Vikings read book talk: A Long Way Home

Posted on January 7, 2016 by gladwind

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Join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, January 13th, to discuss Saroo Brierly’s memoir A Long Way Home.  Bring your lunch and your opinions.

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Vikings Read book talk: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Posted on December 10, 2015 by gladwind

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Please join us on Wednesday, December 16th, at lunch for our next Vikings Talk book talk. This time we’ll be discussing Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Bring your lunch and your opinions.

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Randall Munroe TED Talk

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

comics-what-if-randall-munroe-01 A popular non-fiction book this year has been What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe. He did a TED Talk last year on comics that ask “what if…”. It’s interesting to watch him talk about the process of coming to a serious scientific answer when people pose these absurd questions. Check it out.

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Vikings Talk: The Martian

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

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Please join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, November 18th, for our first Vikings Talk book discussion of the year. We’ll be discussing The Martian. Come tell us what you think of the book, the movie, space travel, potatoes, or scientific accuracy in fiction. We’ll talk about whatever comes to mind. Bring your lunch to eat during the book talk.

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Pictures from the Vikings Read 2016 launch

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

[metaslider id=1518]The launch for this year’s Vikings Read was a success, with our Vikings Talk library club members working hard to sell people on the books that they were promoting.

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Vikings Read 2016 Launch!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by gladwind

The launch for this year’s Vikings Read program will take place in the library at lunch on Wednesday, October 28th. Please come and join us to find out what this year’s books are. We have ten awesome new titles for you to read and choose a favourite from to be this year’s winner.  Maybe you’ll find your new favourite book.

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Library Club June Party

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Vikings Read 2015 Winner Revealed!

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

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Thank you to all who attended our Vikings Read 2015 Reveal Bash! As you may have already heard, Eleanor Park by Rainbow Rowell was the winner. We had a record number of voters this year and it was a packed house in the Library’s fiction section where we had door prizes, cake, and trivia during Wednesday’s lunch hour. Stay tuned for Vikings Read 2016 which will be Vikings Read 10th anniversary!

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