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Sandra McManus — celebration of life

McManus, Sandra Anne Passed away peacefully at the...

Fashioning Identity: Clothing and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community of the Mississippi Valley

On Sunday, June 7, the Mississippi Valley...

What is that … Rapturous Song?

Some biologists define songbirds as those perching...

Books

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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...

The First Lady Next Door by Eliza Reid

by Edith Cody-Rice   The title of Eliza Reid's new memoir, The First Lady Next Door, skilfully captures the flavour of her attitude and of her experience as First Lady of...

In conversation with author Emily Austin, March 12

In conversation with author Emily Austin - Thurs. March 12 @ 6:30pm at Almonte branch library Is This A Cry For Help? is Austin's just released new title. It is a...
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Great Small Towns of Ontario by Richard Peddie

by Edith Cody-Rice  This is a book that needed to be written.In his introduction, the author Richard Peddie notes that although there are many books...

delve – In close conversation with Margaret Macpherson, June 12

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 6:30 p.m. at Equator Coffee Roasters, 451 Ottawa Street Admission Pay-what-you-can via Tickets Please Don't miss this important conversation with Margaret Macpherson, author, teacher of...

Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson

by Edith Cody-Rice An historian at Carleton University once told me that a problem for Canada's historians is that there are not enough people keeping personal...

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Rest by Doctors Winemaker and Hsien

by Edith Cody-Rice   Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest was written by two Canadian palliative care doctors who have ushered thousands of patients...

Almonte Readers and Writers hosts award winning poets

by Edith Cody-Rice Last Thursday evening, April 11, Almonte Readers and Writers hosted an enthusiastic audience of poetry lovers at Equator Coffee in celebration of...

MMPL year in review

We've had this update from the library.

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...

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...

‘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...

Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons by Charlotte Gray

by Edith Cody-Rice  Once you grasp the subject of this book, you wonder, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?". Charlotte Gray, the beloved chronicler...

Book review: ‘The History of Pakenham’ by Robert Gardiner

I just finished reading Robert Gardiner's first book, The History of Pakenham.  I say "first" because I believe that Robert is going to grace...

Paper Trails by Roy MacGregor

by Edith Cody-Rice The late great Canadian journalist, broadcaster, editor and public intellectual Keith Spicer once said when asked about his memoir Life Sentences: Memoirs...

“My Mississippi Mills” public art project

“My Mississippi Mills” public art project reflects the entire community and is on display at both library branches The library community art project brings people...

Mississippi Mills Public Library recognized for high level of service

20 June 2023 – This month both branches of the Mississippi Mills Public Library (MMPL) underwent a successful re-accreditation audit under the guidance of...
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