Magness Memo: Library expands its hours
The library has recently expanded its hours to better serve the public. New hours are: Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
New Books
The library continuously receives new books. We have most of the current best sellers as well as a wide variety of other fiction and non-fiction. New books on our shelves include:
• “The Last Girls” by Lee Smith
• “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold
• “Flight Lessons” by Patricia Gaffney
• “The Crush” by Sandra Brown
• “The Crimson Petal and the White” by Michel Faber
• “Bringing Down the House” by Ben Mezrich
• “The Blank Slate” by Steven Pinker
• “Blessings” by Anna Quindlen
• “My Losing Season” by Pat Conroy
• “Q Is For Quarry” by Sue Grafton
• “Leadership” by Rudolph Giuliani
•”Abraham” by Bruce Feiler
• “The Sunday Wife” by Cassandra King
• “Mission Compromised” by Oliver North
• “The Best Loved Poems of Jackie Kennedy Onassis”
There have been many recent additions to the large print, mystery and Western shelves, and the Southern Heritage Room has a small but growing collection of books, both fiction and non-fiction. The nonfiction collection includes books on many topics pertaining to the South – including architecture, agriculture, food, folklore, music, government, history, etc.
If a book is checked out when a patron requests it, we will be glad to add that person’s name to our reserve list to be called when the book becomes available. If someone wants a book we don’t have, more than likely we will be able to get it for them, through Inter-Library Loan, within a few days.
Magness Writer’s Group
Due to the tremendous response to our recent writer’s workshop, Magness Community House and Library will form a writer’s group.
The group will meet at the library on a regular basis and will offer workshops and classes in both fiction and non-fiction writing. We will also have an annual writing contest. Anyone who is interested in writing is invited to attend the first meeting, which will be Saturday, Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. at the library.