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Author: Director

Totes, mugs and cookbooks at the Library

Posted on December 13, 2015 By Director No Comments on Totes, mugs and cookbooks at the Library

 Check out our library book totes, reading-themed insulated drink bottles, and our library cookbook! On sale now at reasonable prices.

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Williamstown Library Butterflies

Posted on September 3, 2015 By Director No Comments on Williamstown Library Butterflies

Our Williamstown Branch Manager, Nancy Morehead is featured on the front page of today’s “Parkersburg News & Sentinel.”  Congratulations, Nancy, on a job well done! Our thanks to the newspaper for the excellent article and beautiful photos!

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January 2011’s Author of the Month – Maeve Binchy

Posted on October 3, 2011 By Director No Comments on January 2011’s Author of the Month – Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy, a true Irish storyteller, had her name at the top of Britain’s most popular writers list and the New York Times Best Seller’s List. Binchy’s novels touch on issues such as parent-child relationships and the illusion of love. Her novels do not focus entirely on sex, but their appeal, instead, stems from the…

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Awful Library Books

Posted on June 16, 2011 By Director No Comments on Awful Library Books

  You read it right! Just picture it… you’re in the stacks perusing some books and you pull something that catches your eye. You start to look through and have this thought in your mind like, “Really? Is this really a book that people read?” Well, there is a blog dedicated to these types of…

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March 2011’s Author of the Month – Anne Rivers Siddons

Posted on March 1, 2011 By Director No Comments on March 2011’s Author of the Month – Anne Rivers Siddons

Anne Rivers Siddons, born 1936, graduate of Auburn University, started her career off as – what people may call, a free minded writer. She knew she was meant to be a writer when she was fired for her powerful articles in an Alabama Newspaper in which gained national attention. It was her articles like these…

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If You Like Nevada Barr…

Posted on February 15, 2011 By Director No Comments on If You Like Nevada Barr…

Mystery You May Also Like… Elizabeth Adler Nelson DeMille Susan Dunlap Sue Henry JD Robb Dana Stabenow

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Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
South Parkersburg Library
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Children, ages 4-5, will have story time at 1:30 P.M. at the South Parkersburg Library. Friday, October 31st's theme will be Bat Loves the Night [...]
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Wee Be Jammin’ Story Time (South Parkersburg Library)
Wee Be Jammin’ Story Time (South Parkersburg Library)
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South Parkersburg Library
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Children under the age of two will have story time at 10:30 A.M. Children ages 2-3 will have story time at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November [...]
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Random Readers Book Club
Random Readers Book Club
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Emerson Library
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Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
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Children, ages 4-5, will have story time at 1:30 P.M. at the South Parkersburg Library. Friday, November 14th's theme will be Fry Bread by: Kevin [...]
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Wee Be Jammin’ Story Time (South Parkersburg Library)
Wee Be Jammin’ Story Time (South Parkersburg Library)
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South Parkersburg Library
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Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
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Wee Be Jammin’ Story Time (South Parkersburg Library)
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Small Fry Tales (South Parkersburg Library)
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