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Library Lovers’ Month 2012

Come by The Reader’s Friend Book Store during February for specials on gently used books. The Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library are reducing already low prices on a variety of genres to celebrate Library Lovers’ Month. The first week of February, most children’s books are only $.25 or 5/$1.00. Books on parenting will be ½ price. This will encourage parents to “snuggle with a book” and get involved with the Winter Reading Program. Specials on romance, mystery and other fiction and nonfiction will follow.


The Reader’s Friend Book Store is located on the ground floor of the Hopewell Library and is open Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Staffed by volunteers and filled with wonderful donations, the book store provides funding for youth and adult programming at all libraries served by the Appomattox Regional Library System. In addition, proceeds from the book store fund special purchases for the library like the game systems, public address system, and materials for the collection.

Here is the schedule for Library Lovers’ Month Specials:

  • February 1 – 4 Children’s books $.25 or 5/$1.00; parenting books ½ price
  • February 8 – 11 Romance ppb $.25 or 5/$1.00; Romance hard cover only $.50
  • February 15-18 Books by Black authors and about Black culture will be ½ price
  • February 22-25 Biographies and Memoirs will be ½ price
  • February 29 – Mar 3 Mass market mysteries (Grisham, Patterson, etc) and
    Gardening books will be ½ price
Come find a book to love during Library Lovers’ Month at the Library. For more information, you may call 804-458-6329 extension 2001.

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Holiday Cheer from ARLS

FOLD Open House

Two weeks of holiday events are coming to an ARLS branch near you! Please join Hopewell, McKenney, Dinwiddie, Prince George and  Burrowsville branch libraries for holiday festivities:

The Friends of the Library, Dinwiddie (FOLD) will host the annual Holiday Open House on Friday, December 2nd, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m at the Dinwiddie Branch. The Friends will have special refreshments and door prizes.

The Prince George Library will host a holiday open house following the Prince George County parade on Saturday, December 3rd,  from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Girl Scouts and the Hopewell Prince George Friends of the Library will offer refreshments and the library will offer a children’s craft and be showing a classic holiday movie.

Also on Saturday, December 3rd, the McKenney Branch will hold a holiday open house at 11 a.m. as part of a festive day of town activities. Refreshments and a children’s craft will be available at the library. The Town of McKenney will also be holding a holiday bazaar at 10 a.m. and a holiday parade will begin at 2 p.m.

Visitors can also enjoy a “Hogwart’s Holiday” on December 6th, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.  at the Hopewell BranchDress up as your favorite character from Harry Potter and enjoy crafts and refreshments. Following this, the library will host the Ralph Jones Group at 7:00 p.m., with music for the holiday season.

The Burrowsville Branch library will have an open house with a children’s craft during The Friends of Burrowsville School, Inc. “Community Christmas Party” on December 9th, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Burrowsville Community Center and Library. The party will feature seasonal music, refreshments, door prizes and a performance by the Ralph Jones Group. The Friends will be collecting canned food items for the Prince George and Mission Ministries Food Banks.

Following the Dinwiddie County Christmas Parade, the Dinwiddie Branch will offer an open house with a children’s craft December 10th, at 4:00 p.m. This is in partnership with the county’s Christmas Illumination and tree lighting at the Dinwiddie Courthouse.

All events are free. Also, be sure to look for Rudolph the ARLS Bookmobile at the Dinwiddie, Prince George and Hopewell holiday parades!

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Meet Donna Andrews

Meet Donna Andrews Oct 8 at the Hopewell Library

Donna Andrews’ latest book is more of the same. That’s not a bad thing!

Andrews, a resident of northern Virginia, has carved out a niche for herself in the world of mystery novels. Her “Meg Lanslow” series features a group of eccentric and memorable characters associated with the fictional Virginia “Caerphilly College.” Meg’s husband teaches at the college, which brings her into contact with a large community, in which murders happen with some regularity- usually around one per novel.

Donna’s latest novel is entitled “The Real Macaw.” It places Meg in the trying predicament of having a menagerie of assorted animals dumped on her due to the closing of an animal shelter while she attempts to take care of her own newborn twins! To top it off, the volunteer who transported all the animals to Meg’s farm turns up dead. One more thing to deal with!

Andrews’ approach to the mystery novel is to keep things light and funny, focus on characters, and to weave the murder into the tapestry seamlessly. The reader will have no sharp intakes of breath, but plenty of chuckles. Want to know how Andrews does it? Why not ask her yourself?

Donna Andrews will be speaking at the Hopewell Library at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 8, at the Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library Fall Meeting. Also bring a bag lunch and join us at 1pm for a book discussion led by Librarian Chris Wiegard before meeting Ms. Andrews.

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Meet Donna Andrews

Meet Donna Andrews Oct 8 at the Hopewell Library

Donna Andrews’ latest book is more of the same. That’s not a bad thing!

Andrews, a resident of northern Virginia, has carved out a niche for herself in the world of mystery novels. Her “Meg Lanslow” series features a group of eccentric and memorable characters associated with the fictional Virginia “Caerphilly College.” Meg’s husband teaches at the college, which brings her into contact with a large community, in which murders happen with some regularity- usually around one per novel.

