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Hear ye, hear ye! We now have a date for our next session of the I Love Reading Club.

Our next session will be Tuesdays, March 20th, April 3rd and April 17th. We will be reading: Tunnels of Time by Mary Harelkin Bishop, The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence, and Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman.

The I Love Reading Club is a discussion group for enthusiastic readers in grades 4 to 6. The fee for the program is the price of the books to be discussed. Pre-registration is required.

Sandi Sellen: Launching The Duck's Vacation, a children's picture book. Saturday January 14, 2:00 pm in the Atrium.

Elizabeth Budney: Signing My Little Red Mittens, a children's picture book. Saturday January 21, 2:00-4:00 pm by the cash desk.

David Alexander Robertson & Scott B. Henderson: Launching Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story, a graphic novel for young adults on Thursday, January 26th at 7:30 pm. in the Cafe.

Learn to Knit: For children ages 8 and up. The cost is $30.00, supplies included. Wednesdays, February 1st, 8th, 15th, 7:00-8:00 pm.

Events in the new Community Classroom (registration required):

Gee-Whiz Science: Find out the science behind some simple hands-on experiments. For children ages 8-12. Thursdays, February 9th and 16th, 6:30-8:30 pm. Cost is $20.00.

Words Worth: How to Hold an Audience's Attention. Learn about public speaking. For ages 12 and up. Saturdays, February 18, 25, March 3. Cost is $75.00.

On November 12th, two Manitobans will be honoured at the 5th annual Independent Publishers Moonbeam Awards, held in conjunction with the 2nd annual Traverse City Children's Book Festival. The awards are "intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children's books and their creators, and to celebrate children's books and life-long reading."

It's been an amazing run for Brandon author Craig Russell's debut novel, Black Bottle Man. The book, previously shortlisted for On the Same Page through the Winnipeg Public Library, as well as the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Author and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People Award (Older Category) at the Manitoba Publishing Awards, won the Gold Medal in Moonbeam's Young Adult Fiction (Fantasy/Sci-Fi) category. Black Bottle Man is also currently in the running for the Prix Aurora Award for Best Long Form Work in English.

Winnipeg's Rae Bridgman tied for a Bronze Medal in the Pre-Teen Fiction-Fantasy category for her book Kingdom of Trolls.

Norah McClintock: Reading and signing 2011 MYRCA Winner Taken. Tuesday October 4, 7:30 pm in the Travel Alcove.

Garden City Collegiate: Launching Threads: A Literary Magazine. Tuesday October 4, 8:00 pm in Prairie Ink Restaurant.

Cindy Robin: Reading and signing Shilling Bear: A Story about Kindness and Sharing. Saturday, October 15, 2:00 pm in the Atrium.

Jo Ellen Bogart and Barbara Reid: Dual reading and signing. Saturday October 15, 2:00 pm in the Atrium.

***This just in*** Deborah Ellis: Speaking and signing. Saturday Oct 22, 11:00 am in the Atrium.

Also, don't forget to check out our October book clubs for kids and teens.