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Catherine Coles Coles Notes We’re officially in to mid-October, and you know what that means, right? It’s spooky season and Halloween is right around the corner! Here are five new…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest A favourite collection of books of mine is the Mitford series, written by author Jan Karon. They’re set in the seemingly ordinary, yet idyllic…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Malcolm Gladwell’s newest book Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know was just released last month, and it is already incredibly popular…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of some of the…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes The 2019 shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, easily Canada’s most prestigious literary award, was announced on Sept 30. The shortlist (and eventual winner) is juried…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes My to-be-read list (TBR) is constantly growing. Even for the most voracious reader, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with the amount of intriguing books released…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes With all of the hype surrounding Margaret Atwood’s new book The Testaments, plenty of attention has once again returned to the original, The Handmaid’s Tale. I…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest The storm clouds were gathering just off in the southern distance. Bright flashes of lightening lit up the dusky sky and the smell of…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest It was rather a daunting task that lay before me. For the past week and a half, each time I wandered in and out…