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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

When: May 10, 2023, 3pm - 4pm

Where: New Glasgow Library & on ZOOM

All are welcome to drop by join us in-person and online (via ZOOM), as author and photographer Steven Skafte shares with us his recently published full-colour collection of photo essays, "The Dead Die Twice: Abandoned Cemeteries of Nova Scotia".

The Dead Die Twice focuses on the forgotten cemeteries of Nova Scotia, blending travel writing and poetic, narrative nonfiction.

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About the Book: Steve Skafte has lived his entire life in Annapolis County—or what he calls “The Dead Centre”—a place with more forgotten history than anywhere else in the country. In search of those forgotten stories, Skafte stumbled over a couple of overgrown cemeteries, and began his quest for what was hiding in the hundreds of cemeteries and burial grounds that lie abandoned in the woods all over Nova Scotia. En route, he discovered twisting trails of indifference, forgetfulness, and desecration.

Featuring 80 haunting colour images and more than 20 deeply poetic tales of discovery, The Dead Die Twice: Abandoned Cemeteries of Nova Scotia chronicles Skafte’s year of exploring abandoned cemeteries, pushing through walls of scratching brush, cutting a path to the past, and unearthing buried stones and half-forgotten stories.

About the Author: Steve Skafte is a writer and photographer from Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, where he's lived all his life. Since he turned twenty in 2007, he’s kept and shared an uninterrupted daily journal online, with stories and adventures from all over the wilds of the province—and how it felt to be there. Much of his time is wrapped up in finding forgotten human history that has been left behind in the woods.

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This presentation is co-hosted by the Pictou County Roots Society. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and autographing.

For more information, please call the New Glasgow Library at (902) 752-8233.
And check out the full event description on the PARL Events Calendar.

Need help to prepare your income tax and benefit return? Do you have a modest income and a simple tax situation?

Let volunteers with the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) help you at the Library! By appointment only.

Where: In-Person Tax Clinic appointments will be held at New Glasgow and Westville Libraries. More information available on our Events Calendar.

Eligibility: To find out if you're eligible to benefit from Community Volunteer Income Tax Clinics, visit the Government of Canada's Free Tax Clinic information page.

To make an appointment, call (902) 752-8233 or (902) 755-6031.

**Remember to bring all your tax slips and forms with you to your appointment.**

Join us at the library. Beginners welcome!

• Wednesdays at 2:00pm at the Antigonish People's Place Library
• Thursdays at 3:00pm at the Pictou Library
• Fridays at 10:00am at the River John Library
• Fridays at 1:00pm at the Stellarton Library
• Every 2nd Saturday at 2:30pm at the New Glasgow Library
And For kids ages 7+
• the 1st Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at the Stellarton Library

Tuesday, November 17, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

All are welcome to join us, for an writing workshop (online & by phone) with Sheree Fitch.

From nonsense verse for children, to plays, novels and poetry for teens and adults, Sheree Fitch has been a published author since 1987. Her workshops are intended to spark ideas and inspire authentic writing. This workshop is for 18 plus adults who want to participate in a guided writing workshop with series of writing prompts and questions,. Any one who writes a piece of work started in class and completed after the class will be given a one on one critique. No previous experience required.

Zoom Access: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88163673013pwd=SEI0aENEK1pEQXp6ZHFKdkV3QmJoZz09
Meeting ID: 881 6367 3013
Passcode: 477093

Phone Access: Please dial 1(800) 974-5902, and then enter the Conference ID, 6217271.

About the Instructor:

Sheree Fitch is a multi-award-winning writer, speaker, educator and the author of over 30 books in a variety of genres. Since the publication of her first book, Toes in My Nose in 1987, she’s traveled the globe as a visiting poet and storyteller, writing instructor and literacy educator. A popular presenter at literary festivals, libraries, and conferences, Fitch has received the Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work inspirational to Canadian children and three honorary doctorates for her contribution to Canadian literature and issues affecting women and children.She owns Mabel Murple's Book Shoppe and Dreamery, a seasonal book shoppe in rural Nova Scotia. Her most recent books are You Won't Always Be This Sad (2019), Summer Feet (Spring 2020), and Because We Love, We Cry (Fall 2020).

For more information, please visit Sheree's website, https://shereefitch.com/

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 in at the New Glasgow or Antigonish Library for the following movies:

• "Downton Abbey: A New Era" at the Antigonish Library - March 28, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:35pm
• "Movie Matinee" at the Antigonish Library - April 15, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm
• "Respect: the Aretha Franklin story" at the Antigonish Library - April 25, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
• "Strange World" at the New Glasgow Library - April 8, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
• "Memoirs of a Geisha" at the New Glasgow Library - April 20, 2023 | 6:00pm – 8:25pm



National Canadian Film Day

• "Peace by Chocolate" at the Westville Library - April 18, 2023 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
• "Margaret's Museum" at the Westville Library - April 19, 2023 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm
• "Peace by Chocolate" at the Antigonish Library - April 19, 2023 | 3:45pm – 5:30pm
• "A Bear Named Winnie" at the Antigonish Library - April 19, 2023 | 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.