Birtle Library
907 Main St R0M0C0 Birtle, MB, Canada

Hi; Due to Covid-19 I can't book launch my new book titled 'Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project' so I launched it online on youtube. Louis Riel Day: The Fur T...rade Project Book Launch - YouTube https://youtu.be/Qv2ekfhIJCM It was a new learning experience for me but a nightmare to videotape myself due to a bad habit of closing my eyes and then blinking when I'm talking. I have a whole new respect for people who work in the film industry. :-) Thank you to Canada Council of the Arts for funding this project. See more

Hope everyone had a nice Holiday season, we have some new books in the library so we've updated our new book lists! You can check them out here: https://parklandlib.mb.ca/explore/new-items-at-the-library/

Today is the first day of winter and it's also the best time to get cozy with a good book! What are you reading today?

A Little Bit of Winter

Souvankham Thammavongsa wins the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize November 9, 2020 (Toronto, Ontario) Souvankham Thammavongsa is the winner of the 2020 Scotiaban...k Giller Prize for her short story collection, How To Pronounce Knife, published by McClelland & Stewart. Thammavongsa will receive $100,000 courtesy of Scotiabank. See more

Today is Canadian School Library Day! Join us in celebrating and championing this vital resource. Share your stories, tag your favourite school library profess...ionals, advocate to your provincial government, and help spread the word: SCHOOL LIBRARIES MATTER. Visit https://www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/ for more. #CSLD2020 Canadian School Libraries See more

The German city of Kassel has become home for one of the most impressive pieces of art that we’ve seen in a while. It was created by the Argentinian artist Mart...a Minujín, 74, who has decided to bring back the topic of political oppression by making a full-size replica of the Greek Parthenon using 100,000 copies of banned books. See more

A well read woman is a dangerous creature!

Check out our new Staff Picks!

New Young Adult Fiction

New Junior Graphic novel

Check out or new items lists for October, as always available here: https://parklandlib.mb.ca/explore/new-items-at-the-library/

Look at all that green and red! It's starting to look like Christmas... (Which, we'll take this opportunity to point out, isn't all that far away...) Find out more about this week's Winnipeg bestsellers here: mcnallyrobinson.com/winnipegbestsellers

New mysteries The vacation / T.M. Logan Hunting game / Helene Tursten He started it / Samantha Downing... The wife stalker / Liv Constsantine All the devils are here / Louise Penny One by one / Ruth Ware The darkest evening / Ann Cleeves Best friends forever / Margot Hunt See more

Here are 18 books by Indigenous writers about Indigenous history, the residential school system and its traumatic impact on survivors, their families and the generations that follow.