VI Regional Library Parksville
100 Jensen Ave E V9P 1K3 Parksville, BC, Canada

Hello Library fans, welcome to another Reader of the Week! Thank you for your enthusiastic support of this program. Because many of you are heading to our YourTube to "meet" our readers, we will continue into the New Year! This bright spark is Olivia Brown from Courtenay. Don't let her youth fool you, she is a die-hard library fan and has been for years! She shares her favourite books and digital resources and why the library is so important to her. http://ow.ly/Oksi50CJe3C... #ReaderOfTheWeek #StrongLibrariesStrongCommunities #VIRL

This fabulous video got us all fired up about the #Bookface phenomenon again! Have you ever tried one? Share your creations here in the comments! #bookface #bookfacefriday #bookfacelicious #bookfaces #VIRL

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights. Happy Hannukah to all those beginning your celebrations this evening. http://ow.ly/TW1N50CIeMz #Hannukah #FestivalOfLights #VIRL

In Bryan Washington’s first novel, Memorial, the author chronicles the staid and comfortable relationship between Mike, a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson, a Black day care teacher. When Mike suddenly is called to return to Japan to care for his ailing father just as his mother is due to arrive, Benson carves out his days in awkwardness with Mike’s Japanese mother, Mitsuko, whom he’s just met. In quiet scenes that show us how we work simultaneously t...o connect and disconnect from each other, Washington’s story resides as much in what isn’t said as in what is. In the end, we learn how the history of the ones we love can simultaneously restrict and free us. Bryan Washington talks with author and scholar, Rinaldo Walcott (Black Like Who?), about the writing and reception of Memorial and what his characters reveal about modern love. Register and tune in LIVE on December 10 at 12-1pm EST or watch the replay at http://ow.ly/RIJr50CHnIy #OnePageLit #BlackLikeWho #VIRL #LibrariesTransform

We are on the 'gram too! Our account VIRLagram shares pictures and stories from across our service area. We LOVE to hear from our customers! Did you 'catch' your little one reading, have a book review you'd like to share, design the perfect #BookFace? Follow us @vilibrary on Instagram, use the hashtag #VIRLFan and show us your #LibraryLove On Dec. 18, 2020 our IG followers will be entered into a random draw to WIN a Tales the Whale Plush Toy!... #VIRL #Tales #Instagram *This draw is being administered by VIRL and not associated with Facebook or Instagram in any way.