13 New Adult Kits Double Your Chances to Explore!

After a summer of gathering pieces, we’ve been concentrating the past couple of weeks on assembling new Adult Exploration and getting them out on the shelves. So far, we’ve added thirteen kits, nearly doubling the number of handy bags that will help you do some in depth investigation into some intriguing subjects. Look for these opportunities for discovery:

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

BACKYARD FARM

CAKES

CHINA

FRANCE

IDAHO

INDIA

MERMAIDS AND SELKIES

SCOTLAND

U.S. BEGINNINGS

VIKINGS

WOODCARVING

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS

 

We’re not done yet! We still have several kits in progress. These subjects will be available imminently. Look for them in the next week or two.

ITALY

SHERLOCK HOLMES

MONSTERS

ESPIONAGE

DRESS MAKING

 

And a little later, but in the near future, you’ll be able to explore:

DEEP SEA

CASTLES

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

LINCOLN

PIRATES

JAPAN

EGYPT

EARLY CINEMA

The Adult Exploration Kits are currently housed on top of the shorter shelves in Adult Non-fiction. Stop by and take one home. They’re like a course in a bag!

NaNoWriMo KickOff 2017!

NaNoWriMo KickOff 2017!

Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 pm

in the Community Room

Join Madison Library District and the Rexy Writers group in preparation for National Novel Writing Month in November, or as its more popularly known, “NaNoWriMo.” Find out what it’s all about and grab a little inspiration to get that book written in 30 days!

You can get a head start by signing up for free at the NaNoWriMo website.

Award Winning Author Carla Kelly

Award Winning Author Carla Kelly

Award Winning Author Carla Kelly will be joining us here at the Library

She is well known among many for her Regency Romance novels, but she has also written Westerns, Historical and short stories.

She has won Best Regency of the Year, Best Historical Novel, and many other awards

She will be here: Friday, October 20th, at 7:00 pm, in the Community Room

With music from “My Loving Vigil Keeping” performed by Eryri

 

 

Artemis by Andy Weir – Suspense in Space

Artemis by Andy Weir – Suspense in Space

Artemis by Andy Weir – Suspense in Space

It’s really impossible not to make comparisons between Andy Weir’s new novel, Artemis, and his prior blockbuster, The Martian. The protagonist here lacks the hero quality of The Martian‘s Watney but possesses his brilliance and humor.

Jazz is the genius that could have done anything, but refused. Instead of an extreme tale of survival, there’s an extreme caper gone horribly awry. The plot is even more tightly crafted and accelerates to a breakneck speed. Weir appears to be creating a whole new fiction genre, the believable and scientifically sound sci-fi thriller. It wasn’t a genre I was aware that we needed; but having had a two tastes, I now need more.

Grief Awareness Seminar

Grief Awareness Seminar

Suffering from a broken heart? 

Join us for a Grief Awareness Seminar

Wednesday, August 30,

from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm,

in the Community Room.  

Certified Grief Recovery Specialist Geoff Winfree, LMFT, will help us learn common misconceptions about grief and give us tools to help down the path to recovery.