April Showers

The library is raining with fun activities and in-person programs. Read all about it here and find a new way to engage with your public library.

As always, thank you for making the library a part of your life.

SPARK Photo Festival

The SPARK Photo Festival is a celebration of photography, and the artists, dreamers, innovators, storytellers, professionals, and enthusiasts behind the camera lens. 

Selwyn Public Library is pleased to be a SPARK location for the 2022 festival.

Visit the Bridgenorth Library during open hours between April 1 - 30th to enjoy the photography of Erin Shannon.

To view some of Erin Shannon's work visit her on Instagram @kawartha_girl

Regular Hours.

The library is open regular hours. Print, clip, and save on your fridge. We look forward to seeing you!

Though the mandatory mask requirement has been lifted, we encourage you to continue to wear masks and maintain safe distancing to protect those people at risk within our community.

Makerspace Update

We hope the community is as excited as we are about the new Makerspace thanks to the $78,200 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Here is the progress so far as we move towards this new and exciting venture. 

A Door!

For anyone needing to record their voice in high quality, step into the recording booth.

This sound isolation booth provides a quiet, private space to record an audio file for use in podcasts, radio, or voiceover for a video. 

Additionally, a computer is available with Audacity, or feel free to bring your own laptop and connect to our audio interface via USB cable.

Recording an instrument could be done here as well. If you have an instrument with an XLR plug, you can plug it into the audio interface. Just bring your instrument and cable. 

Let’s celebrate our volunteers!

The empathy, compassion, and generosity of volunteers creates connected communities and builds a stronger Canada. 

Over 150 volunteers give their time in our libraries and New-To-You stores. The community would not be the same without them.

If you get the opportunity, take a minute to thank a volunteer for their service and dedication.

Mango Languages is a language-learning database that provides free lessons to patrons in a ton of different tongues, from French to Farsi, Italian to Urdu.

You create a personal account in which you can track your progress as you build your new skills lesson-by-lesson

To get started on a tablet, iPad, or Smartphone, download the Mango app, create an account, and sign in.

“The Office” Trivia Night

Test your knowledge of the Dunder Mifflin crew while competing online with other teams. The winning team takes home a Dundie!

Thursday, April 21st at 8:30 pm

Register for Trivia Night

DIY Take-and-Make

A program designed for adults looking to keep their hands busy. 

April DIY: Sunflower Seeds for Planting

Available in branch April 1st while supplies last.

Introduction to Embroidery

This 3-hour workshop will provide an introduction to hand embroidery taught by members of the Embroiderer's Guild of Peterborough. The fee is $25 per person payable in cash at the workshop. The workshop will be in-person at the Bridgenorth Library.

Saturday, May 7th, 10:30 am -1:30 pm

Register for Intro Embroidery

Ennismore Library Book Club

Once a month on a Monday at 11:00 a.m. Ennismore Book Club Book List.

To register for the Ennismore Book Club, email Sarah Jones or call 705 292-8022.

Online Film Club

Similar to a book club, but with films. 

Club members watch the film independently at home (via Hoopla) then join the zoom meeting to chat about it.

Current Film Club Movie: Best Kept Secret

Next Meeting: Thursday, April 7th at 7:30 pm.

Request to join our Film Club

Move Forward Challenge January-April 2022

Challenge yourself to move forward! Do any activity either indoors or outdoors that propels you forward (walking, running, swimming, biking, rowing, rolling, skiing, treadmill, etc.) and keep track of your total distance each month. At the end of each month, email your mileage to Kacie and you will be entered in the monthly prize draw. Each month there will be a draw for a $50 gift card at Runner’s Life in Ptbo.

Register for the Move Forward Challenge

PA Day Programs: April 8th

Morning: Ice Cream Storytime (Ages 3-7)

Enjoy stories and songs about ice cream and make some edible playdough to bring home. Children attend with a caregiver.

Bridgenorth Library, 10:30 - 11:30 am.

Register for Ice Cream Storytime

Afternoon: LEGO Block Party (All Ages)

Build with our HUGE collection and then put your creation on display in the library! 

Bridgenorth Library, 2:00 - 3:00 pm.

Register for LEGO Block Party

Early Literacy Programs (Birth-5)

Engaging stories, rhymes, bounces, instrument play, and active songs with

take-home crafts and games for older children. Siblings welcome. These programs will run in person.

If the program is full, add your name to the waiting list as spaces do often open up in our programs.

Starts the week of March 29th and runs for 6 weeks.

Spring Babytime: Thursdays at the Ennismore Library.

Birth to17 months. 10:30 - 11:00 am.

Register for Spring Babytime

Spring Toddlertime: Tuesdays at the Lakefield Library.

Ages 18-36 months. 9:30 - 10:00 am.

Register for Spring Toddlertime

Spring Storytime: Wednesdays at the Bridgenorth Library.

Ages 3-5. 10:30 - 11:15 am.

Register for Spring Storytime

Family Trivia Night: April 28th

Have you read the first book in the Harry Potter series? Show us what you know by joining us for a fantastic evening of online trivia. The top team gets a top-notch Potter prize! 

Thursday, April, 28th 7:00 - 7:45 pm.

Register for Harry Potter Trivia 

Mystery Book Bags: Get a bag of books on a theme you love!

Pick up a bag of books put together by a staff member with your child’s or teen’s interests/reading level in mind. Each bag is loaned for 1 month.

Request a Mystery Book Bag

Monthly Colouring Contests (All Ages, Self-led)

Register to receive your colouring sheet virtually or pick one up at your local branch. Your child will have a chance to win a small prize in our end-of-the-month draw.

Register for the April Colouring Contest

What is the purpose of a map? 

Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.

But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence . . . because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.

But why?

To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret and discovers the true power that lies in maps . . .

Bridgenorth Library: 705-292-5065

Lakefield Library: 705-652-8623

Ennismore Library: 705-292-8022

We welcome your questions & comments at news@mypubliclibrary.ca