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Catherine Coles Coles Notes A character-driven reader is someone who reads in order to get into the head of an interesting character. This is different from those who read for…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When I was a child, one of my favourite stories my mom would read to my siblings and I before bed, was the Dr…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Now that summer is clearly upon us and the weather is warming up, it is once again time to make reading an outside activity. In my…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Around our home I’ve earned a nickname as ‘The Midnight Gardener.’ At various times over the years it’s been used with affection and at…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Over the past month, the L&A Libraries have been running a series of memoir writing workshops at our Amherstview and Napanee Branches. These workshops, which were…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest When Beverly Ketchen graduated from the Peterborough Civic Hospital, School of Nursing on Sept. 2, 1959, she was wearing a crisp, clean, pure white…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes Patricia from the Napanee Branch Library has been running successful, highly engaging storytimes for several years now. Naturally, she has developed eye for books that are…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest Coat –check. Wallet – check. With bank card – check. Keys – check. And off I go slipping into my ride, grocery bags on…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest The formal dining room in our home is a central feature with access to the living room, kitchen, sunroom and spare room and has…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes A successful book club pick must accomplish many things. For starters, it has to be a compelling read so the busy people in your club will…