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Windsor Library's Newsletter for Readers

March 2026

Join us for this multi-generational conversation with local Windsor Author Gregory B. Hladky. Hladky will discuss his first young adult novel, "The Witchwillow Tree". He will share behind-the-scenes stories of the writing process, his inspiration and his journey to publication. A Q&A and book signing will follow. Please call the Reference Desk with any questions at 860-285-1918. Registration is required.

The Windsor Public Library and Wilson Branch are preparing for a major upgrade to our library catalog system this spring. Our library is part of the 40-plus–member LCI consortium, which shares a common catalog. All LCI libraries will be migrating to the new system together.

If you regularly search the catalog or place your own holds, you’ll notice a refreshed, easier-to-use interface starting in June. If you currently use our library’s app to access your barcode or manage your account, please be aware that the app will be unavailable beginning Tuesday, April 7. A new app will launch in June as part of the upgraded system. If you have further questions about this, please call the Windsor Public Library at 860-285-1910 or the Wilson Branch at 860-247-8960.

Coming to a bookshelf near you!

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His and Hers by Alice Feeney

There is a new limited series on Fetflix based on the novel by Alice Feeney.There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying.

When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessentially British village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Someone isn’t telling the truth, and some secrets are worth killing to keep.

His & Hers is a twisty, smart, psychological thriller. A gripping tale of suspense, told by expertly-drawn narrators that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Book Club Corner

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

This is an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

Spotlight: Women's Herstory Month

Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality by Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Brown-Nagin captures the story of Constance Baker Motley, a remarkable figure who remade law and inspired the imaginations of African Americans across the country. Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first Black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only Black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs. The Board of Education, and played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South. She was the first Black woman elected to the state Senate in New York, the first woman elected Manhattan Borough President, and the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary.

To her credit by Kaitlin Culmo & Emily McDermott

This book celebrates the stories of women, from ancient times until the 1990s, whose contributions have been overwritten and even attributed to men. The authors seek to reclaim the work of these deserving heroines and offer reminders of what we lose when we don’t question history as it has been written. You may think you know the stories behind the world’s most well-known, groundbreaking achievements, but 'To Her Credit' is here to make you reevaluate our collective story as it has been written.

The sea captain's wife : a true story of mutiny, love, and adventure at the bottom of the world by Tilar J. Mazzeo

This book tells the story of the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship, and the extraordinary circumstances that lead to that achievement. Set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush and taking us all the way to the brink of Antarctica, 'The Sea Captain's Wife' finally gives Mary Ann Patten—the first woman to command a merchant vessel as captain — her due. Mazzeo draws on new archival research from nineteenth-century women’s maritime journals and on her own expedition to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica in search of Mary Ann’s route. Thrilling, harrowing, and heroic, The Sea Captain's Wife is the story of one woman who, for love, would do what was necessary to survive.