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Journaling for writers

… Journaling for writers Blog Body I was recently invited to be … different forms and serve different purposes, but all are important. 1. THE SCRIB: Where I scribble each morning by hand (this soothes me and is part of my morning ritual) 2. An …

Free Career and Entrepreneurial Resources

… of Canadians’ life, many of us are practicing social distancing. Some of us may be recently out of work due to … to learn essential skills that can make the eventual return to work smoother or open doors to new opportunities as … business, preparing for re-opening, looking for a job, or simply just want to improve your skills to protect your …

How I Improved My Photography at the Library

… How I Improved My Photography at the Library Blog Body I took a … train tracks that made the front page of Reddit . This photo was seen by tens of thousands of people. It's a … and how I did them. These experiences represent a major turning point for my photography practice. I have been …

3 Tips for Starting Your Novel Part 2

… for Starting Your Novel Part 2 Blog Body Read Part 1 Here is the second of three tips that might help you get started on your novel (and keep going). Consider the importance of conflict and stakes In order for a story to … to manipulate the character in such a way as to make the journey feel worthwhile and meaningful to the reader. …

The not-so-challenging challenge: Bullet journaling techniques to track your reading

… The not-so-challenging challenge: Bullet journaling techniques to track your reading Blog Body Dot … reading goal. You’ll see your progress accumulate, and this visual can help motivate you to keep going and let you … The open space lets you express your artistic side or make simple rows. Add as few or as many details you want , such …

Ten Steps to Send your Work to a Publisher

… Ten Steps to Send your Work to a Publisher Blog Body Simplified Steps to Submit Your Work to a Publisher Format … envelope of sufficient size, carrying adequate return postage. Exclusive, multiple, or simultaneous …

12 days of Bookmas

… 12 days of Bookmas Blog Body The snow is falling, a fire is burning in the fireplace, and we're ready to curl up and … if you’re a fan of dark academia. A fantasy set in Imperial England that explores the power of language. Day 4: …

Meet the 2024-25 Writer in Residence!

… outside Gananoque, known as the Gateway to the Thousand Islands. These days, I write mostly poetry and fiction, both … plays, and film and TV scripts. I’ve also worked as a journalist. In fact, my favourite gig was as a punk show … over the last 15 years. Enough of that! Time to get to the important stuff. Like what is the writer in residence all …

3 Tips for Starting Your Novel Part 3

… Your Novel Part 3 Blog Body Read Part 1 and Part 2 . Here is the third and final tip that might help you get started … for the story’s heartbeat I used to think that a novel was simply a collection of scenes containing recurring characters engaged in some sort of journey. To some extent this is true (we do move from scene to …

Orange Shirt Day is a chance for us to engage in open conversation about residential schools

… Orange Shirt Day is a chance for us to engage in open conversation about … Sept 29 . I hope you’ll join us as we embark on this journey of reconciliation together. If you’d like to learn … Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day explores the historical impact on Indigenous people in order to create champions who …

Like stories set in WWII? Try these

… of years, titles like “The Alice Network” and “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” have captured imaginations and made … war from Omaha Beach to the Nuremburg Trials. He abandons journalism after the war to become a Nazi hunter, yet one … dozen photographs—each of a different woman. In a moment of impulse, Grace takes the photographs and quickly leaves the …

RPL Impact Stories

… RPL Impact Stories … You can find many incredible stories at … on our shelves. After immigrating to Regina to further his education, Franquil needed support returning to work in his chosen field. Watch how RPL’s free …

Books That Became Oscar-Nominated Movies

… dropped and a lot of the films being recognized this year are based on books. And hey, we have a lot of books! … visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer, Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to … been a serious biography for an adult audience of this important woman. This is that long overdue historical work, …

Brightening up Blue Monday

… Brightening up Blue Monday Blog Body Don’t be surprised if you’re feeling blue today. The third Monday in … inventory of your lifestyle habits to see if there are any simple adjustments you can make to help improve your mental … minutes of SAD lamp – and I usually couple this time with journaling. By tethering up these activities it helps to …

Soulslike lore and more!

… Soulslike lore and more! Blog Body The Hero’s Journey is arguably the most popular approach to storytelling … It’s not meant to dishearten or shame the player, but simply convey a fact. Character death is meant to be a tool …

Show, Don’t Tell: Tips and Examples

… One of the writing tips you’ll here over and over again is ‘Show, don’t tell.’ This is important to master if you want to be noticed by a publisher … and began making calls to set up appointments. Then you return immediately to showing mode, describing her visits to …

How a City Councillor Found His Voice at the Library

… How a City Councillor Found His Voice at the Library Blog Body John Findura is the city … first job at Hotel Saskatchewan, he made his first priority improving his English. Lucky his him, the job put him close … like John all those years ago. Watch John talk about his journey as part of our #RPLStories. Click the video link …

One good scare: horror recs for Spooky Season

… Stream on Kanopy Talk To Me (2023) – A group of friends discover they can conjure the spirits of the dead using an … Dark and the Wicked (2020) – A brother and sister must return home to comfort their mother and deal with the death of … (2013) – Two friends travel to a remote cabin where one imprisons the other to carry out a drug intervention. But …

What’s your #RPLStory?

