The Moose Jaw Public Library is still continuing with event programming over video while the building is restricted to public, with a few new items on the calendar for the upcoming month of November.
On Nov. 5, neuropathic expert Dr. Joel Guillemin will host a session called Boosting Your Immune System at 2 p.m., to discuss how one’s immune system affects overall health maintenance and what to do to positively boost immune activity.
Guillemin will return on Nov. 19 with another session at 2 p.m., this time titled Your Mental Health. The topic at hand during this session will be highlighting the important aspects of an individual’s mental health and how to make improvements with activities and therapies — a topic relevant due to the increasing strain on mental health due to COVID-19.
The MJPL is also hosting two book clubs in November featuring two new titles, available to borrow from the library itself or as eBooks through online services including Library2Go, Libby or Hoopla.
The Library book club will meet on Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty, which follows the story of a woman who unearths a letter from her late husband that unearths a secret that could change everything.
On Nov. 26, the Festival of Words Book Club will meet at 2:30 p.m. to discuss Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom by Moose Jaw-born author Angie Abdou — who is expected to join in for part of the session. Abdou’s book offers her perspective of amateur hockey as a parent, and touches on topics like athleticism, sexism, racism and hockey culture as a whole.
Teen programs are also continuing, with Dungeons and Dragons continuing every Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The MJPL is hosting two Teen eBook Clubs this month, with the first taking place on Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. to discuss Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs. This time-travel novel follows a teen with an eidetic memory who joins a team of other teens with special skills to travel into the future. Future Shock can be borrowed through Hoopla.
The second book club will take place on Dec. 17 to talk about A Winter’s Promise by Cristelle Dabos, which is a speculative fiction story about a world shattered into floating celestial islands and a teen girl who has the ability of a “mirror-traveller” passed down to her through generations.
Adult programs are hosted through Zoom for the time being and teen events on the MJPL’s teen Discord server. The links to both are available on the library’s website as well as on its Facebook page.
Children’s programming is also returning this week, including limited in-person activities for infants and toddlers and the continuation of Storytime with Miss Wendy over Zoom. Registration is required for all children’s events.
Palliser Regional Library is also offering a range of classes and virtual activities through its Digital Academy program.
More information on programming at the MJPL, contact the library by phone at 1 (306) 692-2787, by email at [email protected] or by messaging the library’s Facebook page.
