War Memorial Library: July 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

Thursday, July 26, 2018

July - DVDs

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
The Handmaid's Tale Season One
Homeland Season Six
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Striking Out Season One
Vikings Season One

July - Mysteries and Non-Fiction

The Skeleton Road
Val McDermid

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As Night Falls Jenny Milchman
Princess James Patterson
Silent City Carrie Smith
The Burglar on the Prowl Lawrence Block ( Large Print )
East West Street Phillippe Sands

July - Fiction

Stay With Me
Ayobami Adebayo

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Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyami
Us Against You Frederik Backman
The Child Fiona Barton
Sweet Caress William Boyd
A Long Way from Home Peter Carey
In Which Louise Carson🍁
This Love Story Will Self-Destruct Leslie Cohen
Ordinary People Diana Evans
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory
The Family Next Door Sally Hepworth
The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman
The After Wife Cass Hunter
Sunburn Laura Lippman
The Queen of Bloody Everything Joanna Nadin
The Hideaway Sheila O'Flanagan
Hotel Silence Auour Ava Olafsdottir
Warlight Michael Ondaatjie🍁
The Italian Teacher Tom Rachman
From a Low and Quiet Sea Donal Ryan
A Boy in Winter Rachel Seiffert
Against All Odds Danielle Steele
The Greek Escape Karen Swan
Mothering Sunday Graham Swift
Late Summer in the Vineyard Jo Thomas
My Father's Tears John Updike
The End of Loneliness Benedict Wells
Beside the Syrian Sea James Wolff
The Female Persuasion Meg Wolitzer

Friday, July 20, 2018

August Book Sale

The August Book Sale starts at 2:30 pm on Monday, August 6th and runs until Saturday, August 11th. Summer reading is featured.

Monday, July 16, 2018

The Write Stuff - Eva Stachniak

Eva Stachniak is a Polish-Canadian novelist, who came to Canada in 1981 to study at McGill University. She remained here after imposition of martial law prevented her from returning to Poland. After working at Radio Canada for two years, she moved to Toronto to teach at Sheridan College, and her first acclaimed novel Necessary Lies was published in 2000. The library has just acquired her latest novel, The Chosen Maiden. Blending fact with fiction, it tells the story of the Nijinsky siblings, Bronia and Vaslav, and how Bronia fights to be recognised as a ballet dancer in the shadow of her brother, deemed a prodigy. For more details click here.

Sunday, July 8, 2018

Hudson Box Office (HBO) - The French Village

The library has just acquired the first series of Un Village Francais, a French television drama series. It is set in June 1940 in the fictional village of Villeneuve, along the French-Swiss border. The village is thrown into dissary by the occupying German military who quickly take control of all aspects of village life. This is a gripping, historically accurate period drama, exploring resistance and collaboration. From schoolteacher to doctor to businessman to chief of police, the village inhabitants must make tough choices under German rule, when the slightest mistake can have fatal consequences. It stars Robin Renucci and Audrey Fleurot. Click here for more details.

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Have Your Say! You did!

A huge thanks to our members who answered our call to attend a Focus Group and share ideas about what they wanted from our library in the future. We received many suggestions about how to attract new members and how to continue to provide a relevant library experience to our current members.

We are pleased that our members really love the WML — our building, book selection and courses — and most of all, our members really appreciate our volunteers who work diligently to keep the library running.

Did you know that the War Memorial Library is maintained and run solely by volunteers? That’s right. Currently, our 35 library volunteers perform an amazing 3,500+ hours of volunteer work per year — and this does not include the devoted volunteers of the Bunker who raise the money that keeps the library operating. Because of the dedication and commitment of all our volunteers, we are able to keep the WML operating year after year.

We hope to implement many of the suggestions received. However to do this, we need help. We are looking for people with specific skill sets to help us expand our activities.

Have you ever considered volunteering at the WML?

We are currently looking for people with skills in social media, communications, graphic design, writing and children’s storytelling. We’re also looking for a volunteer who can deliver books to shut-ins as well as one who can teach a program on using Android devices such as mobile phones and tablets. Or, if you can lead a book club, or have an idea for an activity you could animate, or would like to talk with us about what you can do to help, please email us at Hudson Librarian.

With more members helping, we will be able to turn some of the wonderful suggestions we received into realities!

Monday, July 2, 2018

Good Luck June!

This month we are featuring one of our amazing volunteers, JUNE PEDERSEN. June, a former nurse, is a long- time Hudson resident and a valuable, hardworking member of our library staff.

At a very young 85, June is also an active member of the West Island Dragons, which is part of a larger organization of Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS) who race dragon boats. She has been a paddler since 2003.

The BCS movement started in Vancouver in 1996 when a sports medicine doctor, Don McKenzie, wanted to prove that upper body exercise might prevent lymphoedema, a swelling of the arms that sometimes occurs after breast surgery. Of the original 26 women who took part, several are still around to give invaluable aid to countries that wish to hold the International Racing Festivals. The first was held in Vancouver in 2005 – 68 teams; Australia in 2007 – 69 teams; Peterborough, Ontario in 2010 – 69 teams; and Sarasota, Florida in 2014 – 102 teams. June says she has been fortunate enough to have been to all of them.

This year the competition is in Florence, Italy from July 4th to 8th. There will be more than 120 teams, each consisting of 22 Survivors in a boat – 20 paddlers, one steersperson and one drummer. This tournament will have the added challenge of the heat in July.

June serves as a wonderful role model to all who are battling any disease and to all who think of age as just a state of mind!! We at the War Memorial Library wish June only the very best on this exciting adventure.

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Murder Ink - Clare Mackintosh

Clare Mackintosh is a British Sunday Times bestselling author and former police officer. She spent twelve years in the police force, including time on CID, and as a public order commander. Mackintosh left the police in 2011 and now writes full time.

Mackintosh’s debut novel, I Let You Go, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, selling over one million copies worldwide. Her second novel, I See You, was also a number one Sunday Times bestseller. Let Me Lie is her third novel.

The library has acquired all three novels.

Mackintosh lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children. To visit her online, click here.