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Clearout CD & DVD Sale April 2 & 9 11-1 pm by donation at the Library. Library Giving Day Help support library services, collections & programs on April 6 with a donation. Every bit helps! Annual Report to the Community Check out our 2021 Annual Report for all the numbers & stats for a year's worth of library services. Magazine Drive Thank you to all who sponsored a magazine for 2022. We raised $3100! It's not too late to sponsor. Email Heather at hdahlgrin@nelson.ca for more info. |
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To find out more about the Kootenay Teen News project, check out this recent article about KTN in the Trail Times. |
Have you heard of the Kootenay Teen Book Club?Teens ages 11-14 from across the Kootenays meet monthly on zoom to chat with their favourite authors. We recently recorded a little segment before the teens arrived - here is our conversation with David A. Robertson talking about his novel The Barren Grounds. |
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April 14 at 7 pm at the library For Ages 14-16 Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer Email Melodie Rae at mstorey@nelson.ca to register. Pick up books at front desk. |
Kootenay Teen April 26 at 5:30 pm on Zoom Join the book discussion of Broken Strings and meet the author, Kathy Kacer. Sponsored by the Kootenay Library Federation. |
April 27 at 6:30 pm on Zoom For Ages 11-13 Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart Email Sayre at sknight@cbal.org to register. Pick up books at front desk. |
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7 pm at the Library Elizabeth Cunningham reads from her poetry collections, Watching the Light Below the Storm and A Fragile Grace. She'll also share excerpts from her creative non-fiction manuscript, Marty’s Place, a memoir about the emerging Canadian literature scene of the late 1960’s. |
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Virtual Author Visit with Gregory Scofield
April 21 at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Join us for an evening with Gregory Scofield, beadworker, professor, activist & award-winning poet. Sponsored by Kootenay Library Federation & the From the Heart Kootenays Youth Project. This year's From the Heart Youth project was inspired to learn & celebrate culture through the lens of Indigenous, Two-Spirit & LGBTQQIA ways of knowing & being. |
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Kootenay Read Local Book Club April 21 at 6:30 pm on Zoom. Join this author Q&A and book club discussion with other readers from across the Kootenays to chat about this time traveling historical mystery. Register here and pick up a copy of the book at the library front desk. Sponsored by the Kootenay Library Federation |
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Join Maureen Brownlee, author of Cambium Blue and Loggers' Daughters for a book reading and conversation with Nelson author, Deryn Collier. "Rich with unforgettable characters and set in the Interior hinterland of British Columbia, Cambium Blue is a masterful and compassionate illumination of the human politics of a small town, and the intersection of individual lives with political agendas and environmental catastrophes." |
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In-person children's programs return! We're excited to announce that our in-person children's programs return in April. Keep an eye on our Facebook, Instagram or website for details. While you wait, don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel for weekly Baby Goose & Storytimes. |
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Free online course starts April 13. Learn to play guitar, and become the musician you've always wanted to be! In these fun and informative lessons, you'll build basic guitar skills step-by-step with the help of hands-on exercises, audio and video recordings, and detailed illustrations. The guitar skills you'll master in this course will allow you to play any style of music, from hard rock to country-and-western. Good guitar players know that the secret to making beautiful music is to practice, practice, practice—so that's what you'll do. You'll make rapid progress as you follow a carefully planned practice schedule that reinforces each new skill you learn. |
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Bily Ray Belcourt is is a writer and academic from the Driftpile Cree Nation. Check out his books here. |
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The Library & The City of Nelson have a podcast!In this episode of The Scoop Ginger and Avi chat with the Mayors of Nelson, Rossland, Greenwood and Grand Forks as all four of these communities are celebrating 125 years as incorporated cities. Are you a history buff? Listen to learn some interesting facts and find out which Mayor knows the most about the West Kootenays! |
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