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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...

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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...
Archive

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...

Mill Street Books under new ownership soon

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...

Mill Street Books is going up for sale

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

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…

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...
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