Shelburne Library News

June 10, 2016 · 0 Comments

By Rose Dotten

OOPS!

I made a typo, or whatever excuse I can use to cover up my error in last week’s column.

The Authors in the Hills of Mulmur event is actually titled Mystery and Mayhem, not Murder and Mayhem. The other information is correct!

It is still on Sunday, August 21, at 1 p.m.

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.

Market Time

It is the season again for the wonderful Shelburne Farmers’ Market, right across from the library.

You can watch for us there as we had a great time talking to our patrons and meeting new ones as well. We have a really nice selection of donated books that will be for sale and we have lots of information about our summer programs, and all the terrific e-resources we have available for you.

When was the last time you went on our website and looked at FLIPSTER?

We ordered some new magazines and renewed some favourites.

Do you realize that over 2,000 of the e-magazines have been signed out from our library in the past year? Keep reading!

Children’s Programs

Mac the poodle, and his owner Darlene (Paws to Read) are taking a well-deserved holiday for the months of June and July. We really thank them for their dedication and keen interest in our young readers. They will return to again the beginning of August.

We will let you know in plenty of time to sign up for reading to Mac.

The LEGO club is continuing on Wednesday after school from 3.30 to 4.30 p.m. for ages 8 and up.

There is a different theme each week and we have started incorporating our “Little Bits” which are mechanical components, so the items made will light up or spin a fan.

The children are learning all kinds of ways to use circuit boards to enhance their projects.

Teen Scene

They finally arrived!

Both Ariel’s hard copy of her award-winning art and her prize, a signed copy of Jeyn Robert’s “The Bodies We Wear” were received at the Library this week!

Congratulations again on your outstanding art, Ariel! You made us very proud!

Planning for the Teen Summer Reading Challenge activities is coming along nicely, and I think the Teens are going to have a lot of fun as they join us this summer.

Activities will range from active to artistic, and everything in between. The fun commences at the launch party on Thursday, July 7 at 6 p.m. Bring your friends!

Lastly, teens can come to the Library this Thursday, June 9, for a night of Carefree Creations.

What this means is we will provide the art supplies, you provide the creativity.

You will have one hour in an environment in which there is no pressure to create something “good.” Creations will be on display for one week, and fellow patrons will vote on the most care-free creation! The winner will receive their prize at June’s book club meeting on June 30.

Also, per request of the teens, no teen events will take place June 23rd as they prepare for exams!

Good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favour!

New Books:

Fiction:

The Gangster by Clive Cussler

Fellside by M.R. Carey

The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Three-Martini Lunch by Suzanne Rindell

Redemption Road by John Hart

The Father by Anton Svensson

Maestra by L.S. Hilton

The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton