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SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Sanibel Public Library will present a virtual author talk on Nov. 13 with Amanda Peters.
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SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Sanibel Public Library will present a virtual author talk on Nov. 18 with Charles Duhigg.
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SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
Aviation Goes to War: World War One in the Air will be held on Nov. 13 at the Sanibel Public Library.
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The Sanibel Public Library provides a variety of programming for adults and children.
With support from the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, the library has launched a series of virtual author talks to include bestselling authors and thought leaders. The next ones will take place on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. with bestselling novelist Amanda Peters and on Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. with New York Times bestselling author Charles Duhigg.
Peters will discuss her bestselling novel that was influenced by her heritage, “The Berry Pickers,” as well as her short fiction collection, “Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories.” She is a mixed-race woman of Mi’kmaq and European ancestry. Peters’ short fiction and non-fiction have been published in The Antigonish Review, Grain Magazine, The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Dalhousie Review and Filling Station Magazine. “The Berry Pickers” was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in Canada, and it won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the United States. It also won the Dartmouth Book Award and Crime Writers of Canada First Crime Novel Award, and has been translated into 16 languages around the world.
Author of the bestsellers “The Power of Habit” and “Smarter Faster Better,” Duhigg will present the ultimate guide on how to communicate and connect with anyone at work, home and in life in his latest work, “Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.” He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale University, Duhigg is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, and he was the founding host of the podcast “How To! with Charles Duhigg.”
To register for the author talk, visit https://libraryc.org/sanlib/upcoming.
Additionally, the library has the following programs scheduled:
Aviation Goes to War: World War One in the Air will take place on Nov. 13 from 11 a.m. to noon. Duane E. Shaffer will discuss aviation history. Imperialism, nationalism, entangling alliances and the assassination of an archduke all came together in Europe in the summer of 1914 to ignite the powder keg that would explode, producing World War I. Aviation was still in its infancy. Suddenly machines made of wood, fabric and wire were taking to the skies all over Europe. Being used at first just for reconnaissance, it did not take long for the aviators to try to bring down their enemies with every weapon possible. Four years of war would see rapid progress not only in engines and weapons but also in tactics. It would see the beginning of aerial bombardment, as well.
WEEKLY PROGRAMMING
– Crafternoon: Wednesdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Make a fun and engaging craft with staff guidance. All supplies provided. Open to all ages.
– Family Storytime: Fridays and Tuesdays from 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Bring the whole family to enjoy stories, songs, movement and early literacy play centers that spark creativity and motor skills. Open to babies and toddlers and their caregivers.
Library cards are available to residents of Sanibel and Lee County at no charge. Visitor library cards are available for a $10 annual fee.
The library is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit https://sanlib.org/ or call 239-472-2483.
The Sanibel Public Library is at 770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel.