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Upcoming Events

POETRY JAM
Friday, April 25th at 7pm

Hey all you Poets – let’s hear your stuff!! Open mic night at Once Upon A Time for those who would like to share either something they wrote or something that they have memorized, or just a favorite poem to be read aloud. We want to celebrate the written word as April is Poetry Month. Bring some friends,or share a special family poem.

MEM FOX IS COMING
Sunday June 1st at 1pm

Acclaimed children’s book author & literacy expert from Australia, MEM FOX will be here soon. Her books are absolute treasures and truly classic children’s literature.

Take a look at some of her books

BOOKSIGNING
Sunday June 22nd at 1pm

Anne Broyles: Author of “Priscilla and the Hollyhocks”

BOOKSIGNING
Sunday, June 29th at 1 pm
(note date change)

Susan Smith Jones: Come listen and meet inspirational speaker, motivational guru and author.

MONTROSE BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday, August 24 –9am – 2pm

Montrose’s Inaugural Book Festival will be a celebration of books, authors and the written word. In conjunction with the Harvest Market.


Ongoing Events

STORY TIME
Tuesdays: 10:30 am
Sundays: 12:30pm

Do you love a great story? Then come check out our story time! We’ll treat you and yours to a story or two. So come discover some new picks or some old favorites!

All ages welcome (as long as you can sit through a story).

Adult Book Discussion Group
(2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm)

May 13, 2008
“ Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides

A story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan

June 10, 2008
“Whistling Season” by Ivan Doig
The saga of how a widow from Minneapolis and her brother--soon to become the new teacher in a tiny Montana community in 1909--change lives in unexpected ways has all the charm of old-school storytelling, from Dickens to Laura Ingalls Wilder.

July 8, 2008
“Astrid & Veronica” by Linda Olsson
Set against a haunting Swedish landscape, it is the unusual and unexpected friendship that develops between two women.

Adult Mystery Book Club

( 4th Wednesday of the month in the morning at 8:30 am )

We usually have tea and homemade scones, so please join us for a good discussion. We will be reading:

April 23, 2008
“A Test of Wills” by Charles Todd

May 28, 2008
“ Case of the Missing Books” by Ian Sansom

June 25, 2008
“The Last Coyote” by Michael Connelly

- Last Updated April 19, 2008 -

 
 

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