{"id":8,"date":"2013-02-06T02:48:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T02:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quietcornerreads.org\/\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:39:07","slug":"about-qcreads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About QCReads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>About Quiet Corner Reads <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Quiet Corner Reads is a collaboration of libraries throughout northeastern CT,<br \/>\nworking together to encourage literacy, library support, and community development.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Book \/ One Region Books: Each year, QCReads encourages residents of northeast Connecticut to read the same book at the same time, bringing people together to discuss ideas and to broaden their appreciation of reading. Book discussions and related programs are held at each library and all libraries participate in a joint closing event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Participating Libraries<\/b><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 650px; height: 1002px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/qvcc.edu\/\">CT State Community College at Quinebaug Valley<\/a><br \/>\n742 Upper Main St.<br \/>\nDanielson, CT 06239<br \/>\n860-932-4000<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/theabingtonsociallibrary.org\/\">Abington Social Library<\/a><br \/>\n536 Hampton Road<br \/>\nPomfret Center, CT 06235<br \/>\n860-974-0415<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babcocklibrary.org\/blog1\/\">Babcock Library<\/a><br \/>\n25 Pompey Hollow Rd.<br \/>\nAshford, CT 06278<br \/>\n860-487-4420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/woodstockacademy.org\/home\/bracken-memorial-library-page.html\">Bracken Memorial Library<\/a><br \/>\n57 Academy Rd<br \/>\nWoodstock, CT 06281<br \/>\n860-928-0046<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynct.org\/anm\/templates\/?a=985\">Brooklyn Town Library<\/a><br \/>\n10 Canterbury Rd<br \/>\nBrooklyn, CT 06234<br \/>\n860-774-0649<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canterburylibrary.org\/\">Canterbury Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n1 Municipal Dr.<br \/>\nCanterbury, CT 06331<br \/>\n860-546-9022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"www.chaplinpubliclibrary.org\">Chaplin Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n130 Chaplin St.<br \/>\nChaplin, CT 06235<br \/>\n860-455-9424<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofeastford.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=category&amp;layout=blog&amp;id=47&amp;Itemid=80\">Eastford Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n179 Eastford Rd.<br \/>\nEastford, CT 06242<br \/>\n860-974-0125<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamptonct.org\/community.htm?id=j529xv7r\">Fletcher Memorial Library<\/a><br \/>\n257 Main St.<br \/>\nHampton, CT 06247<br \/>\n860-455-1086<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.killinglypubliclibrary.org\/\">Killingly Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n25 Westcott Rd.<br \/>\nDanielson, CT 06239<br \/>\n860-779-5383<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mansfieldpubliclibraryct.org\/\">Mansfield Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n54 Warrenville Rd.<br \/>\nMansfield, CT 06250<br \/>\n860-423-2501<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wopl-verso.auto-graphics.com\/WelcomePages\/SplashPage1.aspx?cid=wopl&amp;targetLibPK=9177&amp;lid=mml\">May Memorial Library<\/a><br \/>\n15 Prospect St.<br \/>\nWoodstock, CT 06244<br \/>\n860-928-0284<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wopl-verso.auto-graphics.com\/WelcomePages\/SplashPage2.aspx?cid=wopl&amp;lid=nwl\">North Woodstock Library<\/a><br \/>\n1286 Route 169<br \/>\nWoodstock, CT 06281<br \/>\n860-928-2629<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pomfretlibrary.org\/\">Pomfret Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n449 Pomfret St.<br \/>\nPomfret, CT 06258<br \/>\n860-928-3475<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.putnamct.us\/absolutenmnet\/templates\/?a=865&amp;z=211\">Putnam Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n225 Kennedy Dr.<br \/>\nPutnam, CT 06260<br \/>\n860-963-6826<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scotlandpubliclibrary.org\/\">Scotland Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n21 Brook Rd.<br \/>\nScotland, CT 06264<br \/>\n860-423-1492<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thompsonpubliclibrary.org\/\">Thompson Public Library<\/a><br \/>\n934 Riverside Dr.<br \/>\nN. Grosvernordale, CT 06255<br \/>\n860-923-9779<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westwoodstocklibrary.org\/\">West Woodstock\u00a0 Library<\/a><br \/>\n5 Bungay Hill Connector<br \/>\nWoodstock, CT 06281<br \/>\n860-974-0376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Quiet Corner Reads Quiet Corner Reads is a collaboration of libraries throughout northeastern CT, working together to encourage literacy, library support, and community development. One Book \/ One Region Books: Each year, QCReads encourages residents of northeast Connecticut to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/?page_id=8\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About QCReads<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":790,"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quietcornerreads.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}