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SPLA Annual General Meeting
The Sechelt Public Library Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on Saturday February 22, 2020 at 10am in the library’s Community Meeting Room. All persons 18 years and over, carrying a valid Sechelt Public Library card, who are residents/taxpayers in the library’s service area (DoS, SIGD, Areas A, B, and D) are voting members of the association. Trustees will be elected at this meeting.
If you would like to be considered for a position on the Sechelt Library Board, please download and fill out a nomination form.
New Arrivals
New Books/DVDs/Audio – Feb 2020
Video Games – 2020
Downloadable Library Brochures
Events
Fri 12-5 / Sat 10-5 / Sun 10-3
First 2020 Book Faire: Mar 6-8
All dates/donation info on FoL page. No Sunday donations.
Calendar
Feb
18
Tue
Youth Drop-in – Maker Space
Come every Tuesday afternoon to enjoy a rotation of different activities – for ages 10-18. Enjoy your choice of Video games, programming, robotics, iPads, arts and crafts and more.
Weekly on Tuesdays 3pm-5pm – Jan 21st, February 18
PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL NOT BE A YOUTH DROP-IN ON February 25th.
Feb
19
Wed
Drop In Lego
Build away! Use our growing collection of Lego to create your own constructions. Supervision required.
Wednesdays, 3-5pm in the Children’s Area. This is a drop-in program. Registration is not required.
“The Writers” Group with local writer and instructor Shelley Harrison Rae
A writing group for all writers. No experience necessary.
This is a FREE Program. To register drop by or call the Library at 604-885-3260. Runs February 12 through March 18, 2020 from 6:30-8:30 in the library.
Feb
20
Thu
Thursday Tech Drop-in with Technology Education Coordinator, Sam/Talia…
If you have a quick question about iPads, the internet, computers, ebooks or other technology, drop by the library’s computer area Thursday mornings and Friday afternoons for help. Open to all patrons.
Thursdays 11-1
Feb 6th
Feb 13th
Feb 20th
Spanish Café
Join the Spanish Café, a guided group for conversational Spanish. Every second Thursday, from 4:30-5:30pm, starting January 9.
Register by calling 604-885-3260.
Feb
24
Mon
Historical Fiction Book Club
Teresa Eckford, Sechelt Library Staff member and Historical Fiction aficionado, guides the group.
- A friendly once-a-month gathering to discuss works of historical fiction.
- The Historical Fiction Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of the month (Sept to Nov ; Jan to May) from 1:30 til 3:00pm in the Community Room.
- Please register in advance by contacting the library at 604-885-3260 or info@sechelt.bclibrary.ca. PLEASE NOTE: There is currently a Wait List for this popular book club.
NEXT MEETING(S):
Monday Jan 20, 2020 – A work of historical fiction new to you – come with a brief summary
Monday Feb 24, 2020 – The White Angel, John Maclachlan Gray (title / author details)
Monday Mar 16, 2020 – House of Thieves, Charles Belfoure (title / author details)
Previous discussions:
City of Women by David Gillham (Oct 2017) ; The Winter Palace: a novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak (Nov 2017) ; The Stonhenge Letters by Harry Karlinsky (Jan 2018) ; The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B by Sandra Gulland (Feb 2018) ; The Emperor’s Spy by M.C. Scott (Mar 2018); Sarum – Part I by Edward Rutherfurd (Apr 2018); Sarum – Part II by Edward Rutherfurd ( May 2018); Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson (Sept 2018); Helena by Evelyn Waugh (Oct 2018); River of Darkness by Rennie Airth (Nov 2018); Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Feb 2019), Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Mar 2019), The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Apr 2019), An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (May 2019) ; At the edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier ; To defy a King by Elizabeth Chadwick ; Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
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