Randall Munroe TED Talk

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

comics-what-if-randall-munroe-01 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 process of coming to a serious scientific answer when people pose these absurd questions. Check it out.

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Vikings Talk: The Martian

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

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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 scientific accuracy in fiction. We’ll talk about whatever comes to mind. Bring your lunch to eat during the book talk.

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Pictures from the Vikings Read 2016 launch

Posted on November 17, 2015 by gladwind

[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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Vikings Read 2016 Launch!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by gladwind

The launch for this year’s Vikings Read program will take place in the library at lunch on Wednesday, October 28th. Please come and join us to find out what this year’s books are. We have ten awesome new titles for you to read and choose a favourite from to be this year’s winner.  Maybe you’ll find your new favourite book.

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Library Club June Party

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Vikings Read 2015 Winner Revealed!

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

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Thank you to all who attended our Vikings Read 2015 Reveal Bash! As you may have already heard, Eleanor Park by Rainbow Rowell was the winner. We had a record number of voters this year and it was a packed house in the Library’s fiction section where we had door prizes, cake, and trivia during Wednesday’s lunch hour. Stay tuned for Vikings Read 2016 which will be Vikings Read 10th anniversary!

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Vikings Read Voting on Now!

Posted on May 1, 2015 by

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Vikings Read voting on now! Which book do you feel every Viking should read before they graduate? Enter your opinion by clicking on the following link and then join us for our big reveal and celebration on Wednesday, May 27th in the library where there will be cake, trivia, and prizes!

Vote Here.

Also, the first 100 voters will receive a prize so take the quiz today!

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Viking Talk – Ten and And Then There Were None

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Ten by Gretchen McNeil Book Trailer from north library on Vimeo.

You have been invited to a fabulously exclusive party by a mysterious host on a secluded island. What can go wrong? Everything if you’ve read either Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery or the modern retelling by Gretchen McNeil.

Join us when we discuss both And Then There Were None and Ten (and let’s be honest, compare them) at our LAST Vikings Talk of the year on April 29th at lunch. Bring your lunch and a friend and join us in the magazine section. See you there!

PS Don’t forget to vote for this year’s Vikings Read throughout May (link to vote coming soon).

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