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This October, join us for a series of FREE Halloween workshops at your Library!

All workshops are offered in proud partnership with Creative Pictou County.

All workshops are offered totally FREE, but due to limited space and materials, Registration is Required.

To Register, please contact the Library:

• New Glasgow Library - (902) 752-8233, newglasgow@parl.ns.ca
• Stellarton Library - (902) 755-1638, stellarton@parl.ns.ca
• Trenton Library - (902) 752-5181, trenton@parl.ns.ca
• Westville Library - (902) 396-5022, westville@parl.ns.ca
• River John Library - (902) 351-2599, riverjohn@parl.ns.ca

Schedule of Events:

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Making Basic Prosthetics

Sunday October 9. 1:30pm- 3:30pm - New Glasgow Library

Why buy when you can borrow?

There's so much to discover at your Library!

Did you know that you can borrow telescopes, Nordic walking poles, free passes to the YMCA & more?

Check out our Library of Things, all available for free with a library card!

Learn more about:

• Nordic Walking Poles
• Fun Fit Passes
• Telescopes
• Mobile Hotspots
• Light Therapy Lamps

Drop by your local library to learn more!

Each year, September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Our staff have curated a selection of books from the Library's collection, to assist with reflections on the legacy of residential schools, and pathways toward reconciliation. Explore more here:

• Staff Picks: National Day for Truth and Reconcilation

Displays and reading lists are also available at all of our library branch locations.

Please note: All Library locations will be closed Saturday, September 30th, & Monday October 2nd, in observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Our virtual services, including our Staff Picks:NDTR list and full online catalogue of materials, will remain available during that time.

Using photography, artists of L'Arche Antigonish have offered us an opportunity to catch a glimpse of life through their own perspective. Our artists have been working on a collaborative project using photovoice to share their views on what is important to them. Photovoice is used to better understand how people see the world around them by offering space for empowerment and self-actualization. In this sense, a photo can be a person's voice.

In this display you will find a collection of photos taken by several of our core members who have chosen their favourite pictures to share with you. You will find photos of significant places, people, and activities largely taken around the Antigonish community. We encourage you all to take this opportunity to come and learn from our artists as they share meaningful imagery with you about their lives.

This exhibit is on display at the Antigonish Library throughout September 2023.

To learn more about L'Arche Antigonish, please visit their website here.

• When: Saturday, May 20th, 2023, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Where: Pictou Library

Happy Gaelic Awareness Month!

All are welcome to drop by and join us for the book launch of "Na Peataichean a thàinig gu Sràid Phalmerston | The Pets That Came to Palmerston Street" with Laurie Stanley-Blackwell (author), Teresa MacKenzie (illustrator), and Effie Rankin (translator) - at the Pictou Library.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

For more information, please contact the Pictou Bee Press (info@pictoubeepress, 902-870-3662, www.pictoubeepress.com)

About the Book:
This story is about Henry and Abby who want to own a dog. They soon find themselves sharing their home at Palmerston Street with an assortment of pets. The children and their Mom learn that the heart can always expand to make more room for love.

With its beautiful illustrations and sensitive Gaelic translation, this light-hearted story will captivate young readers and young listeners alike. It will also appeal to Gaelic learners who will be able to link via a QR code to a recording of the Gaelic version of this story read by Effie Rankin.

Now available at the Trenton Library!

The Beta Reader Spot is an exchange hub located at the Trenton Library where writers can test out their work on their target audience, and readers can get involved in the development of a book.

Writers leave a manuscript with the library, give us some information about their book, and choose the type of feedback they would like. Beta readers can pick a book by target audience, read the manuscript, and provide feedback for the writer.

Writers can submit their work via the link below. Beta readers can check out the list of currently available works.

• Submit Manuscript
• Beta Reader Book List

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Contact Thekla at the Trenton Library to learn more:

• Phone: 902-752-5181
• Email: trenton@parl.ns.ca

Join us at the Antigonish and New Glasgow Library for the following movies:

• "Trolls World Tour" at the Antigonish Library - October 21, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:31pm
• Matinee at the Antigonish Library - October 24, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm


• "Asteroid City" at the New Glasgow Library - September 21, 2023 | 6:00pm – 7:45pm
• "Hocus Pocus" at the New Glasgow Library - October 14, 2023 | 1:30pm – 3:10pm
• "Anna and the Apocalypse" at the New Glasgow Library - October 19, 2023 | 6:00pm – 7:35pm

For more information about library film screenings, please visit our Full Events Calendar.

All are welcome! Any questions, please contact the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library Headquarters, 902-755-6031.

Begins November 1st, 2019!

NaNoWriMo is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. We invite you, to "Come Write in!" and drop by the library to find a quiet corner to write, to read, meet up with other authors, research topics, borrow books, print copies, and more!

On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.For more information, tips and to register your novel writing project, please visit: www.nanowrimo.org.