December 2021

Eight great holiday crafts from Creativebug! 

To help you deck your halls (and tree) this holiday season, one of our creative librarians has pulled together a list of fun craft ideas you can do through classes from Creativebug.

Take a daily ornament challenge, make a wreath or create watercolour cards. All you need is your library card to access these fun craft ideas and many more! 

Get crafting!

Give the gift of library

If you're looking for a stocking stuffer this season, pick up a Give Library card package.

Library cards are like limitless gift cards, offering access to books, e-books, video games, magazines, streaming videos and music and more! The best part? The cards are free, there's no shipping and you don't have to push through shopping crowds to get one.

Visit your local branch to pick up a card package for loved ones or check out our website for a participating retailer near you.

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New reading club launches for teens 

Teens can dive into great reads and connect with other book-loving teens with our new virtual teen book club.

On the Same Page is a virtual book club for teens ages 12-18. Each month, we'll choose a new theme and participants can read the book of their choice and chat about it with our librarians and other teens.

This month, the theme is a book that takes place during a winter holiday, vacation, or celebration. Our first meeting is December 10.

Spread the word!

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Get into the holidays with eResources! 

Many of our customers come to the library for seasonal books, DVDs and CDs around the holidays. If you can’t make it in to the library, or prefer to get things electronically, our library eResources also have a wealth of seasonal content.

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Adult Winter Reading Club starts soon!

Have fun and earn the chance to win prizes with the Adult Winter Reading Club. 

Adult Winter Reading Club kicks off next month. Simply pick up a reading record at your local branch in January or February. For every book you read, you get a draw slip for one of our great prizes. 

Details coming soon!

Indigenous Collection

Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes from Spirit, by Richard Wagamese with an introduction by Drew Hayden Taylor, September 2021

From the publisher, Douglas & McIntyre:

Richard Wagamese, one of Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same.

Following the success of Embers, which has sold almost seventy thousand copies since its release in 2016, this new collection of Wagamese’s non-fiction works, with an introduction by editor Drew Hayden Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author’s short writings, many for the first time in print, and celebrates his ability to inspire. Drawing from Wagamese’s essays and columns, along with preserved social media and blog posts, this beautifully designed volume is a tribute to Wagamese’s literary legacy.


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