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September - Orange Shirt Day, Mi'kmaq History Month, Learning Disabilities Awareness Month and More!
Welcome to the September episode of the Stack Attack podcast. We’re talking about Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Mi’kmaq History Month, Learning Disabilities Awareness Month, and finally we’ll take a look at some of the upcoming programs happening in library branches across the island.Links and resources mentioned in this episode:Orange Shirt Day and the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation-Former Residential School students can call the National Residential School Crisis line at 1-866-925-4419 for emotional crisis referral services and information on other health supports. Indigenous peoples across Canada can also go to The Hope for Wellness Help Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for counselling and crisis intervention. Call the toll-free Help Line at 1-855-242-3310 or connect to the online chat at hopeforwellness.ca-The Orange Shirt Society Website-Phyllis Webstad Tells Her Story (video)-Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action (PDF)-National Day for Truth and Reconciliation-Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada (interactive website)Mi'kmaq History Month-L'nuey website: www.lnuey.ca -L'nuey Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lnueypei/Learning Disabilities Awareness Month-The Learning Disabilities Association of PEI (website)PEI Public Library Links-Programs and Events Calendar-Facebook-Twitter-Instagram-Youtube
July - Pride Week Spotlight
July 16-24th 2022 is Pride Week here on PEI, and on this episode we are shining a spotlight on some programming and resources aimed towards 2SLGBTQIA+ Islanders and their families. Joining us are Vanessa Bradley and Scott Alan from PEERS Alliance, and Lucky Fusca from Pride PEI. Vanessa and Scott will be chatting with Krystal about some of the programs and resources that PEERS Alliance offers; and Lucky joins Alicia to talk about PEI Pride Festival’s return to in-person events, and the importance of representation both in our communities and the media we consume. And be sure to listen all the way to the end of this jam packed episode for the debut of our new Book Picks segment. Books that were recommended throughout the episode can be found listed below - follow the links to place a hold and borrow each one! For more information on the great programs and resources mentioned in the PEERS Alliance segment, check out the PEERS Alliance website and follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Don’t forget that the OUTspoken Pride Poetry Slam is happening on July 20th from 7-9 at the new Charlottetown Library Learning Centre.For more information about Pride PEI and the PEI Pride Festival 2022, you can visit the Pride PEI website or check out their Facebook and Instagram. You can also stay up-to-date on what’s happening at your local library by checking out the PEI Public Library Service’s online Program Calendar or follow them on Social Media.Follow these links to borrow some of the books and dvds mentioned by Vanessa & Scott from PEERS Alliance, Lucky from Pride PEI, and in our Book Picks Segment. Vanessa Bradley, PEERS AllianceThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Adult Fiction)Scott Alan, PEERS AllianceJulián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love (Children’s)Epekwitk : Mi'kmaq poetry from Prince Edward Island by Julie Pellissier-Lush (Adult NonFiction)Lucky Fusca, Pride PEIThe Umbrella Academy Vol. 1 (Adult Graphic Novel)The Umbrella Academy Season 1 (DVD)Books Picks Recommendations Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival (Children’s)Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima (Children’s)The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe (YA)Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (YA)Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (YA)Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (YA)Heartstopper Vol. 1 (YA Graphic Novel)Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Adult Fiction)The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Adult Fiction)The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (Adult Fiction)The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Adult Fiction)Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Adult NonFiction)Me by Elton John (Adult NonFiction)Queer by Meg-John Barker (Adult Graphic Novel)Gender by Meg-John Barker (Adult Graphic Novel)Deux garcons et un secret by Andrée Poulin (French, Children’s) Comment survivre aux deux prochaines minutes by Sophie Labelle (French, Jr. Fiction)Dans toutes les directions by Sophie Labelle (French, Jr. Fiction)Le rose, le bleu et toi! by Élise Gravel (French, Children’s NonFiction)The Stack Attack podcast is recorded and produced in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq.
Think of the Children! Canadian Children's Book Week & TD Summer Reading Club
On this episode of Stack Attack, we're talking about Canadian Children's Book Week and the TD Summer Reading Club. Erin Alladin, one of the featured authors of Canadian Children’s Book Week this year, joined us for a chat about her experience with the virtual event and being a writer of children’s non-fiction. You can learn more about her and her projects here. You can also place a hold on her book, Outside, you notice from the PEI Public Library Service, here.Also in this episode we have Roseanne Gauthier, Youth Services Librarian at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, who talks about the TD Summer Reading Club. For more information in the TD Summer Reading Club, check out the website and stay tuned to PEI Public Library’s social media accounts and online programming calendar to see what awesome SRC programs will be happening at a library near you!
The Love of Food: Celebrating Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month
Welcome to another episode of Stack Attack - the PEI Public Library Service's podcast!March is Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month and we met up with Laurie Loane, Executive Director for Agriculture in the Classroom-PEI, and Roseanne Gauthier, Children & Teen Librarian at Confederation Center Public Library to talk about ways in which we celebrate CALM across the Island, in our schools, and in our libraries. For more information on the great programs and resources mentioned throughout the podcast episode, check out:Agriculture in the Classroom PEI’s Facebook Page or Website Agriculture in the Classroom Canada’s Facebook Page or Website SucSeed Hydroponics Brilliant Labs PEI Public Library Service’s Facebook Page to hear Chloe Loane from Agriculture in the Classroom PEI read "Wake Up Farm" written by Jonny Lambert and published by DK Publishing: https://fb.watch/bL0c3JIrhv/
Holiday Reads 2021 Book Panel
Welcome to another episode of Stack Attack - the PEI Public Library Service's podcast!In this episode, we have assembled a number of our library staff from across the Province to provide some recommended titles for you to read during this Holiday season. Join our Book Panel and find your next perfect holiday read!Special thanks to Krystal Dionne for interviewing this episode's speakers.BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:Sue Gardner – Branch Technician at Murray Harbour & Murray River librariesWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - https://bit.ly/3p1uMveHamnet: a Novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell - https://bit.ly/3EIqLB9Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - https://bit.ly/3dyPcVMMandy’s Gourmet Salad: Recipes for Lettuce and Life by Mandy Wolfe - https://bit.ly/335IEfiMagnolia Table: a Collection of Recipes for Gathering by Joanna Gaines - https://bit.ly/3oEtbLJThe Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser - https://bit.ly/3yb4xp4 Beth Clinton – Regional LibrarianPenny: a Graphic Memoir by Karl Stevens - https://bit.ly/3rSGSsmBasketful of Heads by Joe Hill - https://bit.ly/3GrZ14iFangs by Sarah Anderson - https://bit.ly/31BCyDhTalking to Strangers: a Memoir of my Escape From a Cult by Marianne Boucher - https://bit.ly/3Gtzg3xOutlawed by Anna North - https://bit.ly/31Gf6Ep Hannah Norris –Branch Technician at Mt Stewart, Morell & Souris librariesAstra by Cedar Bowers - https://bit.ly/30gf7yEShadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo - https://bit.ly/3oC4Gie Gillian Mahen – Library Assistant at the Confederation Center Public Library in CharlottetownThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow - https://bit.ly/3y8losFA Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas - https://bit.ly/3GxmlNUThe Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk - https://bit.ly/31ImX4H Sarah Bernath – Branch Technician at Bibliothèque publique Dr.-J.-Edmond-Arsenault in CharlottetownTout le bleu du ciel by Mélissa Da Costa - https://bit.ly/3Gx0A0LNous étions le sel de la mer by Roxanna Bouchard - https://bit.ly/3lSp6BR
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