Donna’s latest novel is entitled “The Real Macaw.” It places Meg in the trying predicament of having a menagerie of assorted animals dumped on her due to the closing of an animal shelter while she attempts to take care of her own newborn twins! To top it off, the volunteer who transported all the animals to Meg’s farm turns up dead. One more thing to deal with!

Andrews’ approach to the mystery novel is to keep things light and funny, focus on characters, and to weave the murder into the tapestry seamlessly. The reader will have no sharp intakes of breath, but plenty of chuckles. Want to know how Andrews does it? Why not ask her yourself?

Donna Andrews will be speaking at the Hopewell Library at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 8, at the Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library Fall Meeting. Also bring a bag lunch and join us at 1pm for a book discussion led by Librarian Chris Wiegard before meeting Ms. Andrews.

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Celebrate Your Freedom to Read at the Fall Book Sale

Book Sale The Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library will host their annual Fall Book Sale on Saturday, September 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hopewell Library.

You can find history, mystery, cook books and much more. There are children’s books and mass market paperbacks for only 25 cents or 5 for a dollar. It is a great time to stock up on your fall and winter reading.

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Author Event: Secretariat and the Kentucky Derby

 

Dinwiddie – Leeanne Meadows Ladin, co-author of the best-selling book Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend, will present “Secretariat – The Legend Lives On!”  on May 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Eastside Community Enhancement Center (where our Rohoic Branch Library is located). This presentation is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Dinwiddie (FOLD) as part of their annual meeting.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Author Visit: T.J. Forrester


Please join the Friends of the Library Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hopewell Library for a reading by and discussion with T.J. Forrester. A brief meeting & election will precede the program. Refreshments & door prizes will follow.

T. J. Forrester wrote Miracles, Inc. while living in Hopewell, Virginia. The attic room was small, chilly in the winter, but his landlord was very kind and fed him when he was without food. His second work, a novel-in-stories titled Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail, is forthcoming with Simon & Schuster in the spring of 2012. Learn more by visiting the author’s website www.tjforrester.com.

The Virginia Author and Speaker Series is made possible through the generous contributions of donors to the endowed fund for the library and the Hopewell/PG Friends of the Library, in collaboration with the Appomattox Regional Library System.

For more information, please call 804-45-7447.

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A Tale of Two Dinwiddie Citizens: Thomas Day and Elizabeth Keckley

 

Please join us at Dinwiddie Branch, March 10th at 7 P.M. Betty Bowen of the Dinwiddie Historical Society will speak on Thomas Day and Elizabeth Keckley, both born in Dinwiddie and touched by slavery. Both Keckley and Day became public figures well-known in their trades. This presentation bridges our observation of the sesquicentennial, Black History Month AND Women’s History Month.  

Thomas Day, born 1801 to free black parents in Dinwiddie County, became a prominent craftsman of  furniture craftsman and cabinetry. His work was known and appreciated through much of the southeast. Elizabeth Keckley was born a slave in February 1818 in the Dinwiddie Courthouse area. She became a successful seamstress who eventually became a confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln and the author of her autobiography, Behind the Scenes Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House.

The Friends of the Library – Dinwiddie (FOLD) are happy to bring us this program in celebration of Dinwiddie Branch’s   Tenth Anniversary  anniversary.

 

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Library Lovers Book Sale

The Hopewell/Prince George Friends of the Library
invite you…

Library Lover’s Book Sale Preview
Hopewell Library
Friday February 11, 2011
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Featuring
“Songs for a Winter Evening”
music by
The Ralph Jones Group

Library Lovers Book Sale
Saturday, February 12, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Holiday Cheer at a Branch Near You

FOLD Open House

FOLD Open House

Special holiday events are coming to a branch near you! Please join McKenney, Dinwiddie and Burrowsville for some holiday cheer, prizes, crafts, cookies and music:

The Friends of the Library, Dinwiddie (FOLD) will host the annual Holiday Open House on Friday, December 3, from 2 to 6 p.m at the Dinwiddie Branch. The Friends will have special refreshments and book-themed basket door prizes. There will also be a children’s ornament craft at 4 p.m.  Come and help kick off the Dinwiddie Branch’s 10th anniversary at this festive annual event.

The Burrowsville Branch library will have an open house with a children’s star ornament craft during The Friends of Burrowsville School, Inc. “Holiday Party for the Family” on December 3, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Burrowsville Community Center and Library. The party will feature seasonal music, refreshments and a performance by the Ralph Jones Group. The Friends will be collecting canned food items for the Prince George and Mission Ministries Food Banks. This promises to be a fun family holiday event with a rolling schedule of activities.

 On Saturday, December 4, t he McKenney Branch will hold a holiday open house at 1 p.m. as part of a festive day of town activities. Refreshments and a children’s star ornament craft will be available at the library. Then the Town of McKenney holiday parade will begin at 2 p.m.,  followed by a visit with Santa at the McKenney Fire Department and more treats!  

 All three events are free. Also, be sure to look for Rudolph the ARLS Bookmobile at the Dinwiddie, Prince George and Hopewell holiday parades!

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