Historical Fiction: Women of the Bible

Novels about women in history are becoming a publishing trend. A sub-genre of these novel is stories about women of the Bible. Here is a short list of some titles of interest:

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, about the daughter and wives of Jacob

The Canaan Trilogy (Sarah, Zipporah, Wife of Moses and Lilah) by Marek Halter

The Women of Genesis series (Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel and Leah) by Orson Scott Card

Leaving Eden by Ann Chamberlin, story told by Na'amah, daughter of Adam and Liliath

Queenmaker: A Novel of King David's Queen by India Edghill, the story of Michal, daughter of King Saul

According to Mary Magdalene by Marianne Fredriksson

The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther by Rebecca Kohn

You can find these novels and more at the Stanly County Public Library.

National Library Week

April 15-21, 2007

We have a full week of events planned to celebrate!

Ongoing events:

Food for Fines. For every canned or non-perishable food item donated, we will waive one dollar of your overdue fine (up to a maximum of twenty dollars). Food will not be accepted for replacement costs or charges for lost or damaged items. No food items are to be left in the book drop. All food collected will be donated to the Stanly Communiity Christian Ministries.

Give Away. Until supplies last, we have neat little cell phone holders to give away. Even if you don't have a cell phone, these are great to hold you library card and car keys.

Door Prize Drawing. Everyone who uses thier library card during the week will automatically be entered into a drawing. Winners will be drawn at each location - Albemarle, Bdain, Norwood, Oakboro and Locust. The Friends of the Library have donated a tote bag filled with a library logo t-shirt, coffee mug, copy of the book Grievances by Mark Ethridge, and a coupon for a free antique appraisal at the upcoming Antiques Fair.

Quilt Display. Celebrating 150 years of quilts in Stanly County.

Daily Events:

Monday. County Commissioners/Library Board of Trustees Annual Meeting

Tuesday. Library Workers Day

Book Club - Albemarle -

Story Time - Badin

Story Time - Norwood

Wednesday. Story Time - Albemarle

Thursday. History of Albemarle Program - presented by the Stanly County Museum

Friday. Book Club - Locust

Needle Crafts - Norwood

Come by any of the local libraries and celebrate with us.

Open Mike Poetry Night

April is National Poetry Month. Every year, we celebrate by hosting an open Mike night here at the Albemarle library. You may read your original poetry or a favorite published poem. Please call Melanie at 704-986-3761 to register.

Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Time: 7:00-8:00 pm

Other ways you can celebrate National Poetry Month:

• Check out and read a book of poetry.
• Memorize a poem.
• Recite a poem to family and friends.
• Visit www.poets.org
• Attend a poetry reading.