Mike Kershaw

It is with great sadness that we announce that Mike Kershaw, a valued member and leader of our library, passed away on Sunday, June 11th. Mike moved the library into the 21st century by creating our online catalogue as well as our blog.  His drive and passion for pushing us forward and creating a better library experience will be his legacy for many years to come.  RIP, Mike – you will be sorely missed.

June - Fiction

The Art of Arranging Flowers
Lynne Branard







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Etched in Bone   Anne Bishop
The Last Neanderthal   Claire Cameron 🍁
Any Day Now   Robyn Carr
Dragon Teeth   Michael Crichton
Entwined With You   Sylvia Day
Little Sister   Barbara Gowdy
Into The Water   Paula Hawkins
The Baker's Secret   Stephen P. Kiernan
My Not So Perfect Life   Sophie Kinsella
If Not For You   Debbie Macomber
My Italian Bulldozer   Alexander McCall Smith
The Delight of Being Ordinary   Roland Merullo
The Quick   Lauren Owen
Be My Wolf   Emma Richler 🍁
Goodnight from London   Jennifer Robson 🍁
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane   Lisa See
The Good at Heart   Ursula Werner
The Night the Lights Went Out   Karen White
The Ashes of London   Andrew Taylor ( Large Print )

June - Mysteries

Heartbreak Hotel
Jonathan Kellerman








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Rounding the Mark   Andrea Camilleri
No Easy Target   Iris Johansen
Blacklight Blue   Peter May
Revelation   Robert B Parker
Fast and Loose   Stuart Woods

June - DVDs

Game of Thrones   Season 4








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The Americans   Season 3
Bugs Bunny and Friends
Middle School
Paterson
The Ugly Duckling and Me
Victoria   Season 1
Zootopia

June - Non-Fiction

In Such Good Company
Carol Burnett








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Filthy Rich   James Patterson
Manderley Forever   Tatiana de Rosnay
Option B   Sheryl & Ada Sandberg
Penguin the Magpie   Cameron and Bradley Bloom

June - Children's Books

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11: Double Down
Jeff Kinney







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Bad Kitty Goes to the Vet   Nick Bruel
Pokemon Adventures : Diamond and Pearl Platinum   Kusaka Hiden Pokemon
Pokemon XY Vol 3   Kusaka Hiden Pokemon
Pokemon XY Vol 2   Kusaka Hiden Pokemon
Phoebe and Her Unicorn #5: Unicorn Crossing   Dana Simpson
Hilo #3: The Great Big Boom   Judd Winck
Olive's First Sleepover   Roberta Baker
Llama Llama Mad at Mama   Anna Dewdney
Five Fast Tales   Disney-Pixar
Hairy Maclary Scattercat   Linley Dodd
Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet   Linley Dodd
Slinky Malinki, Open The Door   Linley Dodd
My Dad Thinks He's Funny   Katrina Germein
My Mom is Great   Gaby Goldsack
Oakey A Goodnight Kiss   Jillian Harker
Dinosaurs are Back and It's All Your Fault Edward!   Wendy & Daly Hartmann
Guess How Much I Love You   Sam McBratney
Look at Me   Robert Munsch 🍁
Puckster Goes to the Olympics   Lorna Schultz Nicholson 🍁
Puckster Plays the Hockey Mascots   Lorna Schultz Nicholson 🍁
Puckster First Hockey Tryout   Lorna Schultz Nicholson 🍁
The Adventures of Beekle, The Unimaginary Friend   Dan Santat
Ricky the Rocket   John Sheridan 🍁
Ricky the Rocket and the Giant Space Monster!   John Sheridan 🍁
Always   Ann Stott
Firehouse   Mark Teague
The Fever Code (Maze Runner Series)   James Dashner
The Kill Order (Maze Runner Series)   James Dashner
Trials of Apollo#2: The Dark Prophecy   Rick Riordan
The Geography of You and Me   Jennifer Smith
Kidpaddle#5: Alien Chantilly   Midam

July Book Sale

The July Book Sale starts at 2:30 pm on Monday, July 3rd and runs until Saturday, July 8th.  Cook books are featured.

The Write Stuff - Kathleen A.Flynn

Kathleen Flynn was born in Conneticut and holds an MA from the University of North Carolina. She taught English in Hong Kong, and is currently a copy editor at the New York Times. The library has just acquired a copy of her critically acclaimed debut novel, The Jane Austen Project. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen this well researched book, offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors. Two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected, unpublished novel.To visit Kathleen online, click here.

HBO - The Durrells in Corfu

This is a British comedy - drama series based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books, about his family's four years (1935-39) on Corfu. Keeley Hawes stars as the recently widowed Louisa Durrell, who decides to move from dreary England to the sun-dappled Greek island with her four children. A Homeric battle ensues as the family adapts to life on the island which, despite a lack of electricity, is cheap and an earthly paradise. The library has the first series. Click here for more details.

Murder Ink - Stephen Maher

Stephen Maher is an award-winning political reporter and columnist based in Ottawa.  Maher was born in France and raised in Nova Scotia.

In 2012, he published his first novel, Deadline, a political thriller. The Library recently acquired Salvage, his second novel.

