Emily Franklin is the author of more than twenty novels, including The Lioness of Boston and a poetry collection, Tell Me How You Got Here. Her award-winning work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guernica, JAMA, and numerous literary magazines as well as long-listed for the London Sunday Times Short Story Award, featured and read aloud on NPR and named notable by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Arnold Lecture Series
Sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries

This program is annually held in honor of Margaret J. "Peg" Arnold.  Ms. Arnold was a resident of Wellesley for nearly 70 years.  She moved to Wellesley with her parents in 1924, graduated from Syracuse University, and earned her Library Science degree at Simmons College. She became the Director and Head Librarian for the Wellesley Free Library in 1950 and served for 31 years. Ms. Arnold was a member of town meeting, and a director of the Wellesley Human Relations Service.  She adored music and played oboe in the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra and the Wellesley College Orchestra. During her tenure as Head Librarian, Ms. Arnold guided the library from minimal quarters in Town Hall to its current location across Washington Street. The Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries was established under her leadership in 1951. Upon Ms. Arnold’s retirement in 1981, the Friends established the Annual Arnold Lecture in her honor.

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