Shelburne Library news

August 20, 2015 · 0 Comments

Summer Programming
Children`s Programs:
This is the final week for the TD Summer Reading Program, so please bring in your reading books to record the how much you have read over the summer.
Our events this week in brief…
This is the final week for our activities till September.
Monday – French and English story time at 10:30.
Tuesday – Lego at 10:30 for the younger children.
Wednesday – crafts and Paws to Read at 10:30.
Friday – story time at 10:30.
Saturday, August 22 is our Grand Finale at 10:30 for those children who participated in the TD Summer Reading Program, by reading books and having them recorded. Please let us know if you are coming that day by registering @ the library 519-925-2168
Teen Scene:
August 17th-21st
As part of our healthy living month, our teens started doing yoga at the library on Tuesday afternoons. We will also hold our last summer craft session on Thursday night (Aug 20th). It’s hard to believe, but there is only one week left in our Teen Summer Reading Challenge! All reading hours and challenge submissions must be submitted by August 22nd to be entered into our Grand Prize draw. We will host our wind-up, Mad-Hatter style, tea party on Thursday, August 27th, from 6:00-7:30pm. All teens welcome.
NEWS:
Coming up fast, the exciting event, Authors in the Hills of Mulmur at Pegram Farm! It takes place on August 23 at 1:00 with 4 great authors, Trevor Cole, Catherine Gildiner, Plum Johnson and Terry O’Reilly. They will also be on hand after their talks to sign books and mingle. The ticket price is $35.00 and includes the author talks, refreshments and food served by some of our excellent local restaurants and caterers. Tickets and more information available @the library…. they are going fast. Drop by and pick yours up or call for more information… 519-925-2168
NEW BOOKS
My treat over the last week has been reading Jane Urquhart’s latest book, The Night Stages. She is absolutely my favourite author, in terms of using language in beautiful and complex ways; in developing characters and in exploring the very depths of their soul. She does this by juxtaposing time frames, locations, and characters. At times, she leaves you perplexed and you go back to reread several times to regain the flow of the story. This book is a challenge in many ways… it will be great to compare notes once a few of you have read this book.
Fiction:
Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor
Racing in the rain by John L. Parker, Jr.
My grandmother sends her regards & apologizes by Fredrik Backman
Will & Tom by Matthew Plampin
The Invisible guardian by Dolores Redondo
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
The invasion of the tearling by Erika Johansen
The naked eye by Irish Johansen
After the storm by Linda Castillo
Cold frame by P.T. Deutermann

Non fiction:
Disrupt you! by Jay Samit
Great by choice by Jim Collins
Disrupt: think the unthinkable to spark transformation in your business by Luke Williams
Brain maker by David Perlmutter, MD
Return of a king: the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 by William Dalrymple
Behind the lines: powerful and revealing American and foreign war letters, edited by Andrew Carroll
Forgotten ally: China’s World War II, 1937-1945 by Rana Mitter
The Half has never been told: slavery and the making of American capitalism by Edward E. Baptist
The Most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses by Kevin Birmingham
The War of the world: twentieth-century conflict and the descent of the West by Niall Ferguson
Johnny Cash: the life by Robert Hilburn
Someone is hiding something: what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? by Richard Belzer

By Rose Dotten