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Like random facts? This web site’s for you.

  So, I’m a total trivia junkie, and this is the web site of my favourite magazine, Mental Floss. The magazine (which the library is going to start subscribing to) always has articles on tons of random, interesting stuff. Need to know … Continue reading

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Library closed Thursday

The library will be closed all day on Thursday, February 4th, due to Grade 12 exit interviews.

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Stickboy: Opera and booktalk

On Wednesday, February 3rd, join us in the library at lunch for a book talk about Shane Koyczan’s novel/poem/autobiographical story Stickboy: a Novel in Verse. We’ll talk about the book, and also about the Vancouver Opera in Schools performance of … Continue reading

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Vikings read book talk: A Long Way Home

Join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, January 13th, to discuss Saroo Brierly’s memoir A Long Way Home.  Bring your lunch and your opinions.

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Vikings Read book talk: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Please join us on Wednesday, December 16th, at lunch for our next Vikings Talk book talk. This time we’ll be discussing Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Bring your lunch and your opinions.

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Randall Munroe TED Talk

 A popular non-fiction book this year has been What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe. He did a TED Talk last year on comics that ask “what if…”. It’s interesting to watch him talk about the … Continue reading

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Vikings Talk: The Martian

Please join us in the library at lunch on Wednesday, November 18th, for our first Vikings Talk book discussion of the year. We’ll be discussing The Martian. Come tell us what you think of the book, the movie, space travel, potatoes, or … Continue reading

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Pictures from the Vikings Read 2016 launch

[metaslider id=1518]The launch for this year’s Vikings Read was a success, with our Vikings Talk library club members working hard to sell people on the books that they were promoting.

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