Beverly Public Library

Beverly has lost one of its own. John Updike, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and Beverly Farms resident, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the age of 76. He will be sorely missed by the community and our thoughts are with his wife Martha, his children, and all of those who loved and admired him.
Mr. Updike was a prolific author and many editions of his works are available at the library.

The Main Library has recently begun offering three more discount passes to area attractions: the Stone Zoo, the Franklin Park Zoo, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston. For details on admission fees with the pass, click here.

Construction of a new dormitory on the block where the main library is located, the corner of Winter and Essex Streets, will continue during the next few months. This means a steady stream of large construction vehicles on Winter Street, with limited on-street parking. Additionally, through-access on Winter Street (to Essex Street) may be suspended some days. On these days, 2-way access on Winter Street will be set up.

The Winter Street parking lot and library entrance are heavily used by children, seniors, and handicapped patrons. We ask all library visitors to use extra caution and patience when entering and exiting the Winter Street lot, and to obey the traffic pattern in the lot, during this time. Thank you for your cooperation!

Do you like to read biographies, history, science, adventures, mysteries, fantasy, or romance? Whatever your interests, check out our new e-mail newsletter service, NextReads, which will send great book suggestions by email. Each newsletter includes new books that may be of interest and some older ones that you may have missed, with links to the library catalog so you can see what’s available and place requests for books you want to read.