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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: Saturday, May 20th, 2023, 1pm - 3pm

Where: New Glasgow Library

All are welcome to drop by for the Pictou County Language Fair, hosted by the Multicultural Association of Pictou County!

Join us to share, learn, and celebrate the diverse languages in our community!

For more information, please email info.mapc@gmail.com, or call the New Glasgow library at 902-752-8233.

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

• 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:

• "A Man Called Otto" at the Antigonish Library - May 30, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:35pm
• "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" at the Antigonish Library - June 17, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:40pm


• "The Goonies" at the New Glasgow Library - June 10, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm
• "Emma" at the New Glasgow Library - June 15, 2023 | 6:00pm – 8:05pm
• "Chocolat" at the New Glasgow Library - June 22, 2023 | 6:00pm – 8:05pm

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.