Amis, Martin Banville, John Billingham, Mark Brody, Frances Buchanan, Cathy Marie Camilleri, Andrea Carr, Robyn Child, Lee & Andrew Child Cleeves, Ann Cornwell, Bernard Darke, Minnie Doctorow, Cory Evans, Richard Paul Flagg, Fannie French, Tana Grisham, John Haig, Matt Hilderbrand, Elin Hoffman, Alice Jennings, Maureen Jewell, Lisa Kellerman, Faye Kingsbury, Karen Koontz, Dean Macomber, Debbie... Continue Reading →
Online Programming @ Your Library
While many of us were hoping for a return to in person programming this fall, it simply isn’t our reality for 2020. Instead, we have embraced the opportunity to provide our core children’s programming online and are finding some hidden benefits! Join us virtually for what will be a different kind of fall program season. ... Continue Reading →
Read This Next – New YA
Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page or YouTube channel. Visit our online catalogue to place holds on these titles. Not sure how to place holds? Visit this Guide for details. Highlights FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender: From Stonewall and... Continue Reading →
TBPL knows that Thunder Bay readers rely on our staff for reading suggestions. Unfortunately, the pandemic brought all those in-person conversations to a halt. In response, I decided to try something new with another staff member: a weekly web program focusing on readers’ advisory called Read This Next. This was one of TBPL’s first attempts... Continue Reading →
Read This Next – Haunted Places
Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page or YouTube channel. Visit our online catalogue to place holds on these titles. Not sure how to place holds? Visit this Guide for details. Haunted House Classics The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson:... Continue Reading →
Back to School
Well, we’ve done it. As this article comes out, students will have finished up the first week of school. We can all take a - very small - sigh of relief that we got through it. Whether or not you are a parent, having kids in our community go back to school in pandemic times... Continue Reading →
Read This Next – Graphic Novels
Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page or YouTube channel. Visit our online catalogue to place holds on these titles. Not sure how to place holds? Visit this Guide for details. Books with Buzz THE MARCH TRILOGY by John Lewis and Andrew... Continue Reading →
Interview with Heather B. Moore
Heather B. Moore is a USA Today bestselling author of more than seventy publications. Her historical novels and thrillers are written under pen name H.B. Moore. She writes women's fiction, romance and inspirational non-fiction under Heather B. Moore. This can all be confusing, so her kids just call her Mom. Heather attended Cairo American College... Continue Reading →
Lunch Box Ideas
Regardless of what school might look like for your children this fall, they’re going to need lunch! Your Library can help make this part of the day stress-free, with these cookbooks. The school year survival book : healthy recipes and sanity-saving strategies for every family and every meal (even snacks) by Laura Keogh and Ceri... Continue Reading →
Read This Next – Video Games!
Notes from the fall 2020 edition of Read This Next. Watch this and past episodes on the TBPL Facebook page or YouTube channel. Books with Buzz Assassin's Creed: Assassins Vol.1: Trial by Fire by Anthony Del Col (Goodreads Author), Conor McCreery, Neil Edwards (Illustrations) Based on the popular game series, this graphic novel follows a fresh inductee into... Continue Reading →
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