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Community Reads Event
2022-06-01 - 2022-06-29
Join us for this guided yet relaxed adventure into stories (memoir and fiction) of crossing cultures. Books about leaving and arriving, about being deeply within a culture and on the periphery, about feeling at home and in-between. Participants in the Community Reads Event can choose from the proposed book list (or choose their own within the theme) with the support of participating libraries.
The activity will culminate in a virtual Community Read Event meeting on June 29 to discuss common themes, explore experiences in crossing cultures, and contribute to a community discussion.
Below is a list of suggested books to consider. Your local libraries are an exceptional resource for finding one of the books listed below or recommending some titles you may not have considered before!

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story – Simu Liu
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You by David Chariandy
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
RU by Kim Thuy
Becoming Eve by Abby Chava Stein

Register here for our virtual Community Read Event meeting on Wednesday, June 29, 6 – 7 p.m.

Culture and Diversity Word Walk
2022-06-01 - 2022-06-23
The Perth and District Union Public Library is hosting a culture and diversity-themed Word Walk. To participate, visit Last Duel Park or the Fallbrook Playground between June 1 and 23. Hunt for words hidden around either park. Then use these words to create a sentence, poem, or short story.
Submit your creation to the Perth & District Library by June 23 for a chance to win a prize! Submissions can be dropped off in person or submitted to esmith@perthunionlibrary.ca.
Please include the following with your submission:

Full name
Age
Contact information

Submissions are welcome from all age groups. No registration or library membership is required. Prize winners will be announced on June 30.
