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Shelburne Library News: It’s finally here!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 21st @ 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 |
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