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BOOK REVIEWS

The Long Walk Home

Water, Stone, Heart - by

Will North

It is said that anyone who

sleeps alone on the slopes

of Cadair Idris will awaken

either a poet or a madman.

Will North's first novel, the Long Walk

Home, is set at the base of Cadair Idris,

an ark and beautiful mountain in Wales, a

mountain whose summit is often

wreathed in cloud. American Alec Hud-

son has walked from London's Heathrow

Airport to this place intending to fulfil his

ex-wife's request that he scatter her ashes

on the summit of the mountain. Bad

weather forces him to seek refuge in the

farmhouse b&b of Fiona Edwards, and so

their story begins. It's a romance about

second chances; it also connects the un-

predictability of nature and life as it de-

tails Alec's struggles with Cadair Idris as

he strives to honor the promise made to

his ex-wife.

Submitted by: Lorie Finkbeiner

Water, Stone, Heart - by

Will North

This story, also a romance, is

set in a small village on the

rugged coast of Cornwall.

Nicola Rhys-Jones is hiding

from an abusive husband,

and Andrew Stratton is an American pro-

fessor who has signed up for a course in

the ancient art of stone wall building after

being abandoned by his wife. As in the

first book, nature becomes a very real

character in their story, as a storm builds,

a fictional storm based on a devastating

flash flood that demolished the village of

Bocastle in 2004.

In both of the Will North books, the ro-

mance is only part of the beautifully-

written story. In the first case, it is woven

around mountain climbing and legend; in

the second, both the reader and Andrew

learn about building classic stone walls; in

both cases, nature takes on a life of its

own as an integral element of the plot. Not

your typical romances.

Submitted by: Lorie Finkbeiner

Children are out of school from December 24th to January 7th, 2019. The

library will be closed Tuesday, December 25th, Wednesday,

December 26th, and Tuesday, January 1st, 2019.

The hours remain the same for the remaining days during the Christmas

holidays so please pop by the library with your families and come say hi!

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BIBLIOTHÈQUE ALLARD REGIONAL LIBRARY

Issue 45

Nov/Dec 2018 Points of interest:

Remembrance Day

display

In-house game in

Nov/Dec

Intro to

Magformers

Creché Display

Book Displays

Suggestion box

responses

Vic Beach

Happenings

Did you know?

January Inhouse

game

New books

Photo Rally 2018

winners and 1st

choice photos

Book review

Holiday hours

REMEMBRANCE DAY DISPLAY

ing veterans from the war.

École Communautaire Saint-

Georges is having their

Remembrance Day ceremo-

ny at 10:45am as well.

Community members are

welcome to attend both!

The library is hoping to have

poppies available this year

as well.

In November, the library

will have a Remembrance

Day display set up featuring

items from the war, and

local memorabilia. Come

down to the library from

November 1st - November

10th, 2018 for viewing.

École Powerview School

honors veterans with a Re-

membrance Day Ceremony

on Friday November 9th, at

10:30am in the gymnasium.

Students from the schools-

drama club put on a beauti-

ful ceremony commemorate

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IN HOUSE GAME

“DECORATE THE CHRISTMAS TREE”

Throughout

the months of

November &

December

the library is

running an

Intro to

Magformers program for

children ages 3+.

The program will kick off

on Thursday, October 11th,

2018 from 6:00pm—

7:00pm and will run eve-

ry Thursday until Decem-

ber 6th, 2018.

What are Magfomers?

Magformers are

educational construction

toys that allow them to

build their own magnetic

3D structures. They’re

colorful , sturdy, plastic

shapes of all sizes that

you build with. The basic

principle is allowing their

creativity to shine

through and of course,

the amount

of fun you

have while

playing is

unlimited.

The library

will also have these kits,

that are used for the pro-

gram, available to the

schools and community to

borrow from the library

with a $20.00 damage

deposit needed.

INTRO TO MAGFORMERS IN STARTING UP!

Join us at the library, from

Nov 13 - Jan 5, 2019 to

help us decorate our

Christmas Tree!

The tree is made out of felt

for our younger patrons

little fingers and is bound

to keep your little one

entertained while you look

at books or simply just

want to hang out and use

our Wi-Fi or computers!

We hope you plan to come

spend some time at the

library during your

Christmas holidays!

We have an awesome list

of in house library games

planned for 2019.

We typically have an in-

house game set up in the

library every second

month throughout the

year.

In January, there will be a

Dr. Seuss Maze set up for

the kids.

