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Shelburne Library News: Murder and Mayhem

June 4, 2016   ·   0 Comments

By Rose Dotten

 

Mystery and Mayhem: Authors in the Hills of Mulmur.  Sunday, August 21 @ 1:00 pm.

Get ready for a fabulous crime writers event and lots of extras, mysteries and suspense thrown in! Ken Weber, of Five Minute Mystery fame will be the moderator as we welcome Ian Hamilton, Steve Burrows, and Inger Ash Wolfe (Michael Redhill) to talk about their books and their crime fighting characters.

It will be a fun time with refreshments, tasty treats and perhaps a mystery located in one of the old buildings at the Dufferin County Museum. Look for more information coming shortly.

 

Children’s Programs

This nice weather has brought many children out to our storytime on Fridays at 10.30 a.m. It is for ages 2 and up.

There is a different theme each week, with songs, finger plays, crafts and a story. Come and join us any Friday.

Spaces are available for the Paws to Read program.

This is a great experience for any child who would like to practice reading to Mac, the poodle.

Call the Library to make an appointment for Tuesdays from 3.45 to 4.45 p.m.

The LEGO program is on Wednesdays from 3.30 to 4.30 for ages 8 and up.

There is a different theme each week.

Once the TD Summer Reading Club starts, we will also have a LEGO Club for the younger ones.

Speaking of which, the excitement is building up as we make our plans for the TD Summer Reading Club which kicks-off on Saturday, July 9 at 10.30.

The sign-up sheets are ready, so call the Library at 519-925-2168 for more information and sign up for any or all of these programs.

 

Teen Scene:

Last week was our book club meeting where we discussed the titles Everything, Everything and Matched. Because these titles really revolved around the settings within them, we decided to exercise our creative writing skills by building our own narrative worlds.

The teens divided into two groups in order to discuss the particulars of their new worlds; things like geography, social classes, technology, religion, food, and entertainment were all part of the discussion. Once again, the creativity and diversity in worlds was amazing.

Can you believe that in an alternate world, there is still a place for Vampstergram (vampires + Instagram)?

This week, we have a really neat sun catcher craft planned for Teen Scene on Thursday night and while we wait for it to dry we will try out another writing activity.

We have a plan for the summer reading activities for our teens, but could still use some input on the activities. To do so, just come into the YA section in the Library and fill out the quick survey!

 

New Books:

Fiction:

Empress on Her Own by Allison Pataki

Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R. Lansdale

The House of Daniel by Harry Turtledove

The House of Wives by Simon Choa-Johnston

Off the Grid by P.J. Tracy

The World According to Anna by Jostein Gaarder

The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond

Titans by Leila Meacham

The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy

Visions by Kelley Armstrong

The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

 

Non fiction:

Missing Man by Barry Meier

Voices: Selected Short Stories, Poems and Memoirs from the Hackmatack Writers

The China Study Solution by Thomas Campbell

The Winter Fortress: the Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb

The Age Fix by Anthony Youn, M.D.

Hungry Girl: Clean and Hungry by Lisa Lillien

It’s All Easy by Gwyneth Paltrow

Two Freedoms by Hugh Segal

 

         

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