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By Frankie Shaw
The Wellington County library system is comprised of 13 branches spread around the county, with a central library/headquarters located in Elora. Puslinch is the southernmost branch, serving a community of just over 5,000 residents. Our collection is growing and we can offer, in addition to regular books, talking books (tape or CD), video (VHS or DVD) interactive multimedia, and magazines for children and adults. We have access to all the items in the Wellington County system and we have an excellent delivery system for those who request items not found on our shelves. We can give professional help in finding employment. We also offer internet access to independent researchers. We host a weekly Story Time for children aged 3 to 5 years. It is held on Friday mornings from 10.00 am. - 11.00am. Sessions run for 6 weeks. Phone for details and to register.  The Librarians are Janet Dagenais and Frankie Shaw
Send the library an e-mail. You can click here to go to the Wellington Library System interactive gateway to order a book. Lines from the Library (September 2004) By Frankie Shaw Twenty young readers participated in our Summer Book Club during July and August. Alexandra Clarke, aged 11, read and reported on the most, with a total of 45 books. Eric Eichorn, just 9, read and reported on 43 books. For their tremendous effort they each received Chapters gift certificates. Well done, Alexandra and Eric! "the pleasure of benefitting humanity is a pleasure the bookseller possesses in no small degree. In purchasing books from people who are weary of them, or have no further use for them, he rescues literature from lying idly aside, or from being destroyed by moths or damp: and in re-selling these books to fresh readers, he gives forgotten authors a new lease of life, helps to keep the immortal spirit of learning alive, and gives anew to men the delights of knowing the great minds of the past" Robert M Williamson ( Bits from an old Bookshop - 1904). We had our best booksale ever this year. There were hundreds of books on sale and we had a great day seeing our regular book browsers and buyers. Thank you to all who helped us get the books out and arranged onto our new tables, ( courtesy of Celia and Peter Clark who donated them) and then helped to haul back the remaining unsold books back into the library in the evening. For your information all the proceeds go to the County, to help with the library budget. The Books the Bookie and the Booker (or the lottery of literature). Only moments after the long list for the UK's top literary prize was announced, bookmakers had rated the selection and the books became a spectator sport to be bet on by anyone who enjoys a bet, or a flutter, as they say in the UK. How are the odds determined by the bookmakers? Well, there's no science to deciding the odds. The books with the most "buzz" get the lowest odds, while the dark horses -or unknowns- are assigned the longest odds. This year's favourite is David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas" with odds at Ladbrokes of 3-1. When Penelope Lively won the Booker prize in 1987 for her " Moon Tiger," she was a relative long shot with odds of 8-1. Gambling is a $100 billion industry in Britain, with on-line wagering a hot commodity alongside the traditional high street betting shops. Two Canadians are on the list - Lewis deSoto for "A Blade of Grass" and John Bemrose for "the Island Walkers." Both are considered to be dark horses at this point but no-one knows until the race is run just who will win, and the odds could change at the last moment. Previous Canadian winners are Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Yann Martel and Michael Ondaatje. The winner will be announced on Oct 19th. New additions to our shelves. Non fiction. Al-Nahi, Donya. Heroine of the Desert. Bishop-Stall, S. Down to This; squalor and splendour in a big city shantytown. Duncan, Jennifer. Frontier Spirit; the brave women of the Klondike. Kennard, David. Shepherd's Watch; through the seasons with one man and his dog. Kennedy, Des The Garden Club and the Kumquat Campaign. Laney, Marti. Introvert Advantage: how to thrive in an extrovert world. McCarthur, Keith. Air Monopoly; how Robert Milton's Air Canada won - and lost- control of Canada's skies. Williams, Stephen. Karla; a pact with the devil. Stol, T. Willow Weaving. Midkiff, Ken. The Meat you Eat; how corporate farming has endangered America's food supply. Myss, Caroline. Invisible Acts of Power; personal choices that create miracles. Rankin, Chris. Terrific T-shirts; hundreds of ways to create your own great designs. Fiction. Andrews, Mary K. Hissy Fit Bush, Catherine. Clair's Head. Clark, Mary Jane. Hide Yourself Away. Deaver, Jeffrey. Garden of Beasts. Gerritsen, Tess. Body Double. Goodwin, Stephen. Breaking her Fall. Hannah, Kristen. Between Sisters. Harpur, Karen. Dark Harvest. Hill, Reginald. Good Morning, Midnight. Hoag Tammy. Kill the Messenger. Letts, Billie. Shoot the Moon Moynahan, M. Stone Garden. Patterson, James. Sam's Letters to Jennifer Robb, J.D. Visions in Death. Roberts, Nora. Divine Evil. Scottoline, Lisa. Killer Smile. Steel, Danielle. Second Chance. Swann, Susan. What Casanova Told Me. Here's a horrible thought! Did you know that in the United States a new novel is published every half-hour, and that US publishers mash out a book every 20 seconds! Enjoy your books! -Frankie You can read more about the Puslinch Library by going to A Puslinch Diary. You can read previous Lines from the Library here: August 2004 June 2004 May 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 October 2003 September 2003 June 2003 May 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 February 2002 November 2001 October 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 |