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Business Book Club - Virtual

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Business/Career, Book Club

Registration Required

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Join our Virtual Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.

Business Book Club

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Business/Career, Book Club

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join our Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.

An Introduction to the Anishinaabeg

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: West Meeting Room

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Registration Required

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In honor of Native American Heritage Month we are so grateful to host Dr. Kevin Leonard who is a Director of the Native American Institute University Outreach and Engagement at Michigan State University. Mr.

"Meet Author Katie Williams as she talks about her book My Murder"

2025 Community Read: Katie Williams

Monday, November 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

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Commerce, Lyon Township, Novi, Northville, Salem-South Lyon, and Walled Lake libraries invite you to a Community Read!

History talk about the sinking of the edmund Fitzgerald on November 12th, 2025 at 7pm at the Novi Public Library

NHC Event: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Historical Commission

Registration Required

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The Edmund Fitzgerald is the largest shipwreck in the Great Lakes. Ric Mixter is one of a few who have visited the ship via a submarine to uncover its’ secrets.

NO-VI Chess Club

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: East Meeting Room

Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Registration Required

Flyer for a board game event titled “GAME ON!” The subtitle reads, “A Neurodivergent, Disability, and Family-Friendly Event.” The date “November 16th” is shown in an orange oval. The background is dark blue with images of dice, pawns, a Connect Four board, a colorful board game, a checkers board, and playing cards. The design is vibrant and playful.

Game On! - A Neurodivergent, Disability, and Family-Friendly Event

Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Family

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Join us for Game On!, a welcoming and inclusive game day celebration for all ages and abilities.

Story Explorers Book Club flyer for grades 1–3. Left side includes an icon of an open book under a magnifying glass. Text reads: 'Story Explorers Book Club. Grades 1–3. Registration Required. Wednesday, November 19th, 6:00–7:00 PM.' The right side shows the cover of the book 'Press Start! Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy!' by Thomas Flintham, featuring pixelated video game-style artwork with a white rabbit character.

Story Explorers Book Club - Grades 1-3 - Fiction Books

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Youth

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Event Details:

Adventure awaits in Story Explorers Book Club! Designed for readers in grades 1–3, this monthly fiction book club invites kids to dive into imaginative stories, connect through discussion, and enjoy a hands-on act

Strange Lands Book Club

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Club

Registration Required

Event Details:

Delve into far-flung and fantastical worlds with NPL! We explore all that speculative fiction has to offer, from sci-fi to fantasy, and everything in between. Registration required.

Tea Blend workshop

Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm

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Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Youth Activity Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

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Experiment with different tea leaves and ingredients to create a personalized blend to take home! Choose from four different recipes, or mix and match to create something unique.

