Library Closed Fri, August 15 for a Staff In-Service Day

NPL will reopen on Saturday, August 16 at 10am. As a reminder, NPL is fine free and no items will be due during the closure. We encourage you to enjoy your materials for an extra day and return them when we reopen.

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Featured Events

Human Library Open Call for Volunteer Books

All Day 7/31 - 9/2

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Library Branch: Virtual

Event Details:

We are currently in the process of recruiting human "books"! In the best sense of the word, The Human Library is a library of people and their experiences with prejudice. However, instead of books, actual humans are on loan for conversations.

NO-VI Chess Club

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Youth, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Registration Required

Strange Lands Book Club

Thursday, August 28, 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.

Image promoting the Virtual Business Book Club. Image is of a laptop. On the laptop screen is an image of a book with a black cover and the words Virtual Business Book Club.

Business Book Club - Virtual

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open

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.

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, September 3rd, 6:00–7:00 PM.' The right side shows the cover of the book 'Boris on the Move' by Andrew Joyner, with an illustration of a gray animal (a warthog) running with a green camper in the background.

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

Wednesday, September 3, 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

Intermediate Geneaology Seminar Saturday Sept. 6th 10:30am-3pm

Intermediate Geneaology Class with Northville Genealogical Society

Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 3:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Board Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Historical Commission, Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

This is an intermediate geneology seminar. Participants should have some knowledge and understanding of geneaology and genealogical resources.

SCHEDULE

10:30-12:30pm -Geneaology Talk

For the Love of Poetry @ Sweetwaters Coffee and Tea

Monday, September 8, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Library Branch: Off Site

Registration Required

Event Details:

Do you love poetry? Do you also write poetry? If your answer is “yes", then please join fellow poetry lovers for reading, analyzing, writing poems, and having fun.

Business Book Club

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Youth Activity 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.

Miracle on Piquette Plant History talk. September 23rd, 2025 at 7pm at Novi Public Library

NHC Event: The Miracle on Piquette Avenue

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Upcoming

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Room: Whole Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Historical Commission

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Don LaCombe, automotive historian, and go behind-the-scenes to learn how the birthplace of the Model T was saved and started its new life as a world-renowned museum.

Toilet Training Basics Workshop - Virtual

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Open

Library Branch: Novi Public Library

Age Group: Adults

Registration Required

Event Details:

Learning to use the toilet is a big step for young children—and it’s not always easy to know when or how to begin.

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Time	Mon (4/20)	Tue (4/21)	Wed (4/22)	Thu (4/23)	Fri (4/24)	Sat (4/25)
10 am		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 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 "Youth" group Baby Time 10:15am–10:30am Youth Story Time This event is in the "Youth" group 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.
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 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 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.
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2 pm	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 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 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 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 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 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 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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6 pm		This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Spanish Conversation Group 6:30pm–8:00pm Teens, Adults Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Teens" group This event is in the "Adults" group Upcoming Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Board Room Age Group: Teens, Adults Program Type: Conversation Groups, Cultural/International, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Registration Required Event Details: Hola amigos! All levels of Spanish speakers from ZERO to NATIVE are welcome to join us! High school students welcome.
7 pm		This event is in the "Tweens" group Novi Inklings Creative Writing Club 7:00pm–8:00pm Tweens Arts & Crafts, Other Open Registration Required This event is in the "Tweens" group Open Library Branch: Novi Public Library Room: Youth Activity Room Age Group: Tweens Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Other Registration Required Event Details: Future writer? Grow your creativity at our tween creative writing club! Practice your writing skills, learn about storytelling, and share your work with your peers! 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.

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