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Get ready to get your summer game on!
The Perth & District Union Public Library has all sorts of summer activities this year! The library will be hosting the TD Summer Reading Club, with registration starting Wednesday June 23rd. This year's theme is Game On! Whether we’re playing in the library,...
The Much-Anticipated Word Walk Submissions!
Wow! We had so many wonderful submissions for our April Break Word Walk. We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did. Congratulations to our prize winners: Leighton Barber, Campbell O'Neill and Bernard Boivin. Here are all the words: The, Fox, Rocks, Truck,...
Upcoming Author Talk with Dr. Shelley Ball
UPDATE: If you missed Dr. Shelley Ball's live talk, you can watch it through Rideau Lakes Public Library's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2A6WUGQuHw Ball's book is also available to reserve through our catalogue, here:...
Seed Library Restocked!
This month, the Perth & District Library is celebrating Spring, the great outdoors, and creativity. To this end, we have some great activities planned for April Break! But if you can't wait until April 12th, why not start planning your garden with the help...
We’ve got fun things planned for April school break!
The Perth and District Union Public Library will be offering many fun activities during the upcoming April school break. The library is excited to partner with the Town of Perth and Tay Valley Township to launch their first Word Walk. First launched at North...
Encaustic Paintings at the Library
Catherine Orfald's exhibition (displayed above our fiction section on the main floor) has been extended until the end of April! Here are some excerpts from Orfald on encaustic painting: "A few years ago, I was picking up supplies at one of my favourite shops, Victory...
PressReader and CreativeBug now available
The popular online services PressReader and CreativeBug are now available with your Perth & District Union Public Library card. PressReader provides unlimited access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines as soon as they’re available on...
Minnesota – Catherine Orfald
A few members of my family took a short trip back in 2018 to Minnesota's North Shore to visit family. This is beautiful area very similar to near-Northern Ontario. On our way home, we stopped at several scenic sites, including Gooseberry Falls State Park. There are...
Catherine Orfald – Artist
Catherine Orfald's artwork is on display at the library until the end of March 2021. I had the honour to be selected for the second annual CPAWS-OV DRAW retreat in 2018. I experienced first-hand a portion of the watershed around les Grandes Chutes on the Dumoine River...
Dreams – Heidi
Sometimes dreams really do come true. I am writing this post from my new desk as I settle into my recent transition becoming the children and teen services librarian. We as a staff were very sad to see Ketsia go but excited for her to chase her dreams abroad. I have...
Farewell
I'm not entirely sure how to begin this blog post. I wanted to reflect on change or transitions or growth - it feels like this year has been full of all of those things at the library (and everywhere else!) and it isn't stopping anytime soon. I am on my way out,...
Changing Seasons
I write this on the official last day of summer. What a summer it has been. Tons of uncertainty amid glorious weather and time with family. I was fortunate enough to be able to maintain an almost daily open water swimming practice. This weekend we took our community...
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