Sam rocks the Keva Planks with an amazing contraption! Come in and build your own tomorrow, Saturday, March 17th, from 10:30 to 4:30, at the library! :D

Library scoop for us Readers~ insider-tip: if you want to see what’s new and on-order, Friday afternoons are the time to check. Every Friday there is something new on the shelves and on-order~ check it out. https://buff.ly/2Dy185N

Have you placed your hold on Richard Wagamese's soon-to-be-released novel 'Starlight'? The novel is set in BC's Interior; although unfinished, the book will include the author's Notes on what he planned for the ending. Unusual, but I look forward to this author's last story.

Here's to the opening of new doors~ quote by Ursula K. Le Guin. Art/Chris Riddell Goodnight, Readers

On this day, we look at the life of HP Lovecraft~ love him or hate him, you have to admit Cthulhu's creator became an icon of Horror Fiction. Joyce Carol Oates called him the King of Weird~ too harsh? Check him out.

Stories about Spring (it will come one day!) tomorrow, Friday, March 16th, at the library. Toddler Time: 10:15 t0 10:45 Story Time: 11:00 to 11:30 Drop in - free - all welcome! :)

Making plans for your holidays? Check these out as destination bookstores~ if you can't work at Strand, maybe you can at least visit it. Hopefully, there isn't a quiz to get in.

Like most of the world, we're finding it hard to let Mr. Hawking go~ here are a few quotes from one of the most brilliant minds of our time.

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We created a booklist to remember Stephen Hawking and to inspire readers to push the boundaries of their mind, time and space. Mr. Hawking will be greatly missed.

We lost a great one today. Neil deGrasse Tyson said it best: "His passing has left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. Think of it as a kind of vacuum energy permeating the fabric of spacetime that defies measure. Stephen Hawking, RIP 1942-2018."