Summer has arrived at the Millarville Community Library and our Summer programs for kids have begun. Drop-in reading challenges, story walks and more will be happening on Wednesday mornings throughout July and August.
As well, Marigold is offering two children’s programs; the first one is Check Out the Stars on Tuesday July 12th 10-11 am and the second one will be on Wednesday Aug 16th 2-3 pm. Please come in or call the library at 403-931-3919 to register.
Library hours for the summer began July 4th, Tuesdays from 9-12 and Wednesdays from 10:00 to 7:30.
Teens from 12-17 can enrol in Marigold’s summer programs with chances to win some great prizes by submitting pieces of art or creative writing to TeenZine. Registration began on June 28th. Check out the reading challenges at marigoldprograms.ca for all the information you’ll need.
We promised our very own BEST READS LIST compiled from ten book clubs in the area. You’ll find classics new and old in the list.
Here they are: Native Born Son by Marnie Bickle, Still Life by Sarah Winman, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence, The Difference by Marina Endicott, The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, Pachinko by Min Lee Jin, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland, Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.
You can help raise funds for the library by saving your cans and bottles for our September 5-7 bottle drive at Millarville . Another option is to take them in to the Turner Valley bottle depot and tell them at the beginning that you are donating to MCL. This is much appreciated.
This month we are reviewing That Summer in Berlin by local author, Lecia Cornwall. We are delighted that she has consented to talk to us about her book in the fall. Stay tuned to facebook and instagram for the dates TBA. This book is an intriguing, atmospheric tale about a daring young woman who struggles to expose the Nazi lies behind the dazzling spectacle of the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Presenting as an entitled British tourist she takes “holiday snaps” which show what is really going on in Nazi Germany. And it’s available in our library – a great summer read!
