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Our News & Upcoming Events
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March 2010
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Advance Knowledge, Inspire Lifelong Learning & Strengthen Our Community
The Friends of the Library Events Planning Committee met last week to brainstorm on our Live in the Library program. We determined that we needed a mission statement to guide us through the process and agreed that 'Advance Knowledge, Inspire Lifelong Learning and Strengthen Our Community' was an accurate and succinct statement of our purpose. With these guidelines in mind, we hope to offer you an energized and varied program of events in the months to come.
The Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Library encourage and support development of the library by providing funding and assistance for events and special items that are not covered in the budget.
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April is National Poetry Month
New Smyna Beach Library Looking for Teen Poets!
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary
organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band
together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.
Thousands of businesses and non-profit organizations participate
through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events. More about National Poetry Month on poets.org.If you are a Volusia County student in grades 6-12, you have a chance to win our Teen Poetry Contest. Here is how. - Submit up to 3 original poems, typed and double-spaced with correct spelling.
- Put each poem on a separate sheet of paper with a title.
- Do NOT put your name on your poem(s); instead, attach a separate piece of paper with your name, age, school, phone number and the title of the poem.
- Submit 4 copies of each poem.
- All entries must be received at NSB Regional Library by 6:30pm, April 12th.
Winners will receive a cash prize and will be invited to read their poems at a Special Poetry Night on April 28, Wednesday, 5h30-7pm.Contact for additional information: 424 2910 (x 111)
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Sundays with Authors
Kate Cumiskey, March 21, 2pmAbout the book: 'Surfing in New Smyrna Beach'
'New Smyrna Beach is a lovely slip of island off Central Florida's east
coast, an inlet below the bustle of Daytona and worlds away. Legend
tells us Ponce de Leon landed here before sailing to St. Augustine to
found North America's oldest city. Bordered on the west by the Indian
River and Mosquito Lagoon, the south by Cape Canaveral, the north by
the notorious inlet of Crane's The Open Boat, and the east by the
Atlantic, New Smyrna is paradise found. The town has fostered more
world-class surfers than any other on earth. Here surfing is not a
sport, hobby, or pastime. Surfing is a way of life with its own rules,
language, culture, and customs.' More...Kate Cumiskey received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University
of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2006. She has four surfing sons! Mary Clay, March 28, 2pm
Described by 'The Examiner', Beaumont, TX, as The Ya Ya Sisterhood
meets the First Wives Club, 'The Turtle Mound Murder' (the first book
in the Daffodil Mystery Series) has received national recognition (four-star
rating from Romantic Times Book Club among others). Harriet Klausner,
#1 Reviewer for Amazon, et al. called 'Bike
Week Blues' "...one of the funniest capers this reviewer has had
the privilege of reading." The third book, 'Murder is the Pits',
was dubbed "A triumph!" by 'Midwest Book Review'.
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10th Annual Author Luncheon: Dr. Evelyn Bethune
Saturday, March 27th - 'Bethune: Out of the Darkness into the Light of Freedom'
Don't miss this opportunity to meet
and be inspired by Dr. Evelyn Bethune, community activist, political
scientist, author and granddaughter of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. The
10th Annual Author Luncheon, sponsored by the Friends of the John H. Dickerson Heritage Library, is held at the Center for Civic Engagement,
Bethune-Cookman University, Graduate Seminar Room, 740 W. International
Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Social time begins at 11:30am/Lunch at noon
Tickets are $20.00 and are available from The Friends of the John H. Dickerson Heritage Library
Contact: 386 239 6478
Bethune: Out of the Darkness into the Light of Freedom
"Throughout this life experience we were blessed with parents who taught us by example to give to others, to share no matter how little we might have. How do you arrive at peace in your very soul when you see the legacy left to you being stolen away? It is the story of 'Bethune: Out of the darkness into the light of freedom'. One does not have to be visibly shackled to be enslaved. Enslavement can come through fear and anger."
Visit the Mary McLeod Bethune Website
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Finding a Book Club in New Smyrna Beach
On a mission to locate our local book clubs
Who are you? How many members do you have? Where and how frequently do you meet? Is membership open or limited? These questions are frequent, but while everyone seems to know there are many book clubs in our community, no one seems to have a comprehensive overview. So please contact us with information on your book club so that we can better respond to questions from our readers. The Friends of the Library would also like to expand a section of our website to include contributions from local book clubs. So don't wait. Contact us today. Thank you!
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