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Answers to Diana’s Quiz – July 18, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.  The two Diomede Islands...

Outdoor chairs for sale

Two Faulkner 'zero gravity' chairs in navy,...

Caroline Yuill — obituary

Yuill (nee Drynan), Caroline Ann Peacefully at home...

Books

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Maternal Ecologies: Feminist Practices of Motherhood, Land and Creativity

Review by Edith Cody-Rice Maternal Ecologies is an anthology, a combination of artistic and academic expressions of the experience of motherhood, particularly in relation to nature and the land In...

Earth for Sale by Maude Barlow.

by Edith Cody-Rice  In her opening sentence of the afterword to this book, Maude Barlow stated “This was a difficult book to write, as I am sure it was to...

From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall by Whit Fraser

By Edith Cody-Rice   Canada has a deep wealth of accomplished writers and Whit Fraser is certainly one of them.  A CBC reporter from 1967 to 1991, his perspective is significantly...
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New books at the Almonte branch of the MM Library

NON-FICTION The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be: by J B MacKinnon Grain Brain by David Perlmutter FICTION The...

One Summer – America -1927 – Bill Bryson – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice      A book by Bill Bryson is always a delight and this one no less than his others. Mr. Bryson has...

New books at the Almonte branch of the Mississippi Mills library

Among the new books out this week at the Almonte branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library: NON-FICTION Packing for Mars:  the curious science of life...

Infinite Air – by Fiona Kidman- book review

by Amelia Gordon Have you heard of Jean Batten? Neither had I and in fact, a first thought that she was a fictional character, but...

Lives of the Family by Denise Chong – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice In Lives of the Family Ottawa author Denise Chong has written an informative and important book for the history of Canada. Author...

Arlene Stafford-Wilson signs her Lanark County Calendar at Mill Street Books November 16, 2013

Mill Street Books: James Powell and Jill Moxley’s Faking It! – History of Counterfeiting in Canada – November 10

   FAKING IT! A HISTORY OF COUNTERFEITING IN CANADA  Counterfeiting is as old as money itself, and tales of the cunning criminals trying to outsmart the...

Susan Delacourt and Robin Sears engage a lively audience at Café Postino

Mill Street Books and The Millstone hosted a successful book launch for Susan Delacourt's new book Shopping for Votes. Susan, an award-winning journalist who...

Never Go Back by Lee Child – book review

by Amelia Gordon It is certainly easy to understand why readers become addicted to the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. Lee Child ( the...

Not your usual book signing: read the book/meet the author – November 13, 2013

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGInley with  Jan Andrews Mill Street Books' Book Club 52 Mill Street, Almonte, ON Wednesday, November 13, 7.00 p.m. Ask local author, Jan Andrews,...

Shopping for Votes by Susan Delacourt – book review.

In her new book Shopping for Votes, veteran political reporter Susan Delacourt has brought to the fore a significant  and pivotal force in Canadian politics:...

Lanark County Calendar book launch – November 2, 2013

Son of a Certain Woman – by Wayne Johnston – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice  Wayne Johnston's characters jump from the page the minute you open the cover. That is one of his great talents. He engages...

Mill Street Books fall greetings

The rain is pouring – an excellent time to avoid chores and curl up with a good book. I just finished Fangirl – a great coming...
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