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Anthony Morris
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SUMMER READING COMING SOON
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LIBRARY CARD DESIGN CONTEST
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Author Talk with Drew HarvellFriday, May 23rd, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm Join San Juan Island Library for a special presentation, followed by a book signing and reception, by local author Drew Harvell about her latest book, The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life, an elegantly written exploration of the cutting-edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist. |
A Conversation with Kevin Kwan - SAL presentation Thursday, May 29th, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm Join us for a watch-together of A Conversation with Kevin Kwan, the author of Crazy Rich Asians, the international bestselling novel that has been translated into 40 languages. Its sequel, China Rich Girlfriend, was released in 2015, and Rich People Problems, the final book in the trilogy, followed in 2017. |
Free For All: The Public Library Special Screening Thursday, June 5th, 2025 7:00pm - 8:30pm Join the San Juan Island Library for a special screening (complete with popcorn) of the new Independent Lens documentary Free For All: The Public Library! The screening will be followed by a short panel discussion with library staff. Free for All: The Public Library tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today's librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all. |
World Wednesday Games From Around the World
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 3:00pm - 8:00pm For children ages Kindergarten and up, plus Teens and Adults: Get ready to embark on a global gaming adventure as we kick off our 2025 Summer Reading Program theme, Color Your World! Join us in playing a variety of board games from different countries and cultures. Al Hirsch, a world game expert, is bringing his extensive collection of games for you to enjoy and discover. Get ready to expand your horizons and have a blast exploring new games and learning about different traditions and customs. Let's color our world with fun and excitement through the power of games! This free program is designed for adults, teens, and children (ages Kindergarten and up.) |
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by Alejandro Zambra Childish Literature is a charming and wide-ranging collection of short stories, essays, and even a couple of poems produced under the influence of fatherhood, a transformative experience that reshapes and enlivens the author's relationship to aging, intimacy, and time. Written in Alejandro Zambra's brilliantly warm, playful, and philosophical voice, these pieces explore the lives of families and their stories through a wide variety of topics-from screen time and "soccer sadness" to personal libraries, fishing, and psychedelics. |
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by Martha Wells A murderous android discovers itself in "All Systems Red", a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial intelligence. In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied 'droid -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as "Murderbot." Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth. |
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TV Miniseries Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king and country while dealing with deadly political intrigue, Henry VIII's tempestuous relationship with Anne Boleyn, and the religious upheavals of the Protestant reformation. |
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