Upcoming Events

Kid's Book Club
Odder by Katherine Applegate
10/28 at 3:00
Talk about the book and paint rocks!

Menands Public Library Adult Book Club

This month, we are reading “West with Giraffes”  by Lynda Rutledge.  New members are always welcome!  

Coined as the “queen of British historical fiction,” Philippa Gregory returns to the infamous Tudor court with a tale that is both timely and timeless.

For teens in grade 6 and up. Write your own ghost story using one of our prompts or be part of our spooky group story in a community storywriting challenge!

Enjoy a lively panel discussion of mystery and thriller books from six authors! 

Join us the first Monday of each month for a book discussion! This month's selection is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt.

Join our Book Club for a cause! Meetings are on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30. This month's book is Failures of Forgiveness - What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better by Myisha Cherry. BYOB (Bring your own book)!

Come join us for the 2nd Annual Upstate Writes! A Book Festival at the Cohoes Public Library! A book festival for book lovers featuring dozens of upstate authors.

November- Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

December- Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand

January-Remarkably Bright Creatures- Shelby Van Pelt

February- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Monthly Book Club

Adult Book Club – The House in the Cerulean Sea
📅 Tuesday, November 18, 2025
🕠 5:30–6:30 PM

Do You Love a Good Mystery?

Since about 2009, a group has been meeting at the Cohoes Public Library on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10:30 am to make new friends and to discuss one of the most beloved genres of all time – mysteries.

Join us for our next discussion of our latest read of "The Falcon Always Twice" by Donna Andews led by Angie Hogencamp.

Join us the third Wednesday of each month for a book discussion! This month's selection is The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly by Margarita Magnusson. Books are available at the front desk.

Join us every fourth Wednesday from 4:00PM to 5:00PM for a discussion about this month's book. In November, we are reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. There will be no December meeting.

In this monthly workshop-style class, we will complete writing exercises that spark creativity and share our own pieces with the group in an effort to hone the craft of storytelling.

Join us the first Monday of each month for a book discussion! This month's selection is The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong. Books are available at the front desk.

Join our Book Club for a cause! Meetings are on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30. This month's book is Failures of Forgiveness - What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better by Myisha Cherry. BYOB (Bring your own book)!

May book is Know My Name by Chanel Miller

June book is The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery

July book is West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Monthly Book Club

Join us the third Wednesday of each month for a book discussion! This month's selection is Exposure by Ramona Emerson. Books are available at the front desk.