Masterminds!

Trivia Night at the library is always popular -- this year, we set a record, with 20 teams competing!  What a fun way to raise funds for books!

We were serving chili, buns, snacks and cold drinks, too... and could not keep up with the popcorn orders!  Popcorn really must be "brain food" the way our Trivia teams consumed it!

There are five rounds, 20 questions per round, and we kept the teams hopping.

The big winners - reclaiming their title from past years -- the MASTERMINDS.

Close behind them were the BRANIACS FROM BONDI BEACH.

It's great to see so many people out enjoying the library evening. 

Special thanks for making the day happen must go to our wonderful volunteers and the Friends of the Library, who make these events happen.

Wasn't that a Party?

We unveiled a plaque last week in our community garden, and officially opened the Book Nook -- the entire venture made possible through the generosity of our sponsors, donors, volunteers and Friends of the Library.

Truly, we'd be nothing without you!

Thanks to the efforts of all these great people, the community garden and book nook look fantastic.

We had a lot of people come out to attend our thank you party and the excellent cake that  celebrated the day.

Any excuse to get together with good friends is always welcome. Thank you to the Huntsville Lake of Bays Chamber of Commerce as well, for donating the building that is now the book nook.

What Happens when you bring WOLVES to the CITY?

Here's a huge thank you to author Dorris Heffron for taking time out of her stay at the cottage with her grandchildren to stop by and talk about her newest novel, CITY WOLVES

There was a great turnout from the Book Club and other Library patrons, and she sold out every book she had brought with her.  That's always a good sign.

It's a great book, too.  An historical fiction, it is meticulously researched, well written, with engaging characters (both fictional and real).  Following the notorious Dog Doctor of Halifax, the first female veterinarian in Canada, the story winds from Halifax, through Boston, to the Yukon Goldrush in Dawson City.  What both drives and binds the tale is the development of the Malamute sled dog breed, closely descended from wolves, and a truly Canadian indigenous breed.  These were the dogs that opened up the North for both First Nations and the later prospectors and Northwest Mounted Police. 

The main character, Meg, follows her dream and passion at a time when most women were -- as Meg's sister and mother -- entangled in childbearing, with little time left over to pursue anything else.  Whe her unusual and childless marriage abruptly ends in Boston, she heads across the country, drawn by the legends of the sled dogs.

Hovering around her throughout the book are the spirits of an old Inuit couple from the malamute tribe who devoted their lives to raising wolves from the wild to become the most superb sled dogs, and the foundation of the Malamute breed.

It's a great read for anyone interested in Canadian history, the Gold Rush in the Klondike, the pioneering spirit of women moving away from traditional roles, dogs in general, Malamutes and wolves in particular... or for someone just looking for a great tale to read over the summer.

TRIVIA NIGHT!

This Wednesday, July 20, it's time to get Trivial!  Our annual Trivia Night fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. -- we've got dinner this year: either vegetarian or meat chili, with buns as well as popcorn, soft drinks and the usual good stuff. 

Teams of 6 will try their talents against last year's winners.  $10 /person, and please do register the teams well in advance so Peggy can organize her computer.

It really doesn't matter what you know... Peggy and the gang will have squirreled out obscure and arcane questions to test the whole team.

705 635 3319 to register, please. 

Doors open at 6 p.m. the Trivia starts at 7.  It's a great way to spend an evening with good friends, and who knows? you may discover great depths of knowledge you didn't know you possessed!

Thanks!

Thursday from 10.30 to 1, we're saying a huge THANK YOU to all the Friends, the volunteers, the joiners-in who have worked so hard to make the Book Nook beautiful.

This is a meet and greet networking occasion, with light refreshments, and we'll be unveiling a plaque thanking the sponsors. 

Come and join us!

CITY WOLVES

Join Author Dorris Heffron on Thursday, July 14, at 1.30 at the Dwight Library. She'll be discussing her newest novel, CITY WOLVES. This is an historical fiction, following the first female veterinarian in Canada from Halifax, through Boston to the Gold Rush days at Dawson City as she pursues her passion for the wild wolves, and the Malamute sled dogs descended from them.  A believable cast of characters, a true love of the north country and the brave dogs that made living there possible, interspersed with  Innuit spiritguides  who keep watch over the breed they developed from the wolves makes this a great read.  A different perspective on the Yukon gold rush, and the women who have been mostly unsung in history, keeps this high on our summer reading list.