The Westport Library is many things: a space for talks, movies and concerts. A maker space. A recording studio, for podcasts and music. A place to do research, use computers, find help with everything from taxes to borrowing tools. A café.
But at its heart, it is — as it always has been — about books.
Reading is everywhere at the Library. From early literacy programs to book groups, audiobooks to digital downloads, buddy lists to summer reading, everyone can find a program or plan to get them reading, and connect them to a community of other readers.
So it makes sense for the Westport Library to tie together many different forms of reading.
“We Read” is a new initiative that integrates the Library’s diverse literary offerings into one place.
The “We Read” landing page offers links to:
- Author and book talks
- Book groups
- “Buddy Reading” program (connecting young readers with high school students)
- Digital Library (e-books, audiobooks, digital magazines)
- Early literacy programs
- Quietist Library
- Reading Challenges
- WestportREADS.
Speaking of WestportREADS — the program that each winter invites everyone read the same book, and meet, reflect on and delight in it through discussion groups, lectures, films and more — this year wrapped up with a keynote from the author herself.
More than 200 people filled the Trefz Forum on February 19, as award-winning writer Eiren Caffall dove into the depths of her debut novel, “All the Water in the World.”
WestportREADS’ 2026 selection.
With moderator Catherine Shen of Connecticut Public Radio, she reflected on how stories help us endure uncertainty, and how literature can serve as both mirror and compass.
In true library pass-it-on fashion, WestportREADS’ 250 copies of “All the Water in the World” will not go to waste. They’ll be donated to high school libraries across Fairfield County.
(Speaking of donating: Please support 2 different reading endeavors: the Westport Library, and “06880.” You can donate to our hyper-local blog here, and the Library here. Thank you!)
