Kanopy: Access Free Films and TV Shows

  With your Falmouth Public Library card, you can now access over 30,000 films and TV shows, including critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award winning foreign films, kids content, and more for free using Kanopy! With the Kanopy app, you can stream their content on your favorite devices including desktops, iOS and Android phones and […]

Postcards from Falmouth: Falmouth Historical Society

Based right in the heart of town, the Falmouth Historical Society – also known as the Falmouth Museums on the Green – has a story for each feature of its historic campus, and a dedication to preserving those stories for future residents and visitors. Former director Mark Schmidt takes us on a tour through the […]

Ellison List of Dies

Alphabet Sets: Large (4 inch) – Ellison Block Number Set (0 – 9)Large (4 inch) – Ellison Block Uppercase (A – Z)Large (4 inch) – Ellison Block Lowercase  (a – z including comma, period, parentheses, exclamation point, question mark)   Ellison Extra Large Dies (approximately 8 – 10 inches): 1             Butterfly #2 2             Bookmark: Scallop […]

Accucut List of Dies

Alphabet Sets:Large (4 inch) –AccuCut Carefree Number Set (0 – 9)Large (4 inch) –AccuCut Carefree Uppercase (A – Z)Large (4 inch) –AccuCut Carefree Lowercase (a – z including comma, period, parentheses, exclamation point, ampersand and question mark) Small (1.5 inch)—AccuCut Happy Day Uppercase (A-Z) Accucut Extra Large Dies (approximately 8 – 10 inches): 1    […]

A Farewell to Falmouth Public Library, Part Two

            In part one of my farewell to FPL I wrote about the beginning of my career at Falmouth Public Library, but now I’d like to mention a completely unexpected joy that arrived in my library life. That joy began when WCAI called the library one day and wanted to know if Kathy Mortenson, […]

A Book Show About Beverages

This morning on The Point with Mindy Todd on WCAI we discussed books that feature beverages. Joining us this month was Kellie Porter of the Woods Hole Library. If you missed the show you can listen online, or send us your suggestion for great books about beverages. If you would like to read the full […]

Falmouth Public Library Reading Challenge 2021

Happy New Year!  If you are looking to get outside your literary comfort zone this year, join our reading challenge group on Facebook – “Falmouth Public Library Reading Challenge 2021”.  We are encouraging people to read one book a month, each from a different category.  We hope the group will function as a loose book […]

Past Book Club Titles: Narrative Nonfiction

Here is an alphabetical list of titles we have read since the book club began in September, 2009.  The month we discussed each book is noted in parenthesis. There are so many great books here, you’re sure to find something to suit any nonfiction mood you might be in! 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story […]

Browsing, or What I Have Learned from 11 AM to Noon

By Jill E. Erickson, Head of Reference and Adult Services Over the past few weeks I have been spending an hour of my time chatting with people who are waiting outside to pick up library materials.  It has been such a pleasure for me to actually talk mask to mask with people for the first time […]

Fireworks Without the Fireworks!

We know that everyone (except dogs and cats) is very disappointed that the annual fireworks will not be happening this year. So we wanted to offer you another option for your 4th of July party! Did you know that we have a BBC Sound Effects Library on CD? We have certainly noticed a recent uptick […]