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Castlegar & District Public Library November 2025 |
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BC Libraries Present: Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Thursday, November 6, 12:00
https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present
Join us for a virtual author event with CBC host Elamin Abdelmahmoud, editor of "Elbows Up!", a collection of essays and reflections by leading cultural figures speaking candidly on America, Canada, and on the malleable contours of a national narrative still taking hold.
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BC Libraries Present: Cory Doctorow
Friday, November 21, 12:00
https://www.crowdcast.io/@bclibraries-present
Join us for a virtual event with author and activist Cory Doctorow in conversation with Vass Bednar about his most recent book, "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It".
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Access a collection of French language ebooks and audiobooks including popular genre fiction, bestsellers, non-fiction, and more. Titles for adults, teens, and children.
Use your library card and PIN to register and sign in! |
Donated by the Donna Schmidt Lung Cancer Prevention Society, the Castlegar Library has a number of digital radon detectors to lend out. These short-term detectors can be lent for a six week loan period to Castlegar patrons with a valid library card. |
Use LOTE4Kids to read thousands of stories in over 100 languages, with English translations. Also includes activities such as colouring pages, spot the difference, word searches, and memory games. Log in with your library card! |
Launchpads are tablets pre-loaded with educational games and activities for specific age groups. Browse tablets themed around developing literacy and STEAM skills for ages 3+. |
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The river is waiting : a novel
by Wally Lamb
Corby Ledbetter, grappling with addiction, prison life, and the tragedy that shattered his family, finds unexpected kindness and connection behind bars, as he seeks redemption and hopes for forgiveness from those he's hurt the most.
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Tough luck : a novel
by Sandra Dallas
After escaping an orphanage, Haidie Richards and her brother Boots journey to Colorado Territory, encountering treacherous challenges, unlikely allies, and the truth about their father, while Haidie devises a daring plan to claim their future.
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Falls to pieces
by Douglas Corleone
Living off the grid in Hawaii to escape a dangerous past, Kati Dawes faces exposure when her fiancé disappears on a hike, her daughter vanishes and her long-buried secrets unravel in ways she never anticipated.
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The woman in suite 11
by Ruth Ware
Journalist Lo Blacklock travels to a luxury Swiss hotel hoping to revive her career, but when a mysterious woman draws her into a dangerous chase across Europe, she must weigh ambition against survival in a world of wealth and shifting alliances.
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We will be jaguars : a memoir of my people
by Nemonte Nenquimo
From an internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a clash of cultures and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest
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The Sunbearer Trials
by Aiden Thomas
Chosen to participate in The Sunbearer Trials, where the loser is sacrificed to refuel the Sun Stones, Teo, the 17-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, must compete against more powerful and better trained opponents for fame, glory and his own survival.
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Mimus
by Lilli Thal
Tricked by the enemy, the King of Moltavia is imprisoned along with his son, Prince Florin, who must find a way save himself, his father, and his kingdom after he is forced into an apprenticeship with the court jester, Mimus.
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Fyrebirds
by Kate J. Armstrong
The Nightbirds were once their city's best-kept secret, but now the secret's out. What's more, they can do feats of magic no one has seen in centuries...As the new leader of Eudea works to lift the prohibition on magic, the churchmen who do not support it and the gang lords who profit from it whisper rebellion. The secret resistance who once sheltered the Nightbirds is rallying, too...As war looms, and the empire's fate hangs from a knife's edge, the Nightbirds have to decide if becoming more than that are...to protect Simta is worth losing themselves entirely and the lives and loves they might have had.
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Crazy rich Asians
When an American-born Chinese woman attends a wedding in Singapore with her boyfriend, she discovers that his family is very wealthy and other women in his social class are trying to date him.
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Anora
Anora is an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker whose Prince Not-So-Charming comes along in the form of a Russian oligarch's wild-child son.
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