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Graphic for Halloween

Here are some of our Graphic Novels and other graphic titles for Horror Month:

Legendary American writer Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this day in 1929. Le Guin is celebrated as a master of fantasy and science fiction. She is best known for her novel A Wizard of Earthsea, published in 1968, and numerous follow-up books set in the world of Earthsea. Le Guin died in 2018.

October is HORROR month

Come down to your school library to check out some of our newest titles for Halloween!

Richard Wagamese

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.

Fictional Libraries and Librarians

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

Frank Herbert, author of the Science Fiction classic novel Dune, and the series of Dune books, was born on this day in 1920.

What Can You Do to Fight Book Banning?

October 1-7 is Banned Books Week. What can you do?

October is International School Library Month
October is Canadian Library Month

Banned Books Week

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?

Here are some more books that were challenged and/or banned

International School Library Month

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.

Banned Books Week

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 Library Month

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.

Stephen King

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.