Castlegar & District Public Library
 
June 2025  

Sunfest Weekend!
Art Walk, June 6 - September 26 2025

Immerse yourself in the vibrant artistic tapestry of Castlegar with Art Walk! This unique self-guided walking tour transforms local businesses into micro-galleries, showcasing the diverse talents of our community's artists. More than just an exhibition, Art Walk is a celebration of collaboration, bringing together creators, businesses, and art enthusiasts in a shared love for our city.
 
Come by the library this summer to see work from local artists Vanessa Johnson, Lydia Buxton, Dan Saliken, and Laura Zaytsoff!
 
Summer Reading Club
Summer Reading Club Registration

Registration for 2025's Summer Reading Club begins on Wednesday, June 18th at 11AM, on the library's website. Keep up to date with our SRC Facebook page and SRC page on our website.
 
The 2025 Summer Reading Club theme is Colour Your World.
 
Library Resource Spotlight For Adults
Ancestry Library Edition
 
In library use only. This resource provides genealogical and historical research capabilities, with more than 5 billion names in over 4,600 databases! Come in to the library and get started on finding your family.
 
Libby, from Overdrive
 
Access a province-wide catalogue of digital books, audiobooks, and instantly available magazines! You can access through Library To Go or through the Libby app.
 
Use your library card to log in! 
Library Resource Spotlight For Kids
Baby Bundles 
 
Did you know the library has five Baby Bundle kits you can check out? Each themed bag contains books, a toy, and literacy prompts. Our themed kits are alphabet, numbers, motion, social emotional, and STEAM.
 
 
Batpack
 
Find some bats! With our Batpack, you can locate and identify local bat populations. The pack includes an echo meter (compatible with Android devices), identification guides, a real bat skeleton (so tiny!), and a backpack. Available to borrow from the library—come in and we'll get you started!
 
Also, check out the Kootenay Community Bat Project for more information about local bats and citizen science participation.
 
 
New Titles!
All titles below link directly to our catalogue. 
Fiction
The note : a novel
by Alafair Burke

May Hanover, always the rule-following “Little Sheriff,” reunites with her childhood friends Lauren and Kelsey for a carefree trip to the Hamptons, but when a drunken prank goes disastrously wrong, May becomes the focus of a police investigation and begins questioning whether her friends are hiding dangerous secrets.
Critical role : Vox Machina origins
by Matthew Colville

"What does a flirty bard, a jolly barbarian, a naèive druid, and a pair of murderous twins have in common? One hell of a good time! Follow the group of adventurers as they team up for the first time, facing unexpected foes and picking up two new members as the origin of the acclaimed Critical Role cast rolls their way through the lands!"
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne vendetta
by Brian Freeman

When a hacked database known as the Files upends the intelligence community, with careers destroyed and assassinations spreading from Europe to the U.S., Treadstone sends Jason Bourne to get or destroy them before the Chinese or the Russians—and Bourne's ex-lover, treacherous spy Johanna, may be the only one who can help him.
The map of bones
by Kate Mosse

Suzanne Joubert seeks to uncover the fate of her cousin, pirate Louise Reydon-Joubert, in 1688 South Africa, while 180 years later, Isabeau Joubert delves into their family's dark past in a Huguenot graveyard, battling to reveal long-buried truths and survive emerging dangers.
Non-Fiction
Sapiens : a graphic history. Volume two, The pillars of civilization
by Yuval N. Harari

"This second volume of 'Sapiens: A Graphic History,' the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's #1 New York times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution--when humans fell into a trap we've yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns."
Air fryer magic : 75 easy recipes for frying, roasting, & baking
by Good Housekeeping Institute

The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen demonstrates the versatility of the air fryer through 75 easy recipes for main dishes, appetizers, sides and desserts including Hash Browns, Cinnamon Rolls, Crispy Coconut Shrimp, Soy-Glazed Meatloaf and Red Velvet Cookies. Illustrations.
Points of interest : in search of the places, people, and stories of B.C.
by David Beers

"What makes wandering the vibrant land called British Columbia really special? Encounters with locals who are ready to share, over a coffee or a beer, quirky tales and powerful truths rooted in place and time. Consider this book a meet-up with 30 such storytellers, the perfect road companion for your journey real or imagined. The Tyee is the province's oldest and most-read independent source of online news and ideas, renowned for its range of voices on politics, culture and nature. This anthology includes pieces published over the last two decades from some of the region's most celebrated writers, including J.B. MacKinnon, Alisa Smith, Câuagilâakv (Jess þHâausþti), Arno Kopecky, Harrison Mooney, Michelle Cyca, Christopher Cheung, Andrew Nikiforuk, and many more, as well as illustrations by Nora Kelly. Pull up a chair and get their inside scoops on the places they call home."
He/she/they : how we talk about gender and why it matters
by Schuyler Bailar

An expert on gender identity presents a timely and essential guide that shows how can meet others where they are and pave the way for understanding, acceptance and connection.
Teens
The spells we cast
by Jason June

Sparks fly when eighteen-year-old Nigel meets Ori during the Culling, a competition that determines whether a magician is stripped of their powers or joins the magical society known as the Guild, but they soon realize the connection growing between them threatens their future, the Guild, and all of humanity
Murtagh : world of Eragon
by Christopher Paolini

Hated, alone and exiled to the outskirts of society, Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, must decide what he stands for in a world that has abandoned him when a new enemy emerges from the shadows of Alagaësia.
People to follow : a novel
by Olivia Worley

"Arriving on a remote island to star in a reality show, 10 teen influencers, including Elody, an impulsive Instagram model, and Logan, a disgraced TikTok celeb, find themselves stranded with a killer—one who threatens to expose their darkest secrets and get them cancelled—literally."
Teen Titans. : Beast Boy Loves Raven
by Kami Garcia

While Raven Roth is finding a way to get rid of her demon father Trigon, Garfield Logan is understanding his newly found shapeshifting ability, and when their paths cross in Nashville they both feel a strong connection to one another
DVDs/Blurays
Pokémon, the first movie

Mewtwo, a cloned Pokémon battles other Pokémon to prove his superiority; an ancient legend comes to light when Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres' harmony is disrupted at it is up to Ash and the mythical Pokémon Lugia to bring balance back to earth; a young girl unleashes a legendary Pokémon upon the beautiful town of Greenfield
Stranger than fiction

A lonely IRS agent discovers he is the main character in a new novel and seeks to find the author before she kills him off
Babe

A young pig learns to herd sheep, first amazing the sheep dogs on his farm and then the farmer who owns him
American psycho

A young successful Wall Street broker has a secret passion for murder
 
 
 
Find all new items HERE.

Closures:
 
The library will be closed on Friday, June 13th for a staff training day. We apologize for the inconvenience.
 
 

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