NOVEMBER 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 November 11 (Remembrance Day)

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Thank you to those who donate every year to our Library.  Did you know that a Tax deductible receipt can be issued for your donation? Find out how by contacting the Library.  With the increased cost of Books and DVD movies, your contributions are much appreciated!  

 

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.  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.  Draw to be on Dec. 18th at the Stavely Municipal Library.  

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 Dec. 13 @6:00 pm

The Last Lecture this year, in the Plot Thickens Garden Club 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 Nov. 7 in the library at 7pm. We will be discussing “The Broken Girls”  by Simone St. James; “The Sundown Motel”  by Simone St. James; and “Daisy Darker”  by Alice Feeney.  November Selections will be Family/Women Fiction which will be handed out that evening. The books selected to read in November are:     

v  Tom Lake by Ann Patchett-2023 Nominee for readers favorite fiction

v  Every Time You Go Away by Beth Harbison-2018 Womens Fiction

v  One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle-2022 Fiction

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

• Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
• The Holiday Cottage by Sarah Morgan
• The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
• The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• One Last Promise by Susan May Warren
• Escape to the Tuscan Vineyard by Carrie Walker
• The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
• Target Acquired by Lynette Eason
• Till Death Do Us Part by Karen Aswan
• Betrayal at Blackthorn Park by Julia Kelly
• Den of Iniquity by J.A. Jance
• Bad Liar by Tami Hoag
• Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
• On The Hunt by Iris Johansen
• The Story Collector by Evie Woods
• The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler
• Low Country Lost by T.I. Lowe
• Black Ice by Thomas King
• Meddling with Mistletoe by Liz Johnson
• The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore
• Between the Sound and the Sea by Amanda Cox
• Lies He Told Me by James Patterson
• What Doe It Feel Like?  by Sophie Kinsella
• Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble
• Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
• A Christmas Duet by Debbie Macomber

FEATURED DVD MOVIES  

• The Crown: The Complete Final Season
• Harold and the Purple Crayon
• Inside Out 2
• Twisters
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• When Calls The Heart Season 11

Coming Soon

It Ends With Us; The Wild Robot; Heartland Season 17

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 October’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