Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities' three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.
COQUITLAM
Play and Learn Events at Coquitlam Centre: Last Wednesday of each month, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join CPL staff at Coquitlam Centre for monthly storytimes, songs and crafts near the Toy Jungle, in front of London Drugs. The theme for the next session on Wednesday, May 25 is Sports. No registration is required for these free programs - just drop-in and enjoy.
The Book Bus will be going to: Tri-City Family Place on Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Cottonwood Park on Saturdays from 10:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The Book Bus brings library material and programs to people throughout Coquitlam.
Spring Storytimes for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-schoolers end on May 26. Check the CPL website for times and dates, or phone 604-937-4142 (Poirier) or 604-927-3561 (City Centre) for more information.
For more information about any of these programs, visit www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 3000 Burlington Dr. and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.
TERRY FOX (POCO)
Coffee Mug Club - Terry Fox Library Book Club: You can connect with other books lovers at the Terry Fox Library as this club meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is May 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m. and new members are welcome. The club is currently reading The Golden Mean: A Novel by New Westminster fiction writer Annabel Lyon. This is the riveting story of the relationship between Aristotle and the 13-year-old boy who would grow up to become Alexander the Great. The Golden Mean was a finalist for the Giller Prize and is the winner of the 2009 Writer's Trust Fiction Prize.
For more information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Terry Fox Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-927-7999.
PORT MOODY
Night Readers Book Club: New members are welcome so drop in as this book discussion group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in PMPL's ParkLane Room. On May 25, The Outcast by Sadie Jones will be discussed. When Lewis Aldridge was 10 years old, his fun-loving mother drowned. His distant father soon remarries and the ignored Lewis moves from disturbed child to acting-out young man. When he commits arson, he ends up in jail. He is released after two years but that is just the start of this intense and beautifully written story.
Family Play and Learn at Coquitlam Centre: Join Tri-City librarians for great stories and theme-based activities. Family Play and Learn is a drop-in event and takes place on the ground level of the mall on the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 25's program will be all about sports.
For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.