As an investigative journalist, Maher has received a National Newspaper Award, a Michener Award, a Canadian Hillman prize and two Canadian Association of Journalism awards. He is a 2016 Harvard Nieman fellow.

Maher lives in Ottawa with his partner, Camille, and his old sailboat, Free Spirit.  To visit him online, click here.

May - Children's Books

Hot Hippo
Mwenye Hadithi





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Crafty Chameleon   Mwenye Hadithi
Hungary Hyena   Mwenye Hadithi
Tricky Tortoise   Mwenye Hadithi
Survival Ice Storm   Frieda Wishinsky 🍁
Alienology   Douglas Steer
Our Song, The Story of O Canada   Peter Kuitenbrouwer 🍁
Who is J.K.Rowling?    Pam & Belviso Pollack
Goodnight Canada   Andrea Beck 🍁
Good Morning Canada   Andrea Beck 🍁
In the Red Canoe   Leslie. A. Davidson 🍁
Tyrannosaurus Drip ( + CD )   Julia Donaldson
Something from Nothing   Phoebe Gilman 🍁
Hot Wheels: To the Extreme   Hot Wheel Series
Hot Wheels: Street Heat   Hot Wheels Series
Hot Wheels: Off-Roading   Hot Wheels Series
Hot Wheels: Start your Engine   Hot Wheels Series
Hot Wheels: Stunt Show   Hot Wheels Series
What Matters   Alison Hughes 🍁
We Found a Hat  John Klassen 🍁
My Little Grandmother Often Forgets   Reeve Lindberg
Spider-Man 3: Spider-Man v Sandman   Lime Har Marvel Comics
Spider-Man 2: Everyday Hero   Saunder Marvel Comics
Spider-Man : Worst Enemies   Saunder Marvel Comics
The Bravest Knight   Mercer Mayer
On the Moon   Anna Milbourne
Walk on the Wild Side   Nicholas Oldland 🍁
The Thing Lou couldn't Do   Ashley Spires 🍁
C is for Canada   Mike Ulmer 🍁
Maquillage a Gogo   Robert Munsch 🍁
Les Premiers Hommes   Nicolas Harris
Une Journee dans la Vie de ton Corps   Beverly McMillan
Les Helicopteres   Molly Alioan 🍁
Ruby Red Fort: Look into my Eyes   Lauren Child
The Wizard Heir   Cinda Williams Chima
Canada Year by Year   Elizabeth McCloud 🍁

May - DVDs

Fences








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The Dressmaker
Jackie
Moonlight
Queen of Katwe

May - Mysteries

One Perfect Lie 
Lisa Scottoline







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The Fix   David Baldacci
The Twenty-Three   Linwood Barclay 🍁
The Age of Doubt   Andrea Camilleri
The Smell of the Night   Andrea Camilleri
Alone All by Myself   Mary Higgins Clark
The Burial Hour   Jeffrey Deaver
Obsession Falls   Christina Dodd
Prey   Linda Howard
Mississippi Blood   Greg Iles
Bone box   Faye kellerman
Earthly Remains   Donna Leon
Salvage   Stephen Maher 🍁
Beyond the Wild River   Sarah Main
A Twist in Time   Julie McElwain
The Stolen Ones   Richard Montanari
Ratlines   Stuart Neville
Fallout   Sarah Paretsky
Cheap Shot   Robert B Parker
Blown Red   Susan Philpott 🍁
Abbatoir Blues   Peter Robinson
Golden Prey   John Sandford
In This Grave Hour   Jacqueline Winspear
Fool Me Once   Harlan Coben (Audiobook)
The Stranger   Harlan Coben (Audiobook)

May - Fiction

Anything is Possible
Elizabeth Strout







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Unsaid   Neil Abramson
Mosquitoland   David Arnold
Beartown   Fredrik Backman
A Line made by Walking   Sarah Baume
The Girl with all the Gifts   M.R.Carey
A Foreign Country   Charles Cumming
Miss You   Kate Eberien
The Midwife's Daughter   Patricia Ferguson
The Jane Austen Project   Kathleen A, Flynn
The Finishing School   Joanna Goodman 🍁
Seven Days in May   Kim Izzo
I Found You    Lisa Jewell
The Rose Garden   Susanna Kearsley
The Queen's Secret   Victoria Lamb
Who Asked You?   Terry McMillan
The Daughter she Used to Be   Rosalind Nooman
The End of the Day   Claire North
The Lost Diaries of Susanna Moodie   Cecily Ross 🍁
Unbecoming    Rebecca Scherm
The Woman on the Stairs   Bernhard Schlink
The Comet Seekers   Helen Sedgewick
The Hope Chest   Viola Shipman
The Stars are Fire   Anita Shreeve
War Cry   Wilbur Smith
The Color of the Sky   Anita Trasi
The Wages of Sin   Kate Welsh
First Comes Love   Emily Griffin (Large Print)
Angel Falls   Kristin Hannah (Large Print)
White Handkerchief and Other Stories   Serge Sabourin ( Non-Fiction )
American Heiress   Jeffrey Toobin (Non-Fiction)

June Book Sale

The June Book Sale starts at 2.30 pm on Monday, June 5th and runs until Saturday, June 10th. Biographies and Coffee Table books are featured.