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November 2021 Greetings from the Library |
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We are a drop off location! Shoeboxes are back for 2021! Last year only cash donations were accepted for The Muskoka Shoebox Project but this year you get to create your own gift of love for local women in need. For a refresher on what the project is all about, how to create a filled shoebox, other ways to donate, and other details, please read more. We will be accepting filled boxes for the project here at the Port Carling branch library through the month of November. |
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Give or take
We will soon be putting up our tree inside the library that will be decorated with new mitts, gloves, and hats. Anyone is welcome to help themselves to the warm winter wear as needed. We've had a recent donation of two bags of beautiful hand knit mittens so we have a great start! Are you a knitter? A shopper? We invite you to help decorate the tree with new winter wear, too!
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Egad!
Thank you so much for thinking of us! Between your very generous donations of your used books and the library's constant requirement to keep the shelves pertinent and organized by removing outdated books, our used books shelves are busting at the seams! As a result, we now can only accept donations of books that have been published in the last 24 months and are in excellent condition. Where else can you donate your older books? Try your local thrift shops, used books stores, hospice, and senior's residences. |
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Terry O'Reilly
November 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. "The fear of failing often holds us back" states O'Reilly. His latest book, My Best Mistake, will change how you think about screwing up and will encourage you to accept mistakes and embrace the obstacles that may arise from those errors, leading you to unexpected breakthroughs and silver linings of your own. Copies of his book, with a signed bookplate, will be available for purchase. Email us to receive the Zoom access code. Codes will be sent out the day before the event. |
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Glynis Peters
December 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. A break from our usual evening time slot for our popular author events, we invite you for 'morning tea' with historical fiction writer, Glynis Peters, (The Forgotten Orphan, The Orphan Thief, The Secret Orphan. Peters will be joining us from her home in Essex, England and will discuss her latest book, The Red Cross Orphans, which will be available, with signed bookplate, for purchase. Email us to receive the Zoom access code. Codes will be sent out the day before the event. |
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Zoom events When you join us for our virtual author events, you will not be on camera nor will your microphone be activated. So, you can dress down, dress up, dance, sing and no one else joining the event will see or hear you! But, you will be able to 'talk' to the author to ask questions or make comments using the chat feature of Zoom. Now you know! |
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State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise PennyI have to admit I was dubious about whether I wanted to invest time into the co-authorship of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny. I am a huge fan of Louise Penny and her Inspector Gamache series but I was unsure about what Clinton would bring to the table. Clinton and Penny caught my interest from page one of State of Terror. I stepped into a fast paced, detailed, and gripping narrative.....  |
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Imagine Violet Blooming
by Mary E. Hughes
Imagine Violet Blooming completes The Violet Trilogy. Now in her thirties, Violet embraces her growing role in Toronto musical society as the wife of a celebrated conductor. In letters to family and friends, she writes of the challenges of managing a busy household with five children, the grief of losing loved ones, and the pleasures of summer in ever-changing Muskoka at the turn-of-the-century. But amidst the gently unfolding domestic dramas, there is always uncertainty: will Toronto's first permanent orchestra survive?
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All over the Map : Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road
by Ron James
In All Over the Map, Ron has brilliantly captured the voice that has enthralled millions on stage and screen. He also lets up a little on the usually relentless laughs (though there are still plenty of those) to reveal a new dimension to his beloved showbiz character. His hilarious reminiscences of growing up in Nova Scotia and his early struggles as an aspiring comic, his reveries on such topics as family, country, celebrity and lessons learned from myriad chance encounters will deepen our appreciation for this great comic and win him many new fans in his new role as author.
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Harlem shuffle
by Colson Whitehead
A furniture salesman in 1960s Harlem becomes a fence for shady cops, local gangsters and low-life pornographers after his cousin involves him in a failed heist, in the new novel from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad.
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1979 : an Allie Burns novel
by Val McDermid
Journalist Allie Burns teams up with another aspiring investigative journalist, Danny Sullivan, for a series of stories in 1979 Glasgow about international tax fraud and a domestic terrorist group that create enemies and get one of them killed.
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