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April 2024 |
Welcome to our monthly newsletter featuring all that's happening at your library. |
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Several of our branches have used book sales scheduled for the spring! Proceeds from sales support library programming.
Coldstream Library: Saturday, May 25 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Glencoe Library: Saturday, May 4 at the Mother's Day Market at the Agricultural Hall from 11:00am to 3:00pm (proceeds to support the SWM Animal Shelter).
Ilderton Library: Saturday, May 4 from 8:30am-12:30pm. Mt. Brydges Library: Saturday, June 1 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Strathroy Library: Thursday, June 13 from 9am-8pm, Friday, June 14 from 9am-7pm and Saturday, June 15 from 10am-2pm.
Wardsville Library: Saturday, June 22 from 8:00am to 11:00am.
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New Bus Route
Middlesex County Connect riders are now able to travel from Dorchester to London, and then on to St. Thomas. Visit the County of Middlesex website for more details.
Middlesex County Connect passes are still available to borrow for free from the Dorchester, Lucan and Ilderton Libraries. Learn more! |
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Board Games at the Library
With a variety of games to choose from, you can borrow quality time, mental workouts and friendly competition from your library! Board game collections are available at most Middlesex County Libraries; games available varies by location.
Explore available games using our online catalogue. Please note that games cannot be placed on hold and must be picked up at the owning library. |
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Career Cafés
Get help navigating the labour market with local employment specialists at the library! Community Employment Choices will be visiting select branches, offering refreshments and advice on looking for work or making a change in your career. These are drop-in events.
Glencoe Library: Tuesday, April 16 from 12:00pm-2:00pm Dorchester Library: Thursday, April 18 from 10:30am - 12:30pm Parkhill Library: Wednesday, May 8 from 11:00am-1:00pm |
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PressReader
A world of information is available through PressReader and your Middlesex County Library card gives you unlimited access! Find newspapers and magazines from around the world, at home or when visiting a library branch. Learn more about getting started with PressReader with our guide. |
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Tales and Trails
To commemorate Earth Day, we are featuring the children's storybook One Earth! Count the reasons to love the planet and ways to protect it in the pages of this conservation-themed book.
Use our handy map to find a trail near you. |
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We are excited to open our new Sensory Light Room in Ilderton! Light sensory play uses lights, shadows, and transparent materials to stimulate imagination and creativity in child development. It is a fun interactive way to help children explore and discover the world around them. Come check out the space during our EarlyON programs. Visit us Tuesdays 9-11 a.m. for Play & Learn and
1-3 p.m. for Baby Time; and Thursdays 9-11 a.m. for Play & Learn. |
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| Celebrating 50 Years of Stephen King | |
Click on the book cover to place a hold. |
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This year is the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Carrie. Originally published on April 5, 1974, Carrie was King's first novel. To celebrate, some of staff have shared their favourite Stephen King books and memories!
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| Stephen King |
“I have been a constant reader of Stephen King’s novels since I read my first while trying to kill time after finishing a test in high school in 2001. The book was recommended to me by a friend, though I was hesitant due to Stephen King’s reputation for horror, which was not my style (that’s since changed). The book was The Gunslinger, and it remains my favourite novel of all time. I recall actually skipping classes in high school to finish the novel because I could not just put it down. I am not sure if skipping class to read a book makes me more of a nerd or a rebel – but I wear both labels proudly. Luckily for me, The Gunslinger was only the first novel in the larger Dark Tower series - so I plenty of more time to spend in that world, and all of the others the Stephen King has created.”
- Josh, Community Navigator |
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| Stephen King |
"My first experience of Stephen King’s work is a lesser-known novel called Desperation. I inherited a copy from an older, cooler cousin. Because my cousin was so cool, and the book had a strange, creepy cover, I read it soon after receiving it. It was the first time I read a line in a book that truly gave me chills! Desperation is about a group of strangers who are abducted and trapped in a desolate desert town by a corrupt sheriff. Things get unexpectedly supernatural, and an ancient, evil being gets involved. It may not be King’s scariest or most complex work of fiction, but it was a very fun read!"
- Courtney, Glencoe & Melbourne Supervisor |
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"It was Cujo for me. I’m not sure this is my favourite King book, but I’m pretty sure it was the first one I read (as a pre-teen) and it was one of the most memorable – I remember the book being so much more intense than the movie! I still sometimes think about what I would survive on if I was trapped in my car by a rabid dog…with no cell service, of course!"
- Lindsay, Director of Library Services |
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| Stephen King |
"The Shining had a huge impact on me. With it’s intensity of the storyline and escalating pace of the undoing of the family, I was riveted. Years later one of my children would write REDRUM on our unfinished basement wall as a joke…I don’t think I will ever recover."
- Shelah, Komoka Assistant |
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| Stephen King |
"I really enjoyed The Institute by Stephen King. The Wardsville Book Club read it last year. I chose it for book club because it was out of our usual comfort zone. It was fast paced and kept me guessing the entire way. I didn’t expect to enjoy it and was very pleasantly surprised that I couldn’t put it down!"
- Caralee, Newbury & Wardsville Supervisor |
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| Stephen King |
"I read King non-stop beginning around age 11 (maybe not the best time to start). I devoured Carrie, The Shining and Misery. It and Salem's Lot were also favourites. But in my later teens I abandoned horror for fantasy, and King was forgotten. I rediscovered him when Mr. Mercedes was released. A hard boiled dectective novel, with just a hint of the superntaural, this book and the other two titles that complete the trilogy, made me a King fan all over again!"
- Aimee, Technical Services Coordinator |
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