Hudson Area Public Library District

Book Chat Book Club
2026-01-22 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago)
Join other avid readers at Book Chat to discuss all the books in your life! There is no assigned reading for this book club, just come and find fascinating authors, great reads, and new friends!
Recommended titles from our December meeting:

I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
The First Gentleman by James Patterson & Bill Clinton
What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
The Puppets of Spelhorst and The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo
Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood

Winter Story Time
2026-01-29 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-01-30 10:30 - 11:15, 2026-02-05 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-02-06 10:30 - 11:15, 2026-02-12 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-02-13 10:30 - 11:15, 2026-02-19 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-02-20 10:30 - 11:15 and 2 more dates
Registered preschool children enjoy seasonal stories, songs, fingerplays, and various hands-on activities during our Story Time meetings. Registration is now closed for the Winter Story Time series.

Library Board Meeting
2026-02-10 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-03-10 18:30 - 20:00
Participation by District residents at Hudson Library Board meetings is welcome. Proper decorum and adherence to meeting rules is required at times during library meetings. All District residents wishing to speak to the Board must first be recognized by the President of the Board and will then be allowed a period of up to five minutes and may make comments during the designated period or during discussion of specific agenda items. Comments should be restricted to the issue.

Knit & Crochet Group
2026-02-11 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-11 14:00 - 16:00
This group uses yarn donated to the library to craft items for donation to local groups. If you have a project in progress, please feel free to bring your current work along and join this warm, supportive group.

Library CLOSED for Staff Training
2026-02-16
The library will be CLOSED Monday, February 16, for staff training.

True Crime Chronicles Book Club
2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:00
“With taut prose and sublime storytelling, Abbott Kahler has crafted an atmospheric page-turner, with the best last line I’ve read in decades.” -Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls

Join us Tuesday, February 17, at 7:00, for an intriguing discussion of Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler. Request your copy at the library desk.

Book Chat Book Club
2026-02-26 10:30 - 11:30
Join other avid readers at Book Chat to discuss all the books in your life! There is no assigned reading for this book club, just come and find fascinating authors, great reads, and new friends!
Recommended titles from our January meeting:

Nash Falls by David Baldacci
Think Twice by Harlen Coben
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
Just for the Summer by Abby Jiminez

Hudson History Club
2026-03-16 19:00 - 20:00
The History Club resumes meeting on the Third Monday of the month in March. We encourage all with an interest in the history of Hudson to come to learn and to share.

Literary Guild Book Club
2026-03-17 19:00 - 20:00
Request your copy of Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson at the library desk, then join the Literary Guild Book Club for light refreshments and discussion at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 17.
“[Jenny] makes us feel instantly seen and fully understood in all of our alternately painful and hilarious humanity.” (Lori Gottleib)

Early Close for Staff Training
2026-03-18 17:00
The library will close at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 18 for staff training.

Book Chat Book Club
2026-03-26 10:30 - 11:30
Join other avid readers at Book Chat to discuss all the books in your life! There is no assigned reading for this book club, just come and find fascinating authors, great reads, and new friends!
