Richard Wagamese, the celebrated Indigenous Canadian writer, was born October 14, 1955. Wagamese was Ojibwe and a member of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations. He was born in Ontario and lived there for much of his life. In later years he lived in British Columbia, where he died in 2017 at the the age of 61. Keeper’N Me was his debut novel, published in 1994. Wagamese was perhaps best known for his 2012 novel Indian Horse.
Celebrate Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. Check out some of our novels and short story collections featuring libraries and librarians.
Frank Herbert, author of the Science Fiction classic novel Dune, and the series of Dune books, was born on this day in 1920.
October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. What can you do?
October is International School Library Month
October is Canadian Library Month
Your School Library has ALL of these books. You don’t have to read any of these books. But you can if you want to. And it must make you wonder, why are some people so set on trying to keep you from reading these books? In some ways, doesn’t that make you want to read them even more?
Come down to your School Library to check out our display for ISLM and for Canadian Library Month, including books and other materials on libraries, librarians, information science, literacy, and much more.
October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. Come down to your School Library to find out more. Find out why book banning is a threat to your freedoms. See the books that are among the most challenged in the world today. Read a banned book this week. Read what you want to read all the time.
October is International School Library Month and Canadian Library Month. Join with us as we celebrate the power and joy of libraries, and our commit to protecting this vital institution for all people.
American writer Stephen King was born on this day in 1947. King has been referred to as the “King of Horror” as he has written dozens of horror novels and hundreds of horror stories. Some of his best known works include Carrie, It, The Shining, and the Dark Tower series. Many of his novels and stories have been adapted for film and television.
King’s works aren’t limited to horror. He has also written books and stories that fit it many other categories or genres. Many lovers of the films “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Stand By Me.” don’t realize that these films were adapted from King’s books.
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What books would you like to borrow from your School Library? Let us know. Go to our Requests page to let us know what you want.
We want to get good books onto our shelves, so that you can get those good books into your hands, so that you can read good books that you are interested in.
Get the books* that you want.
Go here to link to our Requests page
*Books include regular printed books in hardcover or paperback form, ebooks, audiobooks, and more. We also have magazines, board games, DVDs and other audiovisual materials, and much, much more.
Come down to your School Library to have a look at this year’s Surrey Teens Read novels and to get started on reading your way through the list. Once again Surrey Teens Read has brought us ten amazing books. The list includes a mix of YA and other genres of fiction in these novels for high school aged readers. Remember, we have multiple copies, so you and your friends can read the same novels! Not only that, high school students all over Surrey are starting to read their way through the 10 nominated titles for 2023-20243.
Find out more about Surrey Teens Read
The end is in sight. Make sure that you return all your books and other school library materials before the end of the year.
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