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Here's our schedule of book group meetings for November and early December:

Family Book Discussion (3rd grade and up, with parent or other caregiver)
Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Adult Book Discussion
Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.
The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason

Teen Book Club
Nov. 1, 7:00 p.m.
The City of Ember, by Jeanne Du Prau
also:
Dec. 6, 7:00 p.m.
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, by E.L. Konigsburg

New participants are always welcome in our discussion groups. Books may be picked up at the Help Desk.

If you have your own book group in Homer, ask us to gather books for your members to borrow. We also have a few ready-to-go sets of books (18-20 copies of each title) available for local groups to use.

*Posted @ Thursday, October 27, 2005   
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* Decoding Da Vinci.

We're hosting an Art Excursion slide lecture: "Decoding Da Vinci." Inspired by Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code, art historian Jeff Mishur will discuss Leonardo Da Vinci's artistic innovations and the ways his approaches broke with traditions of his time. The slide lecture will focus on Da Vinci's religious subjects such as "The Last Supper."

The presentation is scheduled for this Saturday (October 15), at 2:00 pm.

*Posted @ Tuesday, October 11, 2005   
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* Career workshops.

We're again offering a series of workshops to assist in writing resumes and improving job interviewing skills. Jan Moeller, from Joliet Junior College's Career Services Office, will provide tips and techniques to help improve your job search.

Resume Workshop
Tuesday, October 18 @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 21 @ 2:00 p.m.

Job Interview Workshop
Wednesday, November 2 @ 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 4 @ 2:00 p.m.

*Posted @ Tuesday, October 11, 2005   
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* Area horror author.

John Everson will visit the Homer Township Public Library on Oct. 20 at 7:00 p.m. to help get Homer Township residents in the spirit of Halloween. John grew up in Tinley Park and now lives in Darien. Over the summer his first occult horror novel, Covenant (Delirium Books, 2004), won the coveted international Bram Stoker Award for a first novel. His win was featured in the Chicago Tribune, Southtown Economist, Star Newspapers and Liberty Suburban newspapers. In addition to this novel, John has published dozens of short stories, some of which are collected his books Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions (Delirium Books, 2000) and Vigilantes of Love (Twilight Tales, 2003). He also co-edited a ghost story anthology last year for Twilight Tales called Spooks!
John will be reading us a short story or two, and talking about the craft and curious fascination of writing scary stories. So bring your questions about writing fiction and come down for a spooky night around the campfire (sans fire) with John Everson!

*Posted @ Thursday, October 06, 2005   
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