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This October, join us for a series of FREE Halloween workshops at your Library!

All workshops are offered in proud partnership with Creative Pictou County.

All workshops are offered totally FREE, but due to limited space and materials, Registration is Required.

To Register, please contact the Library:

• New Glasgow Library - (902) 752-8233, newglasgow@parl.ns.ca
• Stellarton Library - (902) 755-1638, stellarton@parl.ns.ca
• Trenton Library - (902) 752-5181, trenton@parl.ns.ca
• Westville Library - (902) 396-5022, westville@parl.ns.ca
• River John Library - (902) 351-2599, riverjohn@parl.ns.ca

Schedule of Events:

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Making Basic Prosthetics

Sunday October 9. 1:30pm- 3:30pm - New Glasgow Library

Why buy when you can borrow?

There's so much to discover at your Library!

Did you know that you can borrow telescopes, Nordic walking poles, free passes to the YMCA & more?

Check out our Library of Things, all available for free with a library card!

Learn more about:

• Nordic Walking Poles
• Fun Fit Passes
• Telescopes
• Mobile Hotspots
• Light Therapy Lamps

Drop by your local library to learn more!

Monday, July 8, 6:30pm - 8:00pm at the Antigonish Library
Tuesday, July 9, 6:30pm - 8:00pm at the New Glasgow Library

Drop by and join us for two sure-to-be-wildly entertaining author readings with local author, Lesley Crewe - as she shares with us her hot-off-the-presses published novel, "Death & Other Inconveniences"! Copies of her book will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, please contact:

• Antigonish Library, 902- 863-4276, email: antigonish@parl.ns.ca
• New Glasgow Library, 902- 752-8233, email: newglasgow@parl.ns.ca

And check out our Events Calendar for full details.

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About the Book: Death & Other Inconveniences

"Well, Dick's dead. Now what?
Margo, his widow, is trying to dodge the tsunami of paperwork coming her way. She doesn't want to deal with the details—why do you think she was married in the first place? Dick always handled the drudgery.

Monty, Margo's ex-husband (the first one, not the dead one), is trying to support Margo—who seems to be finally entering adulthood at the tender age of sixty-two. Their daughter Julia knows Margo needs her, but between work complications, and genius-yet-useless brother complications, Julia's gasping for air already. Dead Dick's ex-wife Carole and their daughter Velma consider a Margo a maneater thanks to a few long-ago indiscretions, so the funeral is a nightmare. Life in New Brunswick lately is a tornado of siblings, children, pets, marriages, health issues, and endless bureaucracies.

And at the centre of it all is Margo, living alone for the very first time, trying to endure everyone else's judgements about the woman she is when she doesn't even know herself. Maybe a cat will help. (The cat doesn't help.)

How old do you have to be to come of age?
....and has anyone seen Dick's will?"

https://www.lesleycrewe.com/death-and-other-inconveniences

Do you want to learn more about your period? Curious about reusable period products, & more sustainable period options? Are you a new (or soon to be new) menstrator with a lot of questions? You're invited to a Period Party at the Antigonish Library!

Each session is for different ages/life stages:

New and Soon to Be Menstruators
Thursday, February 15th
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Adults
Tuesday, February 20th
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Teens
Wednesday, February 21st
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Youth (Ages 18+)
Tuesday, February 27th
7:00pm - 8:30pm

We will have some supplies to take home, for free!

For more information, please check out the full event listings on our Events Calendar, or contact the Antigonish Library at 902-863-4276 or antigonish@parl.ns.ca

Offered in partnership with Girls Taking Action, Alicia Teasdale (from Teasdale’s Apothecary), and Britt Overmars Yoga.

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Funding for this initiative is part of the Government of Nova Scotia’s cost of living support to increase access to menstrual supplies for all Nova Scotians.

• When: Saturday, May 20th, 2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Where: Pictou Library

Happy Gaelic Awareness Month!

All are welcome to drop by and join us for the book launch of "Na Peataichean a thàinig gu Sràid Phalmerston | The Pets That Came to Palmerston Street" with Laurie Stanley-Blackwell (author), Teresa MacKenzie (illustrator), and Effie Rankin (translator) - at the Pictou Library.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, please contact the Pictou Bee Press (info@pictoubeepress, 902-870-3662, www.pictoubeepress.com)

About the Book:
This story is about Henry and Abby who want to own a dog. They soon find themselves sharing their home at Palmerston Street with an assortment of pets. The children and their Mom learn that the heart can always expand to make more room for love.

With its beautiful illustrations and sensitive Gaelic translation, this light-hearted story will captivate young readers and young listeners alike. It will also appeal to Gaelic learners who will be able to link via a QR code to a recording of the Gaelic version of this story read by Effie Rankin.

Now available at the Trenton Library!

The Beta Reader Spot is an exchange hub located at the Trenton Library where writers can test out their work on their target audience, and readers can get involved in the development of a book.

Writers leave a manuscript with the library, give us some information about their book, and choose the type of feedback they would like. Beta readers can pick a book by target audience, read the manuscript, and provide feedback for the writer.

Writers can submit their work via the link below. Beta readers can check out the list of currently available works.

• Submit Manuscript
• Beta Reader Book List

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Contact Thekla at the Trenton Library to learn more:

• Phone: 902-752-5181
• Email: trenton@parl.ns.ca

Join us at the Antigonish and New Glasgow Library for the following movies:

• "Kung Fu Panda 4" at the Antigonish Library - July 20, 2024 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm


• "Pitch Perfect" at the New Glasgow Library - July 6, 2024 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm
• "Fisherman's Friend" at the New Glasgow Library - July 12, 2024 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
• "Jungle Cruise" at the New Glasgow Library - July 13, 2024 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm
• "Fisherman's Friend" at the New Glasgow Library - July 18, 2024 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm

For more information about library film screenings, please visit our Full Events Calendar.

All are welcome! Any questions, please contact the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Headquarters, 902-755-6031.

Begins November 1st, 2019!

NaNoWriMo is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. We invite you, to "Come Write in!" and drop by the library to find a quiet corner to write, to read, meet up with other authors, research topics, borrow books, print copies, and more!

On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.For more information, tips and to register your novel writing project, please visit: www.nanowrimo.org.