… was a sanctuary for me. In Regina, that was RPL’s Sunrise Branch. It was a place I could go when being the ‘new … a book with me everywhere I went, or writing in a journal instead of talking at the lunch table. It gave me a … control over where I ended up. My story might not be as impactful as some of the others we’ve shared , but it means …

Support For The New School Year

… indeed come before e except after c. All kidding aside, this is going to be a school year unlike any we’ve … new skills or concepts. Brainfuse is a great resource to turn to because it offers live, online tutoring between the … it to ask a tutor how I can help my young children learn simple multiplication. Using a whiteboard, the tutor showed …

Getting out of your comfort zone

… zone Blog Body Joining a book club full of curious humans is one of the best things I’ve ever done for my lifelong learning journey. I’m a die-hard fiction reader of fantasy and … in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It was a hard read, but an important one. It pushed me to get curious about my reading …

How to Find Hope at the Library

… How to Find Hope at the Library Blog Body Sarah Turnbull is a driven entrepreneur who has designed many … the children’s hospital.” Finding these small comforts is important for families going through challenges. Hope …

The best show in August

… best show in August Blog Body Every August, the night sky is flooded with shooting stars. That’s how I like to think … What you’re actually seeing are pieces of comet debris burning up as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere at a whopping … to see meteors across the night sky. You could keep it simple and search for them from the comfort of your backyard, …

Commit to meaningful and lasting reconciliation

… (NDTR),previously known as Orange Shirt Day , is a day to honour residential school survivors, their … families, their communities, and the children who never returned home. It’s meant to raise awareness of the lasting impact of residential schools, encourage conversations, …

The not-so-challenging challenge: Goal tracker inspiration

… or not! Find some inspiration below for how to use bullet journal techniques to keep track of your personal reading … Adult Reading Challenge gamecard . The no brainer: Keep it simple by tracking your reading progress in one month. Add … like; keep track of the title, author, date started and finished, personal reflections or notes, and more. The dabber: …

"Try the library once, and you are hooked!"

… "Try the library once, and you are hooked!" Blog Body Regan is more than a library donor. He is a true ambassador. “I … for supporting the library with generous donations is simple: “I get so much out of it!” He sees the library as “a … perhaps with the backlash against fake news people will turn en masse to the library for reliable quality …

How Parents Can Teach Through Play

… Through Play Blog Body Liam was only 10-days-old when his mother, Sheila, got him his first library card, showing … into every experience. But Liam’s story shows that the most important way to bridge the gap between new concepts and … discovers new ideas as he goes. Watch Liam and Sheila's journey below as part of our #RPLStories. Blog Images Enter …

Show versus tell - a new take on an old rule

… Greetings from the Writer in Residence office! Earlier this week, I spoke to a writer struggling with a rule many of … As authors, we're taking our readers on an emotional journey. We need to feel the rhythm of the story and know when … Is there anything you can take away from their style to improve your own work? We’re all just learning from each …

5 Investment Tips We Wish We Could Tell Our Younger Selves

… 5 Investment Tips We Wish We Could Tell Our Younger Selves Blog Body By Scott … of money on a scheduled basis, like clockwork. It’s also important to invest regardless of your recent returns, as past performance does not guarantee or indicate …

Marathon reads for your next reading marathon

… I am not a runner. I fall firmly into the “reading is my cardio” camp. But one of my favourite things I’ve done … up with QCM and RunRegina to welcome runner and science journalist Alex Hutchinson to the library to give an author … complexity and ambiguity rather than search for falsely simple answers. Range tackles a broader topic, pushing back …

What's wrong with this picture?

… What's wrong with this picture? Blog Body It’s 8 o’clock on a Wednesday evening. … of course, for those unable to afford one). And—and this is important—there should be no way to turn the set off, short of denying power to the residence …

Cozy Cooking

… Cozy Cooking Blog Body One of the things I love most about this time of year in Saskatchewan are the smells, both … in the past few years. Recipes from them are the ones we turn to when we get together as a family, and that food … Nimji's Kitchen by Nimji Noorbanu Everyone can bake: simple recipes to master and mix by Dominique Ansel Whew! All …

How to (Prepare to) Write a Novel

… those subjects clustered under “science”. I guess the idea is that developing hypotheses, using logical reasoning and … objectives to be achieved and hopefully surpassed. But most important of all, they had what I would call iron … to recognize and exercise itself ad infinitum. Thus we return to our point of departure. —Maurice Blanchot, The …

Accessibility Services

… available at the library are here to inspire you to discover, learn, and connect. Assistive Technology Regina … keys beneficial for individuals with a range of visual impairments. Refreshable braille display*: This device … accessible service lanes. To use the hearing loop system, turn your hearing device to the ‘T’ setting. BlindSquare …

Library facts

… Library facts … You might’ve seen some of our statistics showing up across Regina. Want to know more? Check … of $309 of value for each Regina resident. This return on investment is similar to other Canadian library … career coaching program has created substantial positive impacts on job seekers, empowering individuals to decrease …

Privacy Statement

… Privacy Statement … The purpose of this statement is to inform customers and the public about the … interpreted as a contract of any nature, either stated or implied. Definition of personal information For the purposes … and how to contact them if the materials are not returned. Or, if you choose not to give your phone number or …

Read Together Regina

… Read Together Regina … Reading to your baby is very important and we want to help you get started. That's why … literacy skills development. Learning is a lifelong journey, and it begins at birth. Research shows that babies …

DAG Volumes: No. 1 (2012)

… DAG Volumes: No. 1 (2012) … (2012) This handsome, cloth-bound hardcover volume is the first in an … an informative overview of the gallery's history and impact, and a curatorial essay by Dr. Curtis Collins on the … exhibition, Golden Jubilee, by the artist's collective Turner Prize*. The book's seventeen essays are accompanied …

Presenting to the RPL Board of Directors

… to the RPL Board of Directors … Consulting with the public is important to the Directors of the RPL Board. You have the … table when it is time for their presentation, and will return to their seat following their presentation. If they are …