The libraries in Marin provide all library cardholders with access to an amazing service — Discover & Go, which offers free and discounted passes to local museums, aquariums, science centers, and other cultural institutions. Just pick one of the many museums and other cultural institutions, log in with your library card, and print your pass at home (or access it on your smartphone)!
Get passes to the California Academy of Sciences, Asian Art Museum, Exploratorium, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Madame Tussauds San Francisco, and many more! Log in now and start saving!
At this weekend’s Nebula Awards, female authors dominated the ceremonies, winning prizes for the best novel, novella, novelette, and short story. The Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.
This year’s winner for Best Novel was Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. Other winners included Nnedi Okorafor for her novella, Binti; Sarah Pinsker for the novelette, Our Lady of the Open Road; and Alyssa Wong for her short story, Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers. Even the Young Adult fiction award, called the Andre Norton Award, went to a woman: Fran Wilde, for her novelUpdraft.
The final Nebula Award, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, went to Mad Max: Fury Road, written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, and Nick Lathouris. (Not a female screenwriter among them, sure, but at least the movie had strong female characters!)
Evoking Eastern European folklore but with a strong, intelligent female narrator, Uprooted tells the story of Agnieszka as she discovers and develops her magical abilities to help protect her quiet village from the corrupted Wood that surrounds her home.
If you’re looking for more award-winning Science Fiction, see our list of Favorite Nebula winners. Interested in trying Science Fiction, but not sure where to start? Try our list: Science Fiction for Beginners, with tons of titles sorted by their appeal factor.
Also, here are the other novels that were nominated for the Nebula’s Best Novel award this year:
In conjunction with The Great Race 2016, which starts in our beloved San Rafael, a fundraising event for the library will be held at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center!
The 1965 comedy “The Great Race” will be screened on Wednesday, June 15th at 7pm at the Theater.
Screened in a 35mm print, this epic 1965 comedy from director Blake Edwards is shown in anticipation of the 2016 Great Race, the celebrated vintage car rally starting in San Rafael on June 18th and ending in Moline, Illinois on June 26th.
Ticket prices: $11.25 / $8.00 for seniors 60 and over and youth 12 and under / $7 for CFI members
All ticket proceeds will benefit the San Rafael Public Library!
Readers aged 5 and older are invited to book an appointment to read to a dog in the San Rafael Public Library Children’s Room! Make your appointment at the Children’s Reference Desk, or call us at 415-485-3322.
Dogs are ideal reading partners, providing comfort and unconditional acceptance that can allow children to focus better and read with greater confidence. The Marin Humane Society’s SHARE a Book program is designed to help children improve their literacy skills, and to offer an opportunity for them to have fun reading – to dogs!
Come to the Downtown San Rafael Thursday night Farmer’s Market and get library goodies!
The Library has a booth at the Downtown Farmer’s Market twice a month and we’re offering some fun stuff for our community members (that’s you)! Stop by our booth and you can:
pick up free books for all ages generously donated by the Friends of the Library for you to take home
get a packet of sunscreen or lip balm to keep you healthy in the sun
get a tech tutorial on our downloadable eBooks or other digital services
sign up for a free library card (bring photo ID/proof address)
make a fun craft (cards, bookmarks, and lots more!)
offer your feedback on how the library’s doing and how we can do better
Library staff and members of our support groups (Friends of the San Rafael Public Library, San Rafael Public Library Foundation, San Rafael Public Library Board of Trustees, Special Library Parcel Tax Committee) are staffing the booth. Stop by and give us a high five!
Days the library will be at the Farmer’s Market: May 18, June 2 and 16, July 7 and 21, August 4 and 18, September 1 and 15.
Looking for a good mystery? Try an award winner! The Edgar Awards and the Agatha Awards were both recently announced. Have you read these titles yet? Also see this handout with past winners of the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel.
The Edgar Awards are named for the father of the modern detective novel, Edgar Allan Poe. They are awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.
The Agatha Awards honor “traditional” or “cozy” mysteries, as typified by the works of Agatha Christie. They are chosen by the mystery fan organization Malice Domestic, Ltd.
The 2015 Agatha Award Winners (which were awarded in 2016) are:
If you need help finding these books, or want more suggestions of mysteries to try, drop by the library, call, or contact us online. We’re always happy to help connect you to a great read!
The libraries in Marin provide all library cardholders with access to an amazing service — Discover & Go, which offers free and discounted passes to local museums, aquariums, science centers, and other cultural institutions. Just pick one of the many museums and other cultural institutions, log in with your library card, and print your pass at home (or access it on your smartphone)!
In conjunction with The Great Race 2016, which starts in our beloved San Rafael, a fundraising event for the library will be held at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center!
Saturdays, 11am-12pm
Come to the Downtown San Rafael Thursday night Farmer’s Market and get library goodies!
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