Adult Book Discussion

Adult Book Discussion

The Tragedy of Arthur

By Arthur Phillips

Thursday, April 26th 2012- @7:00pm

Woods Program Room (Basement)

Contact Peter Axe -343-2072 for more information

Elmore Leonard Coming to Grosse Pointe

Read this terrific Detroit News article in the Feb 3 edition and then sign yourself up.  The Grosse Pointe Public Library and the Wayne County Community College District are pleased as rum punch to present the master of crime fiction himself on February 29 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.  And in the meantime, check out the library's collection of Elmore Leonard books, audiobooks and movies, including the latest book, Raylan, and the companion television series Justified.

The Cold Dark Life at a South Pole Research Station

Living in the Shadow of the Moon-Dog: a South Pole Diary is a documentary film created by local filmmaker Paul C. Daniels. It captures the winterover life of 50 people at the U.S. Antarctic research station 'South Pole', located on the highest, driest, coldest continent on earth. Mr. Daniels will show film clips and answer questions about this intriguing project. The program is free but seating is limited. Please register on the online calendar or give the library a call.

E-Books @ the Library

Do you have a new E-Reader at your house? It can be a little tricky to download a library e-book the first time.  This help is a good place to start.  Or this help.  Or come to an E-Reader Open House on January 17 at Woods, or February 1 at the Central Library.  Or just stop by the library and we can walk you through it.

You will soon find that we don't own all the bestsellers in e-book form, and the ones we do own frequently have a waiting list.  Library agreements with publishers are evolving in this new field.  Some publishers don't offer their most popular titles to libraries, and some don't offer any titles at all.  And publishers want libraries to handle e-books in the same way as print books, so only one person can have an e-book "checked out" at a time. 

So place your holds for bestselling titles, and then peruse the selection.  There are many older titles that are available and great to read while you wait!  A good way to search is to use the advanced search option, limit to your format and check the box "only show titles with copies available." 

Adult Book Discussion

The Tiger's Wife

By Tea Obreht

Thursday- January 26, 2012

@7pm- Woods Branch Program Room

A Rare Glimpse into the Art of Film

Grosse Pointe South High School alumnus and cinematographer, John Guleserian, turned Sundance Film Festival winner, spoke to the community at Cleminson Hall Tuesday night.
Crediting South's TV production program and his mentor, Dr. Julie Corbett, Guleserain answered questions from a standing room only audience on his immpressive resume and experiences in filming "Like Crazy". The independent film was released in movie theaters around the country on Friday, Nov 11. The Grosse Pointe Foundation for Public Education who co-hosted the event with the Grosse Pointe Public Library, presented Guleserian with their "Pillars of Excellence" award.

Health Database Article

Check out this article about the Grosse Pointe Public Libraries new Health Database on the GrossePointeToday.com website. For more information about Deno's Database please call (313)-343-2074 -Ex 200

Recap of Crossing the Lines Community Meeting

If you missed the community meeting sponsored by WDET at the Woods Branch on Wednesday, November 16 you can listen to a recap here.   The meeting was part of WDET's ongoing series "Crossing the Lines." 

National Book Awards

The 2011 National Book Awards were announced yesterday.  We can't claim winning author Jesmyn Ward -- she is a southern writer without a doubt -- but she does have ties to Michigan.  She received an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan in 2005.  Many of our library patrons are quite familar with some faculty members of the creative writing program at the University of Michigan from the Friends' Classic Books Lecture Series.  Salvage the Bones is the author's second novel.   Her first, Where the Line Bleeds, is also available at GPPL.

The 2011 nonfiction winner is Stephen Greenblatt for his book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.