Can't Wait for Novel Night 2027? Think Booktemberfest 2026...
Novel Night awaits in 2027, but don't fret! You can be transported to a biergarten right here in Pelham this October by attending Booktemberfest 2026.

Booktemberfest Tickets

Donate to the Pelham Library HERE

WHAT IS NOVEL NIGHT?
Pelham's Novel Night is a biannual fundraiser to benefit the Town of Pelham Public Library. It is hosted by the Friends of the Town of Pelham Public Library, a fundraising board for the library.

​HOW NOVEL NIGHT WORKS

 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.    Dinners  
In Pelham homes, local individuals host a party themed around a novel with food, drink, and décor to match.
You choose the dinner you’d like to attend. Dress is Novel Attire or Cocktail.

 9 p.m. –  12 a.m.    After Party  
Everyone heads to the Afterparty for drinks, desserts, and dancing. 
Novel Night bracelets will be distributed for all event ticket holders, and must be worn for admittance to the after party.

WHAT TO WEAR
Novel Dress or Cocktail Attire
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TICKET LEVELS
Friend, $275  * Patron, $500 * Benefactor, $1,000 * After Party only, $150
Tickets to Novel Night 2025 have been sold out - thank you for your generosity!
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NOVEL NIGHT & THE FRIENDS OF THE TOWN OF
​PELHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

​The Friends of the Town of Pelham Public Library is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for the Town of Pelham Public Library. Every other year, we hold Pelham's biggest party, our signature fund-raiser, Novel Night. For more than two decades, the Friends of the Town of Pelham Public Library have made significant contributions to the Library’s annual budget. Your support of the Friends’ biennial fund-raiser, Novel Night, has made that possible. Thanks to you, in recent years we have funded a communications consultant and the Library's newsletter; staged the town-wide community read, Pelham Reads!; and supported hundreds of free programs for all Library patrons. We look forward to celebrating the Library’s twenty-fifth anniversary with the community this year. 

THE FRIENDS OF THE TOWN OF PELHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
 Elizabeth Ritchie and Jessyka Calzolaio, Co-Presidents
Andra Troy, Treasurer 
Suzanne McNamara, Secretary
Courtney Maron, Afterparty Chair Novel Night 2025  

Board    
 Ferdinand Gallo | Zoe Henrique | Gilyana Jones  |  Laura Kalehoff  |​ Lauren Keenan | Monika Konieczna | Jamie McLean  | Peter Occolowitz |  Amy O'Hara |  Elizabeth Pacia Di Luozzo |  Jessica Russo ​| Yanna Sigenlaub | Leah Tahbaz | Alexandra ​Valdes - Fauli | Sarah Yarnall
  

TOWN OF PELHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Robert Gimigliano, President   |   ​Lisa Robb, Vice President  | ​  Amie Hughes, Secretary  | Michael Jenks, Town Liaison     ​
Augusta Turner, Library Director 

Nadira Boodhoo |  Diane Gutch  |  Matthew Kane 
  Andrew Pierpont |  Susan Quintin  |  Judith Shampanier  |  Catherine Sheehy  | Paul A. Tapogna