Posted by Jill on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:11 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Beginning tonight at 11:00 p.m. FCTV will be broadcasting the film footage that they took at our Mass. Memories Road Show event. They have the complete schedule availabe for all the rebroadcasts on their web page. They also plan to give us a copy of the show…
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Posted by Judy on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:36 pm | 1 Comment(s)
This blog is an information pointer, showing you where to click to find the information on the Internet on the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. It points to reliable answers to some basic questions.
Of course there are many, many sources of flu information on the Internet. The links we are including are to reliable, up-to-date sources, such as…
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:11 am | 0 Comment(s)
Laura Ford, Reference Librarian, has written today’s blog entry:
“I recently finished An Echo in the Bone, the latest installment of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Series. (# 7, in case you were wondering.) The Outlander books defy genre classification…there’s strong romance, wonderfully gritty historic detail, and time travel. These are weighty tomes, and…
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Posted by Jill on Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:44 pm | 0 Comment(s)
While I hope anyone who is in town will come to our Death & Dessert author event this afternoon ... I can’t help but wishing I could be in Boston today at the Boston Book Festival 09!! If you can get into Boston Orhan Pamuk is being interviewed…
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Posted by Jill on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:14 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Join the fun at Death & Dessert! This special afternoon program will take place at 2 PM on Saturday, October 24.
It will highlight a panel of three popular mystery writers discussing their latest books: Thomas H. Cook, The Fate of Katherine Carr; Jan Brogan, Teaser; Mark Arsenault,
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:35 am | 0 Comment(s)
Today’s show on The Point with Mindy Todd featured books for Autumn. You can listen to the rebroadcast at 7:30 tonight on WCAI or you can listen to the podcast at anytime. Here are the lists!
Melanie’s List
Posted by Staff on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 5:14 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Text us with your questions! The Falmouth Public Library now offers free text message reference services. (Please note: standard texting rates apply to your phone.)
A recent Library Journal article noted that
• Worldwide over 350 billion text messages are sent every month.
• As few as 20 percent of email messages are opened…
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Posted by Jill on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:28 pm | 0 Comment(s)
You can now see most of the photos that were collected on the day of the Mass. Memories Road Show. Take a look at www.massmemories.net!
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Posted by Jill on Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:39 am | 0 Comment(s)
Did you notice some DPW workers recently digging a hole at the corner of the library lawn not far from the bicycle racks? Leslie Morrissey, our director, tell us this is what was going on: “In preparation for a new garden, Falmouth DPW employees , Brian Dale, Parks Superintendent, and Peter McConarty, Town Engineer conduct testing of the soil where…
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Posted by Jill on Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:27 am | 1 Comment(s)
Though it’s been about 5 years since The Time Traveler’s Wife was originally published, this title is having a surge of popularity now, due to the August release of the movie by the same name. This is a good thing, because it brings a wonderfully-written novel to the forefront again, and it can’t be a…
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Posted by Jill on Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:59 pm | 0 Comment(s)
Just wanted to let everyone know that the Falmouth Bulletin article about the Mass. Memories Road Show is now available online. Sarah Murphy did a great job writing up the event and taking photos! Her brother Ted Murphy just had his new book published, Saving Santa’s Seals. Ted was at Eight Cousins…
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Posted by Jill on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:04 pm | 0 Comment(s)
And the answer is ... Keats by Andrew Motion. The question? Do you have the biography that the new Jane Campion film, Bright Star, is based on. Yes, we do and it is already out! His poems and letters are also quite popular suddenly. All thanks to the Nickelodeon showing Bright Star. It is…
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Posted by Jill on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:51 am | 0 Comment(s)
After having the Photo Detective here and the Mass. Memories Road Show, I’m still thinking about photography. Just today a two volume set arrived in the reference department that features photography. It is The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography edited by John Hannavy. Here is part of…
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