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Exploring genre blends

Catherine Coles Coles Notes It seems with every passing year there are more novels that take a sledgehammer to genre ...
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Staff picks June roundup

Catherine Coles Coles Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books ...
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Appreciating a character driven story

Catherine Coles Coles Notes A character-driven reader is someone who reads in order to get into the head of an ...
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And to think that I saw it on Alfred Street

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When I was a child, one of my favourite stories my mom would read ...
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What I’m reading this summer

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Now that summer is clearly upon us and the weather is warming up, it is once ...
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Making a case for the midnight gardener

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Around our home I’ve earned a nickname as ‘The Midnight Gardener.’ At various times ...
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Telling your story

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Over the past month, the L&A Libraries have been running a series of memoir writing workshops ...
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Many changes during three generations of nurses

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When Beverly Ketchen graduated from the Peterborough Civic Hospital, School of Nursing on Sept ...
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Picture books that celebrate books

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Patricia from the Napanee Branch Library has been running successful, highly engaging storytimes for several years ...
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Off to the market to fill the larder

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Coat –check. Wallet – check. With bank card – check. Keys – check. And ...
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