Episode 72: Bookbreeze Literary Festival 2016

Suzanne is joined by Carol Jankowski, Director of the Duxbury Free Library, and Brooke McDonough, Library Trustee and liaison from Westwinds Bookshop in Duxbury. We discuss the upcoming programs that are part of the Bookbreeze Literary Festival, an annual literary event hosted by the DFL and Westwinds. For more information visit the Duxbury Free Library or Westwinds Bookshop.

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Wednesday, June 22, 7:00-9:00 PM Merry Room

Thursday, June 23, 7:00-9:00 PM, Duxbury Performing Arts Center

Thursday, July 7, 7:00-9:00 PM, Merry Room

Wednesday, July 13, 7:00-9:00 PM, Merry Room

Wednesday, July 27, 7:00-9:00, Merry Room

Saturday, August 6, 6:00-9:00 PM, Private Residence

Tuesday, August 9, 7:00-9:00 PM, Merry Room

Friday, August 12, 7:00-9:00 PM, Westwinds Bookshop

Wednesday, August 17, 7:00-9:00 PM, Merry Room

Thursday, September 22, 7:00-9:00 PM, Merry Room

Episode 52: Maddy Farquharson shares her tip on learning a new language

After two years studying at NYU Shanghai, Maddy recounts how she has learned to think in another language by using a favorite book as a entry point of vocabulary and cross cultural insight.
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Episode 35: Razia Jan brings the power of education to Afghan girls

Razia Jan, the former Duxbury merchant and president of the Duxbury Rotary club, talks about her journey back to Afghanistan after 9-11 to bring the power of girls education into an area of 7 conservative villages. Her story is a testiment to the effect one person can have on the lives of many.

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Books you might find interesting:

Razia's Ray of Hope, Elizabeth Suneby

Under the Persimmon Tree, Suzanne Fisher Staples

The Breadwinner series, Deborah Ellis

Episode 33: Summer Reading Preview

The Duxbury Free Library has hot summer reads, cool teen titles and nifty children's books, plus magazines, games videos, and much, much more for people of all ages!

Lots of fun books for adults, teens and kids to enjoy this summer. Join the fun by signing up for the Adult Summer Reading Program,
the Teen Summer Reading Program, or
the Children's Summer Reading Program !

Duxbury High School and Midde School Summer Reading Lists: some wonderful titles...

Book Breeze Series of author talks

Children's Calendar of activities

Check out the awesome programs for all age groups at the library.

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Episode 31: The DFL Bookmarks converse on conversation

A wide-ranging discussion of emotional honesty, social niceties, grammar, philosophy, accents, the value of differences with references to TED talk by Brene Brown, film: My Dinner with Andre, books: The Fault in Our Stars, The Giver, To Kill a Mockingbird, TV show: Everyone Love Raymond.

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Episode 22: The Bodacious Bookmarks debut their on air conversation

For ten years, the Duxbury Free Library has had a weekly discussion group for high school students loosely based on the Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips. Books, movies, TV, large philosphical issues are all fair game for discussion. Aleksander Meyer hosts.

This is our first Bookmark podcast. We will be migrating over to our own blog eventually but, for now, we hope you all enjoy the quality of our discussion!

Aleksander Meyer
Autumn Brown
Mary Kate Lyons
Kyra Staier
Lauren Matthews
Dmitri Rusinak
Maddy Buchanan

Ellen Snoeyenbos