Off the Shelf is a hit!

Our Christmas Off the Shelf was very entertaining - with some classic Christmas poetry and music by the Giocoso Strings, and an amusing improv story-telling game!

Check out some photos on our Facebook page 

Join us for our next Off the Shelf in February (Feb. 24)!

Off the Shelf w/ the Giocoso Strings - Mon. Dec. 16!

Off the Shelf, our popular story-reading series, returns Mon., Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm for a Christmas-themed evening of readings - and music!

Members of Theatre Night in Merrickville will be sharing favourite seasonal poetry and readings for adults.  TNIM is delighted to once again welcome The Giocoso Strings to the program.  The Giocoso Strings, a popular Merrickville string "quartet plus", will be playing a selection of favourite Christmas music and carols.

MC Martin Green also promises a "special surprise" (no, not a visit from Santa).

As always, Off the Shelf is held at the Library.  Light seasonal refreshments will be available.  Donations are always appreciated.  Don't miss it!

Off the Shelf, LEGO Club, StoryTime - in December!

What's Happening at the Library in December?

 Off the Shelf! - Mon., Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm

Join us for a Christmas Off the Shelf!   Readers from Theatre Night in Merrickville will be sharing seasonal short stories and poetry for adults.  We are delighted to welcome back special guests The Giocoso Strings to add their classic Christmas music to the program.  Light refreshments available. There is no charge, but donations are appreciated.  

LEGO Club & StoryTime continue in December!

StoryTime (Fridays, 10(ish))

Bring your toddler or preschooler for Christmas stories, rhymes, songs and a simple craft at the Library on Friday mornings at 10(ish).  Have fun and build early literacy skills together!

LEGO Club (Saturdays, 10 - 12 noon - drop-in)  

First you dream it, then you build it!  Come for brick-building fun for ages 4 and up!

StoryTime and LEGO Club will be cancelled Dec. 27 - Jan. 3.  

But join us for an All-Day drop-in LEGO Club on Sat. Jan. 4!

Book Bundles are back at the Library!

The Friends of the Library are once again selling Book Bundles as a Christmas fundraiser! 

Book Bundles are packs of gently-used read-alike books wrapped in holiday ribbon - at bargain prices. Great for stocking-stuffers, or treat yourself! 

This year we have lots of thrillers, plus some literary favourites, military fiction, domestic fiction, fantasy and some non-fiction.  Come early for best selection!

Library eBooks 101 - Sat. Nov. 23

Library eBooks 101 Workshop - Sat. Nov. 23 at 10:30 am 

Enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks from the library on your eReader, tablet, or phone!  Find out how at a hands-on demonstration of the library's OverDrive collection. 

Learn how to set up your device and how to browse, checkout and download library eBooks and eAudiobooks anytime, anywhere.  Bring your wireless eReader or device (if your eReader doesn't have a wireless browser, you will also need a laptop and connecting cables).  

Contact the library (or 613-269-3326) to register or for more details.

Off the Shelf - Mon. Nov. 18 at 7pm

Last month’s Off the Shelf featured dramatic and humourous readings from Shakespeare - and delightful period recorder tunes played by Marcia Phillips, with help from her student.

This month’s Off the Shelf – Mon., Nov. 18 at 7:00 pm at the Library – will have a Remembrance Day theme, with readings about WWI.

Our readers will include Merrickville author Dan Black, reading from his new book “Old Enough to Fight: Canada’s Boy Soldiers in the First World War”. 

[Note: this will be a different reading than at his Book Launch on Sat., Nov. 16 at 1:30 pm at the Library.]

But it won’t be all seriousness and trench warfare, readers will be presenting “an amalgam of writings and poems that express the best of the human spirit in the most inhuman of places, highlighting the positive sides of the human spirit - love, compassion, justice, generosity of spirit and preparedness to sacrifice oneself for others – often found in the writings of the period.”  

 Don’t miss Off the Shelf this month!

Book Launch - "Old Enough to Fight" - Nov. 16!

Book Launch! 
"Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War"  

"Between 15.000 and 20,000 youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in WWI."  

Join Merrickville author Dan Black on Sat. Nov. 16 at 1:30 pm at the Library as he reads from and talks about his new book (co-written with John Boileau) - recently featured on CBC Radio! 

Copies of the book will be available for purchase - and get them signed by the author!