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January Children's

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January Teens

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January DVDs

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January Audio Books

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January Mysteries

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January Fiction

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January Non-Fiction

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February Book Sale

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The February Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, February 6th and runs until Saturday, February 11th. Cook books are featured.

The Joy of Books (click on play)

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Murder Ink: Archer Mayor

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Archer Mayor is the acclaimed author of the Joe Gunther police procedural series based in Brattleboro, Vermont. The library has a great selection of the series.
Mayor himself lives in the picturesque town of Newfane VT and is actively working as a death investigator for the Vermont State Medical Examiner's office and as a deputy for the Windham County Sheriff's Dept. He also volunteers for his local Fire Department and EMT squad.
For more on Mayor click on the title above.

Downton Abbey- Season 2

2012-01-01T11:45:00.007-05:00

For those of you who enjoyed Downton Abbey in its initial run, Season 2 starts on January 8th and runs until February 19 on WGBH Boston. For more information click on the title above.

Attention All Writers!

2011-12-21T14:12:00.005-05:00

The new online literary magazine "sunday@6" welcomes submissions from local writers for the first edition launching at the end of January, 2012.
This can be considered as both a challenge and an invitation to open that bottom draw and pull out those gems of writing that have been hiding there too long.
Send submissions in the following categories: short fiction, literary non-fiction, essays, literary criticism, humour and poetry with contact information to; christine.davet@videotron.ca

December Non-Fiction

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December Fiction

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December Mysteries

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December DVDs

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December Audio Books

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Holiday Hours

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The Library will be closed December 24th, 26th and 31st.
The Shoppe (Bunker) will be open December 24th and 31st from 10 am until 12 noon.

January Book Sale

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The January Book Sale starts on Monday, January 2nd at 2.30 pm and runs until Saturday, January 7th. Craft books are featured.

Children's Art

2011-12-12T17:11:00.007-05:00

Hudson Artist Sonia Haberstich's library art students' work is now on the library walls along with works from the Hudson Artists. The painting/collages above were created by Adele, Angelique, Ereilie & Catherine.

Murder Ink- Giles Blunt

2011-12-05T10:50:00.005-05:00

Giles Blunt is a Canadian novelist and television screenplay writer. Born in Windsor, he was raised in North Bay, Ontario.
His police procedurals are set in Algonquin Bay (read North Bay) and feature Detective John Cardinal with sidekick Lise Delorme.
His first Cardinal story, Forty Words for Sorrow, won the British Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger, and the second, The Delicate Storm, won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for best novel. The 2010 John Cardinal novel Crime Machine was described as "a richly plotted work by one of Canada's best mystery novelists."
Click on the title above for the writer's website.

Les livres d'enfants en français

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November Children's Books

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November Teen Books

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December Book Sale

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The December Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, December 5th and runs until Saturday, December 10th. Special Christmas Gift table.

November Fiction

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November Mysteries

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November Large Print

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November Audio Books

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November Non-Fiction

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Murder Ink- Fred Vargas

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Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of the French historian, archaeologist and writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau who was born in Paris in 1957. Three of her successive crime novels won the International Dagger Awards from the Crime Writers Association.
The stories centre around Parisian Chief Inspector Adamsberg and his team. Adamsberg is an idiosyncratic policeman whose investigations lead to interesting and sometimes amusing conclusions. The library has many of her books in the collection.
To visit the author's website click on the title above.

Greg Fisher- Hudson Novelist

2011-11-01T15:01:00.009-04:00

Greg Fisher is the author of The Iranian Conspiracy. When archaeologist Andrew Thorpe hears about the chance discovery of a new Latin inscription at a remote volcano in southern Syria he embarks upon a quest which takes him to some of the most secretive and spectacular archaeological sites of the Middle East. He battles unseen forces to prevent an international catastrophe which threatens to destroy the prospects for peace in the Middle East once and for all.
Greg was raised in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, before moving to Canada in 1993. He attended McGill University for his BA (1999) and MA (2004), both in ancient history. In 2008 he completed a doctorate in the history of Late Antiquity (200-800 AD) at Keble College, University of Oxford. In 2011 he published a book on his research specialisation, under the title Between Empires. Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity (Oxford University Press). Fisher is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, and teaches courses on the Latin language and Greek and Roman history. He has excavated at archaeological sites in Jordan and Cyprus, and regularly conducts field research in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria. He lives in Hudson with his wife, Paola, and baby daughter, Amanda Tamsin.

