For several months, the board of SIES has been discussing the planned retirement of the Library’s executive director Jeanne Hoyle. We could not imagine finding someone to fill her shoes. We have. We are beyond thrilled to announce that Olivia Jolley will become our new executive director beginning September 1st.  Olivia has been on Swan’s…

Swan’s Island Educational Society The Swan’s Island Educational Society is seeking an Executive Director whose main function is running the Swan’s Island Library. The library serves the community with enthusiasm, thoroughness, hospitality and unsurpassed service. The Executive Director plans, coordinates, administers and directs the operations of the library. This includes, but is not limited to:…

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 (the first day of spring), at 6 p.m. Eastern, we will discuss the final Maine-authored memoir in our winter-spring series: Elizabeth W. Garber’s Implosion: A Memoir of an Architect’s Daughter (2018). Garber, who lives in Belfast, Maine, chronicles her relationship with her architect father, who in 1966 moves his family…

The library is having it’s Annual Meeting on Monday, October 16th at 5:00 pm. This year the meeting is virtual, and everyone is invited to attend. Below is the Zoom Invitation. SIES Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Library Annual MeetingTime: Oct 16, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)…

Please join Pamela Macfie for four workshops focused on memory-writing. Pamela taught English at the University of the South for almost forty years. Towards the end of her career, she created a new class on memoir writing. She has published parts of her own memoir. When: Wednesdays – September 27, October 4, 11, and 18th,…

I have just been reminded that with your library card, you can have access Comics Plus. With Comics Plus, you have access to over 25,000 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga (I don’t know what that is, but I bet my patrons do)! All of these title are SIMULTANEOUS USE – that means NO HOLDS OR…

Please join us at the SI Library on Tuesday, August 8 at 7 p.m., for a reading by Ellie O’Leary. O’Leary grew up in Freedom, Maine and has always lived in New England.Her poems reflect on childhood, memory, marriage and divorce, lists and lichen. Her 2020 poetry collection Breathe Here and 2023 memoir Up Home Again will be available for…

Tuesday, July 11 at 7:00 pm 25+ Years of Intertidal Research on Swan’s Island Peter Petraitis, Steve Dudgeon and Erika Rhile will share highlights of their 25+ years of doing intertidal research on the island, which has resulted in numerous scientific publications and presentations. They will answer such pressing questions as, “Where have all the…

LIBRARY MOVIE SERIES 2023 Movies will be shown at the library every Friday through September 1st starting June 30th at 7:00 pm curtesy of Maili Bailey and Iver Lofving. The theme of this series is Maine Actors. We have handouts of the movies at the library and on our notice board. The handouts have the…