The summer seems to just be flying by. We are already entering the final week of our summer reading program, “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” Keep logging your minutes and entering your tickets for the prize drawing.
At the time of writing, we are well on track to meet our community-wide goal of reading 1 million minutes this summer! Shaun Klee With the end of summer approaching that means we are going right into our fall programs. With the start of fall that means our book clubs will begin meeting again, including the popular local history book club, Bygone Book Club, a partnership between the Grand Island Public Library and the Hall County Historical Society. Local historians from the historical society lead the monthly discussion of a book that covers Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, or regional history.
The book club meets monthly from August through April, with a break in December. Come listen to the discussion leader and learn about a wide range of historical subjects. The first meeting of the season for the Bygone Book Club is set for 11:30 a.
m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
Note the discussions will be starting 30 minutes later this year. “Murder in the Land of Broken Promises,” by local author and Central Community College history instructor Linda Wilke Heil, will be the focus when the Bygone Book Club resumes Aug. 10.
The club, a collaboration between the Grand Island Public Library and the Hall County Historical Society, meets monthly from August through April,.