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Tay Township Public Library
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Newsletter Volume 22 Issue 6
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Overdue items?
We started collection of overdue fines on May 1st. Just keep renewing or returning items on time and you will have nothing to worry about. All books are 25 cents per day overdue, everything else is $1.00 per day. Ask library staff for more information. |
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Saturday, June 28th is Tay Canada Day!
There will be lots going on in Victoria Harbour to celebrate Canada Day! We will be be in the vendor show at Oakwood Park from 10 am - 3 pm to help you make your own buttons for $1. We will also be in the parade at Noon. If you would like to ride on the float with us please email library@taylibrary.ca and meet at the Victoria Harbour Branch by 11:30. For more info on Tay Canada Day Events visit https://tay-canada-day-celebrations.square.site/ |
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Summer Reading Club Registration Starts June 20th!
Join us for a summer full of reading, fun activities, amazing special guests and prizes! This year we are travelling around the world and learning about the different continents, what will you explore? Hosted in partnership with the TD Summer Reading Club. |
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Don't have a DVD player?
New! We have just added new portable DVD players to each branch that you can check out with your library card. Now you can enjoy our large collection of movies, TV series and Binge Boxes if you have been missing out!
Click here for more info. |
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It's not too late to start growing with our Seed Library!
Get up to 10 types of seeds with over 100 varieties to choose from, including many native seeds. Thank you to everyone who participated last year and saved seeds for us. For more information on how to borrow seeds please visit our website. |
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Our new computers are here and ready to use!
We have two brand new, fast computers that print in each branch. You will need your library card to log in and access the computer. |
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Support your Library today by buying a book bag for $3.
Thank you for helping enhance our collections and programs! |
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Family Craft Party
Saturday, June 21st at 1 PM Victoria Harbour
Join us for a monthly family craft party! This month we are jumping for joy to learn all about frogs! We will be making a frog puppet on a lily pad. For kids aged 4-10. Please email or call us to register. |
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Storytime for Babies and Tots
Wednesdays at 11 AM in Victoria Harbour Thursdays at 11 AM in Waubaushene Join us as we read books, sing songs, learn, & have fun! No registration required. Please note: This Program will be paused for July and August. |
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Pajama Storytime
Wednesdays at 4:30 PM Victoria Harbour Join us in branch, in your PJs, as we read and talk about our favourite picture books! Geared to ages 5 and up! |
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Game Night!
Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 PM Waubaushene
Join us for Game Night with video games and board games. Great for kids of all ages, drop-in. |
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Book Bouquet
Saturday, June 7th at 1 PM Victoria Harbour Branch
Recycle an old hardcover book into a piece of blooming spring decor. Ages 10 and up. All materials provided. Please register to secure a spot. |
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Author Talk - Denyse Wiggleworth
Saturday, June 14th at 1 PM Victoria Harbour Branch Join local author Denyse Wigglesworth as she talks about her inspiration for her book Thy Will Be Done, a spiritual reflection. Signed copies of the book will be available to purchase for $15.00 |
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Artful Escapes - Beginner Water Colour Painting
Tuesday, June 17th at 5:30 PM - Port McNicoll Branch Create your own work of art and learn some beginner water colour techniques with video tutorials at the library. In June we are repeating the same session we did in March, for those who missed out. Free, all materials provided, for ages 12+. Limited space so register today! Contact the Port McNicoll Branch to register 705-534-3511. |
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Learn to Play Chess Club
Moved to a private residence for the Summer Months Please contact staff if you would like to join. Never played, but always wanted to? Not played in a long time and need a refresher? Learn to play chess in a group setting. Come join us for a game! |
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Sit and Stitch
Wednesdays at 2:30 PM
Victoria Harbour Branch
A casual, drop-in atmosphere. Bring what you are working on and maybe get help from new friends. Knit, crochet, embroidery, mending, if you can bring it and want to share it, stop by and do one more row together. You could also swap yarn and patterns! |
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Mahjong for Beginners
Thursdays at 1:00 PM Victoria Harbour Branch
Mahjong is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century. We are playing the American version of the game. It is played with four players and a set of 152 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. |
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All three branches have a cart full of donated and discarded books and movies you can purchase from, by donation to the Library.
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Drop in Kids Colouring
Drop in anytime to any branch and visit the table that has crayons and colouring pages where children of all ages can colour and relax.
