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Bookmark Contest!

Borrow. Grow. Return. is your prompt for HCPL's Seed Library Bookmark Contest! Drop into any branch to get a contest sheet, design your bookmark, and submit it to us by April 1, 2023. 

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Best of the Web

Curated by HCPL staff, these websites provide useful information from sources you can trust.

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New Arrivals

All That Is Hidden

Bowen, Rhys

Earth's the Right Place for Love

Berg, Elizabeth

Don't Open the Door

Brennan, Allison

American Mermaid

Langbein, Julia

Old God's Time

Barry, Sebastian

Paris

Hilton, Paris

The Other Family Doctor

Fine, Karen R.

Eight Strings

DeRosia, Margaret

Künstlers in Paradise

Schine, Cathleen

Countdown

Patterson, James

Beyond That, the Sea

Spence-Ash, Laura

Macramé Jewellery

Strambio, Isabella

The Heights

Candlish, Louise

Every Body

Rotner, Shelley

Something Wild & Wonderful

Kelly, Anita

If You Could Be Anything

Britton, Jennifer

The Movement Miracle

Esmonde-White, Miranda

The Sad Bastard Cookbook

Novikov, Zilla

The Real Work

Gopnik, Adam

Small-scale Homesteading

Thurow, Stephanie

The Umbrella

Ferry, Beth

What to Do With A Stick

Yolen, Jane

American Arctic

Anna Olson's Baking Wisdom

Olson, Anna

Baby-sitters on Board!

Martin, Ann M.

Babylon

Battle Scars

Maggs, Sam

The Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar

Cold-blooded Liar

Rose, Karen

Collateral Damage

Jance, Judith A.

The Curse

Dazzle Makes A Wish

Lord, Cynthia

Den of Thieves

Everything A Drum

Warren, Sarah

Fodor's Essential Portugal

The first fallen

The Future King

Schneider, Robyn

Good Dog, Bad Cop

Rosenfelt, David

Hidden in Snow

Sten, Viveca

The Hospital Book

Brown, Lisa

How to Be Perfect

Schur, Michael

A Man Called Otto

A Mansion for Murder

Brody, Frances

My Powerful Hair

Lindstrom, Carole

Outside Amelia's Window

Nastro, Caroline

The Price We Pay

Seriously Red

Song of the Sparrow

MacLean, Tara

Taste of Home Cooking School Cookbook

Tiger Lily and the Secret Treasure of Neverland

Dimaline, Cherie

The Whale

When You Were New

Harris, Jennifer

Woman of the Year

Bell, Darcey

The World and Everything in It

Henkes, Kevin
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Events

Let's Learn: Phones and Tablets
Let's learn the basics! Join us for two new sessions on Android basics and iOS basics. Please bring your own device.
Branch: Dysart
Date: Friday, March 24, 2023
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Dysart Branch
Cost: Free

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SIRCH Repair Cafe
SIRCH Repair Cafe is back!

HCPL will be running the Kids Tinker Table, complete with Franken Toys, Snap Circuits and 3D Pens!
Branch: Offsite
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: SG Nesbitt Community Centre
55 Parkside St., Minden
Cost: FREE

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Family Film Day
Drop by the Dysart branch on the last Saturday of each month for a family-friendly film screening. No registration is required. All families are welcomed.
Branch: Dysart
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2023
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Howard Roberts Meeting Room
Cost: Free

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Family Storytime
Join us at the library for a fun new family Storytime! Children will get to experience the magic of reading while meeting our brand-new puppets, singing songs and much more! Ages 0-6 with a caregiver. Drop ins welcome.
Branch: Minden Hills
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Minden Hills branch
Cost: Free

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Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.

We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.

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