Grafton Library hosts N.H. author Jarvis Coffin in Sunday afternoon book talk

On Sunday, Nov. 15 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., New Hampshire neighbor and writer Jarvis Coffin presents selected essays from his published collection: Calmly on the Waters: Seasonal Essays from Monadnock, as part of the Grafton Public Library’s on-going Neighbor-to-Neighbor Discussion Series.

Described as an author with “a light humor and gentle touch,” this retired media and sales executive and former co-owner of The Hancock Inn will delight you with his “acutely observed” essays about the natural world.

Now a full-time writer, he pens the Off the Highway column in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript and has published fiction in Down in the Dirt, The Swannanoa Review and ellipsis…literature and art. Calmly on the Waters is his debut essay collection.

Author Sy Montgomery (and a neighbor of Jarvis in their shared town of Hancock) states that his essays “sometimes funny, sometimes surprising, always delightful—give you a feel for the place I love most in this sweet green world.”

This event will be a welcome respite during a busy time. Relax into Coffin’s essays, as he takes us on a seasonal ramble through his corner of New England. There will be time for Q&A and books are available for purchase. Refreshments will be served.

Reservations are strongly encouraged, so we are able to save a seat for you. Call the library at 802-843-2404 or email librarian@graftonpubliclibrary.org.