October Large Print

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October Fiction

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October Mysteries

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October Audio Books

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October Children's DVDs

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October Non-Fiction

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Vintage Clothing Sale

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On Saturday, November 5th the Library Shoppe is selling a collection of vintage clothing from the Sixties and Seventies. All the usual bargains are on sale as well. The Shoppe hours are 10 am to noon. Proceeds go to support your library and local charities.

November Book Sale

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The November Book Sale starts on Monday, November 7th at 2.30 pm and runs until Saturday, November 12th. There will be a special table of cook books.

The Greenwood Poets

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The Greenwood Poets read their new works at the Library on Saturday. To view a video of the presentations please click on the title above.

Murder Ink: James Lee Burke

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James Lee Burke is one of the top literary writers of the day who just happens to write crime novels. Originally from Houston, Burke splits his time between Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana which is the home town of his antihero; police detective Dave Robicheaux.
Set in Cajun country, west of New Orleans, Burke's novels are a combination of wonderful descriptions of the bayou landscape and episodes of extreme violence. His own daughter Alifair figures in the plots and is herself an acclaimed crime writer.
For the writer's homepage click on the title above.

September DVDs

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September Childrens'

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September Teens'

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September Fiction

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September Mysteries

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September Non-Fiction

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October Book Sale

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The October Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, October 3rd and runs until Saturday, October 8th. Coffee table books are the feature for the month.

Autumn Harvest Poetry Reading

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Greenwood Poets will be reading their most recent works at the library on Saturday, October 15th from 10.30 am to Noon. Three of the poets have new books out this Fall. All are welcome. For more information about
Greenwood click on title.

Murder Ink- Jo Nesbo

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Jo Nesbo is Norway's leading crime writer. A graduate of the Norway School of Economics, Nesbo also writes childrens' books and is the lead singer of the rock band Di Derre.
The library recently acquired The Leopard, The Redeemer & The Snowman and a request has been placed to obtain The Oslo Trilogy all featuring Inspector Harry Hole, a brilliant detective and not so brilliant human being.
A stand alone mystery, Headhunters is also on request. The book has been made into a major motion movie being featured at this year's Toronto Film Festival.
To go to the author's website click on the above title.

Art Classes for Children start in October

2011-09-06T09:07:00.004-04:00

Hudson Artist Sonia Haberstich will be conducting art classes for children at the Library starting the first week of October. Sonia holds an MFA from Concordia University and has given classes to children at the School for Visual Arts in Westmount.
There will be 10 sessions at a cost of $215 (materials included) running from 4 pm to 5.30 pm on Tuesdays (7-9 year olds) and Thursdays (10-12 year olds).
For more information about Sonia click on the title above. To reach Sonia: 450 458-1049 or simon.haberstich@sympatico.ca

September Book Sale

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The September Book Sale starts on Monday, September 12th at 2.30 pm and runs until Saturday, September 17th. There will be a special table featuring Art Books and Collectibles.

Creative Writing Workshop

2011-08-26T10:05:00.000-04:00

Ten sessions, 1 p.m.- 3 p.m., Tuesday, September 20 until November 22. Facilitated by Timothy Fain, leader of creative writing workshops in Montreal and the West Island for many years. Ten sessions for $65. Book now- registration is limited.
Contact Timothy at 514-426-0687 or fain@sympatico.ca

LES LIVRES D’ENFANTS EN FRANÇAIS

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August Childrens' Books

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August Teen Books

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August Childrens' DVDs

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August DVDs

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August Fiction

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August Mysteries

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August Non-Fiction

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Murder Ink: Walter Mosley

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Walter Mosley is one of America's premier mystery writers. Born in Los Angeles in 1952, he was raised in Watts and attended college in California, he is currently a professor of English at NYU.
Author of over 30 books including non-fiction and childrens' he is most famous for a mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, a neighbourhood fixer in South Central LA who manages to get in and out of trouble on a regular basis. More recently he has written three books about a New York private eye named Leonid McGill.
The library has a good selection of Mosley's books in its collection. For Mosley's web site click on the title above.

July Audio Books

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July Non-Fiction

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July Mysteries

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July Fiction

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July DVDs

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Titus Andronicus by MSTC

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The Montreal Shakespeare Theatre presents Titus Andronicus in August. Click on the above heading for more information.

August Book Sale

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The August book sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, August 1st and runs until Saturday, August 6th. The special table will feature Cookbooks.

"Zen" New PBS Mystery Series

2011-07-18T08:32:00.003-04:00

On three Sunday evenings PBS is airing the late Michael Dibdin's "Aurelio Zen" detective series. Zen is an Italian police inspector who fights crime and corruption in the murky world of Italian society. Great fun and highly recommended. The library has seven Zen mysteries in its collection. Check them out.

June Mysteries

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June Fiction

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