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Category - Orange

Photographer - Nicole Rusk

Category - Reflect

Photographer - Margie Bonekamp

Category - Selfie

Photographer - Angie Papineau

Category - Technology

Photographer - Angie Papineau

Category - Book

Photographer - Margie

Bonekamp

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PHOTO RALLY WINNERS AND 1st CHOICE PHOTOS FOR

EACH CATEGORY

Category - Bark

Photographer - Margie

Bonekamp

Category - Feet

Photographer - Angie Papineau

Category - Antler

Photographer - Tim Barton

Category - Circle

Photographer - Angie Papineau

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SPECIAL BOOK DISPLAYS

The

library’s

adult

book

display in November is

featuring Movember !

In both the adult and

children’s section we’re

featuring Christmas books

in December.

The children's

display is a

Graphic

Novels in

November.

CRECHÉ DISPLAY AY LIBRARY ALLARD

The library would like to

invite you to attend the

9th annual Crèche Festi-

val from Tuesday,

November 27th, 2018 to

Saturday, January 5th,

2019. Come by the library

during regular business

hours to see these beautiful

creations. Les Amis de la

Crèche offers tours of the

Creché display. Call Jen at

204-367-8443 to book

yours today.

Vous invitent à leur 9 ième

festival Commençant le 27

novembre 2018 Terminant

le 5 janvier 2019 à la

Bibliothèque Allard, Saint-

Georges.

SUGGESTION BOX RESPONSES

Purchase Dr. Oz

magazine : Unfortu-

nately midway through

2017, Dr. Oz stopped

publishing in print format

as well as emagazines.

Lego Sculpture Contest :

space or fantasy. Thank

you for the idea, we will

consider it amongst a

variety of options we

have for future ideas.

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...that you can access

audio books and e-

books from the inter-

net for free?

Library Allard is tied in

with eLibraries Manito-

ba to make such an

option available to you.

The library’s website

shows you the easiest

BIBLIOTHÈQUE ALLARD REGIONAL LIBRARY

HOURS OF OPERATION:

Tuesday 10:30 - 5:00 Wednesday 12:00 - 8:00 Thursday 12:00 - 8:00 Friday 12:00 - 5:00 Saturday 10:00 - 3:30

104068 PTH 11 St. Georges, MB R0E 1V0

(204) 367-8443 info@allardlibrary.com

Head Librarian: Kelly Murray

VICTORIA BEACH BRANCH

Wednesday 10:00 - 2:00 Friday 10:00 - 2:00 Saturday 10:00 - 2:00

3 Ateah Road Victoria Beach, MB

(204) 756-2043 victoriabeachbranch

@hotmail.com

DID YOU KNOW ...

way to use the eLibraries

website and how to down-

load books at your finger-

tips. To get started go to

www.allardlibrary.com &

click eLibraries. All you

need is a valid library

membership, internet ac-

cess, a computer, iPad,

Tablet, or eReader that

VICTORIA BEACH HAPPENINGS

meets the system

requirements; and

free software that is

available to be downloaded

from the eLibraries website

to operate the book you are

downloading. The loan pe-

riod is set by the user. Ask

your librarian today for

more information!

Karin Slaughter

The Outsider by Stephen

King

Robin a biography of

Robin Williams by David

Itzkoff

Over the Christmas holi-

days the library will be

closed Wednesday,

December 26th, 2018.

We hope you have a

wonderful Christmas and a

safe and happy New Year!

As the weather gets

colder, reading becomes

more and more. Having a

book on hand is

important. Pop by the

Victoria Beach library to

pick up some new books.

Here are a few that are on

the new arrival shelves...

Between You & Me by

Susan Wiggs

A Simple Favour by

Darcey Bell

The Good Daughter by

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JANUARY IN HOUSE GAME - DR. SEUSS MAZE

Join us in January, as we

help our friend, The Cat

in the Hat, find his hat!

In the library, you will

find a large maze posted

up on the side of one of

the library book shelves.

Along the size of the

maze they’ll be a dry

erase marker! Feel free to

give it a try!

I’m sure the Cat in the

Hat will be very grateful

if you find his hat for him!

When he had his family and

friends over for Christmas

he misplaced it. We would

hate for him to not have his

favourite hat to kick off the

new year!

Bring a friend! The library

staff hopes to see you really

soon.

NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY

A Match Made in Texas

Shall we Tell the president?

The Inn at Ocean’s Edge

Every Wicked Man

The Perfect Couple

The Outsider

Summer with my Sisters

Twilight at Blueberry Barrens

Mermaid

The Trails of Apollo

Now and Forever

Educated

The Home for Unwanted Girls

Fire and Ice

The Summer Nanny

Merry Christmas & All the best in 2019! From the staff at

Library Allard, and the Victoria Beach Branch!