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10 am		This event is in the "Adults" group Senior Day at Novi Library 10:00am–3:30pm Adults Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Whole Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Registration Required Event Details: Older Adults…Join us for a day just for you!...Enjoy live music, an interactive presentation, technology tutorials, health and wellness tools, arts and crafts, morning coffee and muffins, afternoon lunch all for free. This event is in the "Adults" group Local History Room Office Hours 10:30am–12:30pm Adults Historical Commission This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Local History Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Historical Commission Come to the Local History Room for assistance or just to meet commission members and learn about Novi's history.	This event is in the "Youth" group Time for Twos & Threes 10:15am–10:45am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for fun stories, songs, rhymes, movement, and activities that promote early literacy for children 2-3 years-old with their caregiver. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy. This event is in the "Adults" group Korean Conversation Group 10:30am–12:00pm Adults Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Registration Required Event Details: 안녕하세요! Interested in Korean culture and language? Join us for a free monthly lesson. Participants will engage in fun activities using basic words and sentences while learning consonants and vowels.	This event is in the "Youth" group Baby Time 10:15am–10:30am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: In this lap-sit program, babies 0-12 months and their caregivers will enjoy books, bouncing rhymes, songs, and fingerplays to promote early literacy and socialization. Fun and age-appropriate toys will be brought out at the end of story time. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.	This event is in the "Adults" group Knit 2gether Group 10:00am–12:00pm Adults Arts & Crafts This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Participants gather to enjoy their projects and the companionship of like-minded people. Skill levels range from beginner to expert. No instructor. Limited to 20 persons.	This event is in the "Adults" group Beginner English Language Lessons 10:00am–12:30pm Adults Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL Registration Required Event Details: For adult beginners who recently arrived in the USA/Michigan. We will have conversation time for listening, speaking, and writing. Also, a discussion of topics that are for the beginner level.
11 am				This event is in the "Youth" group Tot Time 11:15am–11:45am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for fun stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities that promote early literacy. This story time is designed for children 13-23 months with their caregiver. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.			This event is in the "Youth" group Family Story Time 11:00am–11:30am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays that promote early literacy. For children birth-5 years and their caregivers. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.
12 pm			This event is in the "Adults" group Business Book Club - Virtual 12:00pm–1:00pm Adults Business/Career, Book Club Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Age Group: Adults Program Type: Business/Career, Book Club Registration Required Event Details: Join our Virtual Business Book Club, a monthly gathering where entrepreneurs, professionals, and business enthusiasts explore influential works in the world of business.				This event is in the "Youth" group Family Story Time 12:00pm–12:30pm Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Join us for stories, songs, and fingerplays that promote early literacy. For children birth-5 years and their caregivers. Siblings welcome. No registration is required. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.
1 pm						This event is in the "Adults" group Intermediate/Advanced English Language Lessons 1:00pm–2:30pm Adults Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESL Registration Required Event Details: These sessions will be for intermediate/advanced level adults who have been in the USA/Michigan for at least 1-2 years. We will discuss a variety of subjects during our 8 weeks of class.
2 pm	This event is in the "Youth" group Block Party Play Date: Build, Play, Learn! - Youth 2:00pm–4:00pm Youth This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Youth Event Details: Block Party: Build, Play, Learn! is a 2-hour drop-in program designed for young children and their caregivers to explore, build, and connect through a wide variety of block play. Disclaimer(s) Accompanying Adults This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Click here to view our Unattended Child policy.			This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Teen Space 2:45pm–5:00pm Tweens, Teens This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Whole Meeting Room Age Group: Tweens, Teens Teen Space is held from 2:45-5pm, Monday-Friday, downstairs in the Whole Meeting Room, near the Café, during the school year. Students can hang out, play games, including Xbox and Switch, ping pong, board games and more. Come check it out and have fun! Proof of student status is required for admittance. Teen Space is closed during vacation breaks, half days and Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meetings.	This event is in the "Youth" group Fun For Fours & Fives 2:00pm–2:30pm Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Story Time Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Story Time Event Details: Designed to encourage a love of reading, this story time offers 4-5 year-olds their own time for stories, songs, conversation and kid fun. Disclaimer(s) Attending With or Without an Adult Parents, guardians or caregivers of children under the age of seven (7) years must be responsible for maintaining visual contact with and must be in the presence of their child at all times. Parents, guardians or caregivers of children between seven (7) and eleven (11) years old must remain at the Library but not necessarily in visual contact with their child. Click here to read our Unattended Child policy. This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Teen Space 2:45pm–5:00pm Tweens, Teens This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Whole Meeting Room Age Group: Tweens, Teens Teen Space is held from 2:45-5pm, Monday-Friday, downstairs in the Whole Meeting Room, near the Café, during the school year. Students can hang out, play games, including Xbox and Switch, ping pong, board games and more. Come check it out and have fun! Proof of student status is required for admittance. Teen Space is closed during vacation breaks, half days and Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meetings.	This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Teen Space 2:45pm–5:00pm Tweens, Teens This event is in the "Tweens" group This event is in the "Teens" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Whole Meeting Room Age Group: Tweens, Teens Teen Space is held from 2:45-5pm, Monday-Friday, downstairs in the Whole Meeting Room, near the Café, during the school year. Students can hang out, play games, including Xbox and Switch, ping pong, board games and more. Come check it out and have fun! Proof of student status is required for admittance. Teen Space is closed during vacation breaks, half days and Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meetings.
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4 pm					This event is in the "Teens" group Teen Reads Book Club 4:00pm–5:00pm Teens Book Club Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Teens Program Type: Book Club Registration Required Event Details: Teens are invited to join us to read and discuss books for fun! Read the book and come prepared to discuss it with us! September 11: The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum
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6 pm		This event is in the "Adults" group Cancelled Novi Mental Health Alliance Meeting 6:30pm–7:30pm Adults Diversity, Equity & Inclusion This event is in the "Adults" group Cancelled Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: 2nd Floor Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Event Details: The mission of this group is to raise mental health awareness, well-being, and self-efficacy in the Novi Community School District’s (NCSD) K-12 system for students, with the support of parents, staff, and community members.	This event is in the "Youth" group Lego Club 6:30pm–7:15pm Youth Arts & Crafts This event is in the "Youth" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Youth Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Join us once a month for Lego show-and-tell and building activities. We supply the Legos, you supply the imagination. No registration required.	This event is in the "Adults" group Growing Early Literacy Skills Through Songs & Rhymes - A Workshop for Early Childhood Educators (RTRM) 6:30pm–8:30pm Adults Other This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Other Event Details: Growing Early Literacy Skills Through Songs & Rhymes - A Workshop for Early Childhood Educators
7 pm			This event is in the "Adults" group Kaleidoscope: The Curtain Rises 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Friends of the Library Closed Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Closed Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: West Meeting Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Friends of the Library Registration Required Event Details: Presenter: Jeff Thomakos, Producer/Artistic Director, The Inspired Acting Company	This event is in the "Adults" group Friends of Novi Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–8:30pm Adults Friends of the Library This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Friends of the Library	Library Board Meeting 7:00pm–9:00pm Library Board Offsite Event Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Off Site Program Type: Library Board Event Details: Library Board meetings are usually held on the second Thursday of each month, at the Novi Civic Center at 7:00pm, to review library financials, make policy decisions, and provide broad operational oversight of the Library. The public is welcome.

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