October 2024 Author Jane Smiley will visit Marion on Friday, October 18 for the 8th Annual Speaking Volumes event held in the Library. Speaking Volumes is a fundraising event coordinated by the BookMarks, a separate nonprofit organization devoted to supporting Marion Public Library. Tickets to this Speaking Volumes event are on sale at the Library, in the BookMarket, and on the BookMarks’ website at MarionOHBookMarks.org. A $75 ticket includes heavy hors d’oeuvres during an exclusive mingle hour with Smiley starting at 6:00 pm, just prior to the program at 7:00 pm. A $30 ticket can be purchased for just the program and includes dessert. There will be a cash bar available. Copies of select books are on sale now. How have you liked our author programs this past year? In our effort to stay focused on our lifelong learning mission, we have been working to connect authors and readers throughout the year. I am very pleased to see how well our community responded to our author visit programs. I have challenged our committee of librarians to plan what our 2025 author visits will look like. As of this printing, we currently have a couple of great additions to the schedule. Details are still in the works, but I wanted to let the William Kent Krueger and Linda Castillo fans know that they will both be visiting Marion Public Library in 2025. Krueger is the author of the Cork O’Connor Series with Spirit Crossing being the newest release. The series has won several awards over the years. Castillo won the Daphne du Maurier Award and the Holt Medallion for her writing. Her newest release is The Burning. Stay tuned to our website for more info as we finalize plans: Marion Library.org/authorseries BOOKMARKS HOST JANE SMILEY OCT. 18 Pulitizer Prize winning author for Speaking Volumes DIRECTOR’S NOTE Gary Branson Smiley is the author of numerous novels including A Thousand Acres, awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. Her newest title, released April 2024, is Lucky. She is author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults as well. She’s a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and had received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California. The BookMarks and Marion Public Library wish to thank Kit & Lori Fogle Family Farm, Stifel, Barb & Jim Greetham, OhioHealth and Buckeye Optometry as major sponsors of this event, with additional support from many others.
Oct 1-26 Pumpkin Painting Challenge continues Fiction Book Discussion @ 6:00pm Oct 2 Escape Room @ 5:00pm Oct 3 Story Time! @ 10:00 & 11:00am Teen Tabletop Time @ 3:15pm Oct 5 Fall Shred Day @ 9:30-12:30pm Oct 8 Books in Focus @ 3:00pm Oct 9 Library Closed - Staff Development Day Oct 10 ALL - What Do You Know About the Paw Paw @ 11:00am* Teen Tabletop Time @ 3:15pm Oct 14 Lapsit Baby Time @11:00am Oct 15 ALL - Birds of Prey @ 10:30am* ALL - Beyond the Martini: Mastering the Spirit of Gin @ 6:00pm* Oct 16 ALL - Hands, Heads, Hearts in World Religion @ 10:00am* ALL - Healthy Living @ 1:00pm* Family Fun Night: Make Your Own Pinecone Spider! @ 5:30pm Oct 17 Story Time! @ 10:00am & 11:00am Teen Tabletop Time @ 3:15pm Oct 18 ALL - Behind the Scenes of a Deputy Sheriff @ 10:30pm BookMarks’ Speaking Volumes @ 6:00pm Oct 21 Lapsit Baby Time @ 11:00am Oct 22 ALL - History of the Columbus, Delaware, and Marion Railway @ 10:00am* Book Show & Tell @ 3:00pm ALL - Beyond the Martini: Mastering the Spirit of Gin @ 6:00pm* Oct 23 ALL - Hands, Heads, Hearts in World Religion @ 10:00am* ALL - Healthy Living @ 1:00pm* Nonfiction Book Discussion @ 6:00pm Oct 24 Story Time! @ 10:00 & 11:00am ALL - Building a Home Library for Literacy @ 2:00pm* Teen Tabletop Time @ 3:15pm Oct 25 ALL - Behind the Scenes of a Deputy Sheriff @ 10:00am* Oct 28 ALL - Exploring the May 4th Collection of Kent State University @ 10:00am* Lapsit Baby Time @ 11:00pm Oct 29 ALL - History of the Columbus, Delaware, and Marion Railway @ 10:00am* Oct 30 ALL - Hands, Heads, Hearts in World Religion @ 10:00am* Oct 31 Story Time! @ 10:00 & 11:00am ALL - Building a Home Library for Literacy @ 2:00pm* Teen Tabletop Time @ 3:15pm New magazine titles have been added to our collection! The Library has added three new titles to the collection: HGTV, Pioneer Woman, and Wild Ohio. Additionally, Sports Illustrated has reinstated publishing after pausing for a few months. The latest issue of each title is available for reading in the library, and older issues of each title are available to borrow for three weeks. Older issues are kept on the shelf underneath the display – just lift up the display shelf to find them! Don’t forget - the library also offers digital access to many of your favorite magazines via the Libby App! You can borrow and download the magazine to read on your device for seven days. Users are able to discover and read past issues of the magazine by selecting a title and then tapping “All Issues.” A great feature for those who don’t want to miss a new issue of their favorite magazine is the “Subscribe” option. This allows you to automatically be notified and borrow the latest release of your favorite titles when the issue is added to the digital library. Magazine issues are added to the “Magazine Rack” in your “Shelf.” The library’s digital magazines are always available, meaning you will never have to wait, or place a hold, to read a copy. Additionally, there is no limit to the number of magazines you can borrow through Libby. For assistance accessing the digital library and using the Libby app, stop by the library and ask a library staff member. In-person classes for using Libby are offered throughout the year; check the library’s event calendar for the next class! NEW MAGAZINE TITLES AVAILABLE print and digital options calendar of events https://www.MarionLibrary.org/calendar/month *ALL - Registration and a fee required Adult Child/Teen ALL Digital Lit
