Tuesday, December 10, 2024

The Inclusion Project marks its one year anniversary

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday December 7, the...

Lanark Lit Competition holds its Winners’ Gala

by Edith Cody-Rice The Lanark Lit competition held...

Free community breakfast at St George’s, December 14

On Saturday December 14 St George’s at...

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The Friends of Mississippi Mills Public Library end 2024 with a bang

The Friends of Mississippi Mills Public Library have had our best year ever. All our fundraisers were successful, and we were able to give the library a total of...

November 7, 2024

The Good Allies by Tim Cook

by Edith Cody-Rice Tim Cook’s newly published book,The Good Allies, joins his many excellent accounts of Canada at war, principally concerning the first and second world wars but extending to...

Proof by Beverley McLachlin

by Edith Cody-Rice Jilly Truitt is back!! Former Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin has just released a third novel in her Jilly Truitt series. It is a page turner....

Mill Street Books under new ownership soon

January 14, 2021

Final book in series on rural Lanark schools is released

December 12, 2020

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

December 9, 2020

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

December 7, 2020

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

November 22, 2020

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

November 17, 2020

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!

November 2, 2020

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

November 1, 2020

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

October 18, 2020

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

October 10, 2020

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...

Mill Street Books is going up for sale

October 1, 2020

Almonte is a small town and I'm eager to clarify news about Mill Street Books. We have decided that it is time to retire and...

Proceeds from local author’s books to support veterans

September 20, 2020

WL (Bud) Gorman is a retired Canadian army officer who has lived in many interesting places and faced some interesting challenges. He and his...

So you think you know your library…

September 21, 2020

Here are 77 things that perhaps you didn’t know! The Mississippi Mills Public Library (MMPL) has a fantastic website: missmillslibrary.com and an online catalogue...

The Library is open again!

August 1, 2020

The Mississippi Mills Public Library is open again! In order to keep everyone safe, please be prepared to follow the guidelines listed below. If you...

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