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Pole Walking
Did you know that Tay residents can borrow poles for pole walking free of charge all year long? Check them out just like a book at any Library branch. Click here for more info. |
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Borrow a PassClick here to visit our website for more information, or click the images to place your holds! |
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The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre has provided the Tay Township Public Library with Family Day Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Marsh for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Visit any Ontario Park for FREE by borrowing an Ontario Parks Vehicle Permit from the Library! Permits allow park entry to any provincial park for one vehicle (excluding busses) and its passengers for the whole day (not for overnight use).
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The Huronia Museum has provided the Tay Township Public Library with 3 Museum Passes! This gives you FREE entrance to the Museum for up to 2 adults and 2 children.
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Apps to read on the go!
Click on the App icons to learn more about cloudLibrary for borrowing eBooks and AudioBooks, and PressReader to view your favourite newspapers and magazines, all on your own device! |
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ComicsPlus
Enjoy unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, mangas and graphic novels for free with your Tay Township Library card! No holds, wait lists or limits!
To access Comics Plus:
1. Visit login.librarypass.com, or download and install the LibraryPass app for iOS or Android.
2. Search for Simcoe Digital Library Service, and enter your library card number. 3. Read all the comics! |
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Download the Simcoe County Libraries app and log in with your library card to access your account and place holds today.
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Reciprocal Borrowing |
If you are currently a member in good standing at your Library, you are entitled to a free Library membership at any of these Libraries!
Clearview Public Library
Essa Public Library
Penetanguishene Public Library
Ramara Public Library
Severn Public Library
Springwater Public Library
Midland Public Library
Click here for more information |
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Library Board Information |
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Library Board Members:
Heather Walker (Chair)
Janet McFadden (Vice Chair)
Laura Adams
Gerard LaChapelle
(Council Representative)
Sandy Talbot (Council Representative) |
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Email Domain Change
We have switched email domains, please make sure you update your library contacts, so we don’t get lost in your junk folders. All our names are the same, you just need to change the end to @taylibrary.ca
For all your library needs please email library@taylibrary.ca |
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New Titles for your holds!
Click the images to display in our catalogue to place a hold. |
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The Winter Goddess
Megan Barnard
Cailleach, goddess of winter, was not born to be a blight on humanity, but she became one. She would say with scorn that it was their own fault -- mortals were selfish, thoughtless, and destructive, bringing harm to each other and the earth without cause or qualms. One day, Cailleach goes too far. Thousands die, lost to her brutal winter. In punishment, her mother Danu, queen of the gods, strips the goddess of her powers and sends Cailleach to earth, to live and die as the mortals she so despises, until she understands what it is to be one of them. Though determined to live in solitude, Cailleach finds that she cannot help but reach for the people she once held in such disdain. She loves and mourns in equal measure, and in opening herself to humanity, hears tales not meant for immortal ears -- including a long-buried secret that will redefine what it means to be a god.
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Parents Weekend
Alex Finlay
In the glow of their children's exciting first year of college at a small private school in Northern California, five families gather over dinner and cocktails for the opening festivities of Parents Weekend. As the parents stay out way past their bedtimes, their kids, five residents of Campisi Hall, never show up to dinner. At first, everyone thinks they're just being college students, irresponsibly forgetting about the gathering or skipping out to go to a party. But as the hours tick by and another night falls with not so much as a text from the students, panic ensues. Soon the campus police call in reinforcements. Search parties are formed. Reporters swarm the small enclave. Rumors swirl and questions arise. Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella -- The Five, as the podcasters, bloggers, and TikTok sleuths call them -- come from very different families. What drew them out on that fateful night? Could it be the sins of their mothers and fathers come to cause them peril or a threat to the friend group from within?
