OCTOBER 2024 Library News

Monday – 1:30 to 6:00 pm                                Wednesday – 12:00 to 6:00 pm

Tuesday – 9:00 to 5:00 pm                                Thursday – 1:30 to 5:00 pm

CLOSED MONDAY OCTOBER 14TH (HAPPY THANSGIVING)

*Please Note Wed.Oct.23 open 10-2pm. Thurs. Oct. 24th Closed

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THE FRIENDS OF STAVELY LIBRARY SOCIETY

We will be selling raffle tickets for a Beautiful Quilt made and graciously donated to the Friends Society by Debbie Vezina. Tickets will be $5/per ticket with only 200 tickets sold, available at the Library Oct. 1st.  Draw will be made in the library on Dec. 2.

 

Our Society is selling tubs of Ice Melt again this year. You can pre- order now by emailing: help@stavelylibrary.ca; or phone the Library at 403-549-2190 or stop in at the library Mon - Thursdays during open hours as posted on the Library Website. $30/pail if pre-ordered before Nov 1st.  Delivery available in town on Nov 6th or can be picked up at the Library or at the Christmas Market Nov. 6th.

Once again, we will be having a 50/50 draw for you to enter and win up to $750 at a cost of $10 per square.  Draw to be on Dec. 18th at the Stavely Municipal Library.   The Tickets can be purchased at the Library beginning November 4th.    We will also have a table set up at the Royal Purple Christmas Market on November 6th to purchase 50/50 tickets.

Next regular meeting and AGM is scheduled for Thursday NOV.14TH @ 7pm.

For more information about our Friends Society, please “Like” us on our Facebook Page

Stavely Library Board- Next meeting Oct. 10th @7pm

The Plot Thickens Garden Club Lecture Series – next lecture is on Wed. Oct 16th

Are you interested in gaining knowledge of plants, gardens and gardening?  The Stavely Public Library will be hosting Jacquie from Randle Handles Horticulture in the Library 7pm to 8:30pm.  Jacquie will be chatting about the affects of drought on trees and how to start preparing to minimize winter burn.   Come join us for a fun and interesting evening with snacks and door prizes provided. Pre-register by email: help@stavelylibrary.ca or text # 403-682-8880. Cost will be a $10 cover charge (can be made by e-transfer to help@stavelylibrary.ca) or cash/cheque that evening.   

The last Lecture for 2024, in the Plot Thickens Garden Lecture Series, is scheduled for November 28th @6:30pm at the Library.   Stavely’s own Leo Nugteren of Baron Design in Nanton will be teaching participants how to create a “High Style Funky” Christmas arrangement. Everyone who registers will take home their own beautiful creation.  There will be a fee of $40 to offset the cost of supplies.  Please register and e-transfer payment to: help@stavelylibrary.ca before Nov. 21st or visit the Library to register. 

Scholastic Book Fair – is back again this fall!  The Stavely Municipal Library/Stavely School will be hosting the Book Fair open to the public starting Mon. Nov. 25th to Thurs. Nov. 28th

10 am to 6pm, with the last day to purchase on Mon. Dec. 2. 10 am to 2 pm.  All purchases go toward our Book Fair dollars to support our cause to put more books on the shelf for our school and community.  With Christmas around the corner, give the gift of reading!

BOOK CLUB – Next meeting will be Thursday Oct. 3 in the library at 7pm. We will be discussing “The Book Haters’ Book Club” by Gretchen Anthony; “The Bookshop of Yesterdays” by Amy Meyerson; and “The Reading List” by Sara Nisha Adams.  Oct. selections will be spooky/horror books which will be handed out that evening. The books selected to read in October are:    

v  The Broken Girls by Simone St. James-2018 Nominee for Best Mystery/Thriller(2018)

v  The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James-2020 Nominee for Best Mystery/Thriller(2020)

v  Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney-2022(Nominee for Best/Mystery/Thriller (2022)

If you are interested in participating, please come to our informal meetings!  Suggestions are welcome – New members are always welcome!  This club is for readers who would like to be introduced to new authors, new genres or talk about new books being published; or just to attend a casual evening of socializing with friends/neighbors!

 

  FEATURED BOOKS OF THE MONTH

• The Lost Memories by Lorna Cook
• What Time The Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley
• This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter
• Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
• Proof By Beverley McLachlin
• Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
• Grave Error by C.P. Champion
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
• The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
• The Berlin Apartment by Bryn Turnbull
• The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver M.D.
• The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
• Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
• The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
• Before The Swallows Come Back by Fiona Curnow
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
• All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
• The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
• Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
• Talking to Strangers by Fiona Barton
• Mademoiselle Eiffel by Aimie k. Runyan
• Thick Skin by Hilary Peach
• The Island Love Song by Emma Cowell

FEATURED DVD MOVIES  

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die
• All Creatures Great & Small Season 4
• Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
• Despicable Me 4;
• Force of Nature: The Dry2
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Coming Soon;

Twisters; It Ends With Us; Harold & the Purple Crayon

 New arrivals weekly – to reserve a copy of these new arrivals –you can place a hold on them, either on our website, or by visiting or phoning the library.  Looking for your next read?  You can refer to our “Trending” List for Fiction and Non-fiction books each month on our website September’s list is now available. Please go to www.stavelylibrary.ca  or call the Library @ 403-549-2190 for more information or EMAIL: help@stavelylibrary