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Sudden Impact: The Almonte Train Wreck of 1942

by Edith Cody-Rice   Many Almontonians will be aware of the memorial plaques at the intersection of Mill and Bridge Street commenorating the great train crash of December 27, 1942 that...

Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid

by Edith Cody-Rice Many Almonte residents will be surprised to hear that the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid, was raised in the nearby village of Ashton. She met her...

‘Not My Kind of Mennonite’ author visits Almonte

This week, Ontario author Maria Moore gave an eye-opening talk about her family’s experience as Mexican Mennonites for The Covergirls Book Club in Almonte. She explained why Mennonite colonies from...

Interview with Sharon Johnston – author of Patchwork Society

by Edith Cody-Rice The Millstone interviewed Sharon Johnston about her latest novel, Patchwork Society. Mrs. Johnston has written two novels, Matrons and Madams, published in 2015,...

Patchwork Society by Sharon Johnston

by Edith Cody-Rice In March 2020, local novelist Sharon Johnston released her second novel into the void that was Covid 19. No book launches, no...

Library: Titles about COVID-19, pandemics & adapting to the changes

These titles are suggested by Mississippi Mills Public Library staff to support those who have children asking about COVID-19 and our world, and also...

Introducing Ann Shea, the new owner of Mill Street Books

Mary Lumsden shares this post about the new owner of Almonte's Mill Street Books So you may be wondering... who would buy a bookstore in...

Final book in series on rural Lanark schools is released

Archives Lanark is pleased to report the twelfth and final book in the series on Rural Schools of Lanark County is out for Christmas....

“Lanark County Legends” now available

The newest book from the Lanark County Genealogical Society is available again after quickly selling out the first printing. “Lanark County Legends” is a...

War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan

by Edith Cody-Rice  When Margaret MacMillan's new book on war recently hit the bookshelves, I rushed out to buy it at Mill Street Books. This...

‘Puppet Town’ book profiles Noreen Young caricature puppets

A while back, UK-based writer and photographer Fred Forse spent time in Almonte photographing some of Noreen's well-known caricature puppets together with their human...

Join an ‘Imaginary Feast’ online

Suzanne Evans, the author of The Taste of Longing, and event coordinator and book lover Danielle K.L. Grégoire, would like to invite you to an...

A Library Marketplace!

Friends of Mississippi Mills Public Library has a wonderful, new initiative! Because of space restrictions, the Pakenham Branch is selling only masks for now. Have...

The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

by Edith Cody-Rice Anxiously awaited, Elena Ferrante's successor to her highly successful quartet, the Neapolitan Novels, has finally been published in English. Published in Italian...

New rural schools book published

Even though Archives Lanark has been closed all summer due to COVIB19 restrictions, three volunteers have been working hard to finish the project of...

Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson by Mark Bourrie

by Edith Cody-Rice Most of us recall studying or having heard mentioned Radisson and Groseilliers, if we studied Canadian history in high school: Radishes and...

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