets' Workshop Group! This community of poets will share their work in a friendly and sensitive environment, explore others' work, write, reflect, revise, and publish!