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Millard Oakley Public Library News
27 September 2024
The Millard Oakley Public Library has a full calendar of events for October.  The Crafters Club meets every Tuesday at 9:00, and Story Time is every Thursday at 10:30.

Our book club will meet on Tuesday, October 1, at 11:00 a.m.

            Overton County Arts Council will be hosting a day of art on the square, October 5.  There will be a display of artwork in the meeting room of the library, where many pieces will also be on sale. There will be an award ceremony at 1:30, and a reception starting at 2:00.

            The library will be closed on October 14 for Columbus Day.

The Alzheimer’s Support Group will meet on Tuesday, October 15 at 11:00.

            Dr. Pauline Kirvin will host a free class on Herbals on Wednesday, October 16, and a second class on Wednesday, October 23 from 10:00 until 12:00.

            There are several other events planned for October.  Come by the library to pick up a new schedule and check out some of these events.

            The staff at the library has also been very busy adding new material to the library.  There is a wide variety of new books for all ages.  New adult titles include “Bright I Burn” by Molly Aitkin,  “Buried Too Deep” by Karen Rose, “By Any Other Name” by Jodi Picoult, “By Evening’s Light” by Leslie Gould, “A Botanist’s Guide to Flowers and Fatality” by Kate Khavari, “The Book of Doors” by Gareth Brown, “Bad Blood” by John Sandford,  “Autumn of the Grimoire” by J. L. Vampa, “Blood and Dust” by F.M. Parker, and “Sleepwalker” by Karen Robards.

            For our younger readers, we have the “Emmie & Friends” series, including “Always Anthony”,  the new “Bad Guys in the Serpent and the Beast” by Aaron Blabey, “Against the Tide” by Tui Sutherland,  and “Best Friends” by Shannon Hale.

            Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. AlbertCamus.