The Book Drop: October 2025 Edition

Welcome to another episode of The Book Drop with Matthew Kocienda from the Marlborough Library!

In this special one-year anniversary episode, we’ve got library updates, programs, book clubs, and spooky staff picks just in time for October.

Library Hours:

- Mon–Thurs: 9 AM – 8 PM

- Fri & Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM

- Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM

- Closed: Monday, Oct 13 for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

October Events at Marlborough Library:

Donation Days:

- Wed, Oct 1: 12 PM – 2 PM

- Sat, Oct 18: 10 AM – 2 PM

Located on the second floor by the welcome desk.

Sat, Oct 11 @ 2 PM

Join or Die – Documentary screening on civic engagement with Portuguese subtitles.

Tues, Oct 14 @ 4:30 PM

Myth and Memory Watercolor Workshop – Inspired by Andean folklore with artist Samela St. Pierre (for teens).

Sat, Oct 25 @ 1 PM

Demystifying Shakespeare: Macbeth – Interactive performance using scripts.

Sat, Oct 25 @ 3:30 PM

Juice and Jelly Funtime Band Halloween Show – Music, dancing, skits, candy, and crafts for kids! Costumes encouraged.

Wed, Oct 29 @ 6 PM

This is Halloween: Mind Reading & Magic Show – A magical evening with Greg Dwyer exploring the origins of Halloween.

This episode also features two special interviews with both Matt Kocienda, the lead writer and producer of the show, as well as Garrett Hayes, our WMCT-TV producer, as they each discuss how toe show came to be, the production behind the scenes, and how YOU can become an Access Creator as well!

Book Clubs:

Undiscovered Realms (Sci-Fi/Fantasy):

Wed, Oct 1 @ 6:30 PM

Discussing: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell

A political LGBTQ space opera romance full of court intrigue.

Next Month: The Goblin King by Katherine Addison

Adult Book Club:

Tues, Oct 14 @ 6 PM & Thurs, Oct 16 @ 11 AM

Discussing: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

A mystical historical mystery set in 1900s Manchuria.

Pride Book Club:

Mon, Oct 6 @ 6 PM

Discussing: Never Whistle at Night – A dark fiction Indigenous anthology by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Stories rooted in Indigenous folklore and survival.

High Strangeness (Horror Book Club):

Wed, Oct 22 @ 6:30 PM

Discussing: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

A grim, medieval folk horror with cults and spiritual chaos.

Children’s Book Clubs:

Dewey Decimators – Thurs, Oct 23 @ 6 PM

The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee, illustrated by Dan Santat

Book Bunch – Wed, Oct 22 @ 4 PM

Max and Zoe: The Lunchroom Fight by Shelley Swanson Sateren Illustrated by Mary Sullivan

Staff Horror Picks:

- The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix

- Hell Followed With Us – Andrew Joseph White

- Alice Isn’t Dead – Joseph Fink

- Locke & Key – Joe Hill

- Let the Right One In – John Ajvide Lindqvist

- Wake Up and Open Your Eyes – Clay McLeod Chapman

- Absolution – Jeff VanderMeer

With lots of reading to do as the leaves begin to fall and the pumpkin spice pops up everywhere, we hope to see YOU at the library this month. Thanks for watching!

You can watch this month's episode here.