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25 Alive
James Patterson
SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police. A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue. Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women’s Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi’s death before the killer can take another one of their own. |
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Bad Publicity
Bianca Gillam
Sydney Parks thinks she might be the first person in the world to look forward to serving jury duty. When Margot Kitsch, an OG cast member of the hit reality show Authentic Moms of Malibu is arrested after the untimely death of her cast member husband Joe, Sydney knows being selected for the jury is the most interesting thing that ever happened to her. However, it doesn't take long for Sydney to realize that being part of a sequestered jury in a high-profile case is not at all what legal dramas had led her to expect, especially when she learns that her childhood best friend Damon, whom she hasn't seen in ten years, is also a jury member. As the trial wears on, Sydney realizes there's a lot more to the case than she first thought. And there's also a lot more to Damon. She soon finds herself falling under his spell despite the court's instructions not to fraternize. His tendency to break the rules and find adventure is hard to resist in their otherwise dull juror's world. But getting close to Damon also means having to face the complicated reasons their friendship abruptly ended just when they were on the precipice of something more. With all the drama in and out of the courtroom, how is Sydney supposed to ignore the fraught history between them? How is she supposed to avoid him when he's sitting next to her in the jury box every day with his broad shoulders and intoxicating smell? And how is she supposed to ensure Margot gets a fair trial if her unfinished business with Damon causes the mistrial of the century?
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The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris
Evie Woods
Nestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiègne, there existed a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away the darkest of sorrows. Just one bite of a croissant might bring luck, unlock a precious memory or reveal hidden longings. But dark clouds were looming on the horizon. For Edie Lane, a recipe for disaster doesn’t require that many ingredients. Take an unhealthy amount of wishful thinking and a sprinkle of desperation and that’s how Edie left everything behind in Ireland for her dream job at a bakery in Paris. Except the bakery isn’t in Paris -- and neither is Edie. This might not be where Edie intended to be but she soon realizes it's exactly where she needs to be.
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I Bet You'd Look Good in a Coffin
Katy BrentMy name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges. Meanwhile I’m in the South of France to watch my mother marry a man I’ve never met. I should be drinking cocktails and focusing on my tan, not plotting a murder. But a woman’s work is never done. Surely one more teensy little kill wouldn’t hurt, would it? |
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Careless People : A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams
From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite. Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg's reaction when he learned of Facebook's role in Trump's election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to ‘lean in’. Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook -- how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us.
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Enchantra
Kaylie Smith
When Genevieve Grimm's mother dies, she's left with questions noone can answer -- until she receives an invitation to Enchantra, a cursed palace in Italy, frozen in time and shrouded in strange fruit. So when the hostile and sinfully handsome Rowin Silver refuses to let her inside, Genevieve finds her own way in only to realize her mistake. For Enchantra is a twisted labyrinth, carved from gleaming silver and thorned hedges, where Rowin and his six siblings are forever trapped in a deadly game, at the mercy of a wicked Devil and his ghastly spectators. Only one occupant of the house can survive. Genevieve now must win or die. Rowin warns her he's the deadliest ofthe Silvers. That he always wins. That her only chance is to compete as his wife, so they must convince their audience that they're desperately in love. And while Genevieve's willing to do whatever it takes to survive, she knows she can't trust Rowin, that the desire burning between them is a lie. After all, it was Rowin who taught her Enchantra's first rule. Never, ever trust your heart.
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Supermoon
Sue Lancaster Discover Supermoon's lunar superpowers and see how the Earth's nighttime hero makes the world a better place! |
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The Famous Five: Five Run Away Together [Graphic Novel]
Enid Blyton/NataëlThe Famous Five plan to have a wonderful summer on Kirrin island. But they soon find out that they're not there alone. Who else is on George's island and why are they there? |
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Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey Discover the origin of our beloved characters from the Dog Man series as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city. Will the past predict the future for Dog Man and his friends? Will goodness and bravery prevail? Can anything happen if you truly believe? |
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Mayfair Witches Season 2 [DVD]
Embrace the darkness in the next chapter of Mayfair Witches. Rowan Mayfair births the embodiment of the powerful entity Lasher, who elevates her power while threatening her existence. To protect her family from her offspring, she must engage in the venomous dynamics of the Mayfair clan while facing the ultimate decision of choosing between family or power in this sinister supernatural game. |
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Anora [DVD]
Anora, an enterprising ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker, meets her prince not-so-charming Vanya, a Russian oligarch's wild-child son. After getting assigned to his VIP party because she speaks some Russian, Ani spends a week as his arm candy and the two get married on an impulse. However, she must quickly adjust to the cruel reality of the class divide when his father decides it's time for him to grow up and take his place in the family business, sending his henchmen to annul the marriage and setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York. |
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Landman Season 1[DVD]
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs. The series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it's reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics. |
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