Author: williamsm

April is National Poetry Month in Canada.  This year, the chosen theme is Resilience.  The past year has been a challenge for all of us.  Yet here we are, continuing to get up every day, come to school, work and learn, and find ways to spend time with our friends and loved ones.  Yes, we have been (maybe learned to be) resilient. From the League of Canadian Poets: “What does Read More …

We now have audiobooks in the library learning commons.  The digital kind.  The kind you download to your phone and take with you.  There are books you might be reading with your class in English and books that are just for your enjoyment. I am a big audiobook fan.  It’s probably because I spend a lot of my time doing things that I would rather replace with reading.  And so Read More …

Monday, March 8 is Women are, and have been: scientists, artists, teachers, activists, heroes, workers, friends, mothers, sisters, care-givers. And will continue to do so.  Learn about some of the women who have shaped our world. image from trendingmediabuzz.com

Whether you’re looking for a classic or something new, there are too many books that have been challenged / banned / burned.  Stop by the Library Learning Commons to exercise your Freedom to Read.

We are now almost a week into the new year.  We’re back to school, diving right back in.  This quarter system doesn’t allow for any breathing room!  I hope you took some time to relax and have fun over the holidays.  I did a lot of reading; some fluff and some more substantial.  It was wonderful. This is traditionally the time to think about changes we want to make.  It Read More …

Let your creative self loose.  The winter holidays are coming.  There’s not going to be so much running around and visiting.  So you’ve got time to design a poster for the BPL contest.  Winning entries will be used to promote the summer holiday BPL Teen Reading Club.

 

November.  Sometimes quite a dreary month.  Dank, drizzly, dark. I love all those D words.  Lots of things happen in November.  We often see mustaches growing, there are Christmas craft fairs (most years), and crazy people around the world hunker down in front of their laptops to write a novel.  Yes, November is National Novel Writing Month.  Your chance to sign up to put down 50,000 words on paper (in Read More …

There has been rain.  Quite a lot of rain.  And the temperature has been dropping.  But it’s still good to get out and appreciate the beautiful place we live.  Here around Burnaby Mountain, there is a lot of green.  And trails for walking.  Nature to be enjoyed up close.  I did that on the weekend, meeting a friend to walk at Barnet Marine Park.  When I got home, I was Read More …

Well.  We have made it through September.  School start this year was … different.  And our school days are … different.  And yet, it takes little time before things feel familiar, before the different doesn’t feel so different.  This year has been a voyage without travel as we’ve all lived through unprecedented times.  So I’ve decided that here at the Burnaby Mountain Learning Commons, although we can’t get in a Read More …