FICTION: October 1 @ 6pm Lucky by Jane Smiley (Smiley will be at Marion Public Library October 18. Get tickets at MPL or MarionOHBookMarks.org) NONFICTION: October 15 23 @ 6pm The Death and Life of Edgar Allen Poe by Mark Dawidziak Find the 2024 Book Discussions List: www.MarionLibrary.org/bookdiscussions Full video on our Library YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/0sDFlm3SjqQ book discussion Stop by, pick up a book, read and join the discussion. books in focus Check out the new titles hitting our shelves within the month of October. BOOK DISCUSSIONS, BOOK CLUBS resources for book clubs October is National Reading Group Month! Joining a reading group, aka a book club, can be a great way to connect with new people, learn new things, gain a new perspective, and enhance your reading experience. The library offers several opportunities each month for readers to connect with our fiction and nonfiction book discussions and Book Show-and-Tell. Each month the library has a different fiction and nonfiction book available for checkout, and even if you cannot make the discussion on the respective Tuesday evening, you are encouraged to borrow and read the book on your own. The Book Show-and-Tell, takes place on the fourth Tuesday of each month, and here readers come together to simply share what they have been reading lately. This is perfect for anyone who wants to talk about books they’ve read without having a reading assignment. If you are part of a book club that meets elsewhere in the community, the library has a few resources to assist you. The library offers Book Discussion Kits which are sets of books that have at least 8 copies or more. Borrowing one of these kits makes it easy for every member of your club to have a copy. These kits are typically located in storage, so please place holds for the sets online, or ask at the main desk for the entire set. A list of titles available can be found on the library’s website: MarionLibrary.org/bookdiscussionkits Another great resource the library offers for book clubs is the BookBrowse database. Book clubs can use BookBrowse to find suggestions for their next fun read, as well as advice for running a book club, and discussion questions for some titles. BookBrowse offers advice on starting a book club, leading discussions, and handling difficult topics of conversation. Some of the books included on BookBrowse also have reading guides/discussion questions that are available to print and use. However, if your club has chosen a title that BookBrowse does not have a set list of questions for, BookBrowse offers a list of 36 generic questions that are good for any book. To access BookBrowse and other databases, visit the library’s website: MarionLibrary.org/dbases LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS Take a deeper dive with ALL sessions The ALL (Adult Lifelong Learning) programs begin October 10 with twelve classes that take a deeper dive into a variety of intriging subjects. The classs are geared toward individuals 18 and older. Registration and a nominal fee are required. New classes are offered every spring and fall. This fall, individuls can learn about local history, take a couple of behind the scenes tours, explore world religions, healthy living, meet a few birds of prey, and much more. Full class list at: MarionLibrary.org/all Author coming Oct 18
Jenna: Historical; spans centuries; story revolves around the Epic of Gilgamesh; multiple storylines; philosophical; complex; descriptive; deeply researched facebook.com/mplohio instagram: @MarionPublicLib twitter: @MarionPublicLib youtube: @MarionPublicLibraryOhio linkedin: @MarionPublicLibraryOhio Marion Public Library 445 East Church Street Marion, Ohio 43302 740-387-0992 MarionLibrary.org Board of Directors Phyllis Butterworth, President Patrick Carey Jennifer Donelson Blake Gates Malcolm Goodman Dana Booker Leslie Schneider Gary Branson Executive Director Jaymi: Happily married woman decides to engage in one-night-stands as a form of self-exploration; ambiguous; thought-provoking; leisurely paced; themes of destiny and self-discovery; melancholy and reflective #staffRA Gary Butler: Set in a North Dakota small town; former “goth” marries the high school quarterback; centered around the financial crash of 2008; character- driven; environmentalism angle Whittney: An unknown actress is chosen for a key role in a big new movie, causing jealousy in another main character; told from multiple perspectives; full of drama; slow-paced Patrick: A Georgian refugee living in London returns to the war-torn home of his youth where he relives memories, talks with ghosts, and faces dangers; tense but laced with humor https://youtu.be/2_IUQ8RnY9U Watch more extensive reviews on our YouTube channel. Coming soon! Check out a full list of books at MarionLibrary.org. Please remember you can always place a hold if the book has not arrived yet or is currently checked out. new for young readers BOOKMARKET VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Make a difference by giving a few hours a month Looking to give a few volunteer hours? Applications are being accepted for volunteer workers for the BookMarket, a used book store inside Marion Public Library that rasies funds througout the whole year. The Market is run by the BookMarks Friends of Marion Public Library volunteer group. Shoppers can find all varieties of gently used books on sale where purchases make a difference. Volunteer with a friend and spend some time in a slower pace, no stress environment. Pick up an application at the Marion Public Library main desk, by stopping into the BookMarket, or download online from MarionOHBookmarks.org/bookmarket
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