Shelburne Library News: It’s finally here!

August 20, 2016 · 0 Comments

By Rose Dotten

This week is going to be an amazing week at YOUR library

Thursday, August 18 @ 2:00 pm

CHILDREN AND YOUTH CARNIVAL

2:00 pm – Canadian author, Maria Gallaugher reading, Red Sparrow’s Glorious Maritime Adventure for the younger children.

2:30 – Indoor and outdoor games, face painting, henna and MUSIC

4:00 – BBQ in our parking Lot.

6:00 – Erin Bow, the exciting YA author of The Scorpion Rules will be talking about writing and publishing in Canada.

Friday, August 19 @ 10:30

BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY

Butterfly Conservatory will be here providing an exciting and educational experience.

Children will be able to see the creatures up close, learn about their habitat and even touch some of them if they want.

Saturday, August 20 @10:30

TD SUMMER READING CLUB, GRAND FINALE

Find out how many books were read. Who read the most books and be prepared for fun and games as well. Prizes galore and a new book for every child attending. See the results of all the fun WILD summer activities.

At Dufferin County Museum and Archives

Sunday, August 21^st @ 1:00 pm

Mystery and Mayhem: Authors in the Hills of Mulmur

Mystery and Mayhem in Mulmur features four of Canada’s “most wanted.” Ken Weber, In the Hills columnist and author of the Five Minute Mysteries and moderator Ian Hamilton will be talking about The Princeling of Nanjing the ninth book in his popular Ava Lee crime series. Inger Ash Wolfe will be discussing his latest book, The Night Bell.

Steve Burrows, one of the hottest new mystery authors in Canada, has a new book called The Cast of Falcons.

Tickets are available for $35 at Shelburne Public Library, BookLore, The Township of Mulmur, Dufferin County Museum and Archives and at www.pegrampicnics.com/mystery. This includes meeting the authors and enjoying delicious hors d’oevres and refreshments. Bring a friend and enjoy a wonderful Sunday afternoon in August.

NEW BOOKS:

We have lots of new books – that is if you have time to read this week!

We don’t with all the activities we’re enjoying this week. I, myself, am working through Annie Proulx’s new book Barkskins. As always, her writing is excellent but it is a difficult book.

Fiction:
Unknown Remains by Peter Leondard
They May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine
Wintering by Peter Geye
Little Sister by David Hewson
The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
The Good Sister by Chelsea Bolan
The Insides by Jeremy P. Bushnell
The Undoing by Averil Dean
On This Foundation by Lynn Austin
In the Cold Dark Ground by Stuart MacBride
An Uncompromising Place by Keith Weaver
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay

Non Fiction:
South: the Illustrated Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe
Jamie’s Comfort Food by Jamie Oliver
What’s Really Happening to our Planet? by Tony Juniper
The Accidental Life by Terry McDonnell