Library Programs
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Staff will contact you to make arrangements for pick-up.
The DRPL Bookmaker Challenge
The DRPL Craftbox
The goal of The Deep River Library Craftbox is to connect all of you, creative and inspiring members of the community, to share and learn from one another.
The Craftbox will challenge you to try something new with regular projects, beginner’s tutorials and a Weekly 'show and tell Tuesday' post to show off and cheer each other on.
Free Streaming Services
Looking for options to stream great Canadian films for free? Check out:
- Watch Hot Docs at Home on CBC, a multiplatform festival-at-home experience providing Canadians with front-row access to titles from the 2020 Hot Docs Festival premiering Thursday nights starting today, April 16.
- The Banff Centre for the Arts is bringing the epic adventure of the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival to your home! Check out their website for a curated program of free short films that are available online, and updated often.
- The National Film Board hosts a smorgasbord of great Canadian films, documentaries and animations. Many are available for free!
Virtual Culture Club
Meet the last Thursday of the month via Zoom to discuss great books and films around a theme. Contact the library at 613-584-4244 or info@deepriverlibrary.ca for the link to our meeting, or for title recommendations.
We’ll be discussing:
- Asian Heritage: Thursday, May 28th at 2:00pm
- Indigenous History in Canada: Thursday, June 25th at 2:00pm
- Local Works: Thursday, July 30th at 2:00pm
Reading suggestions for May:
- The Storm by Arif Anwar
- The Boat People by Sharon Bala
- Someone You Love is Gone by Gurinder Basran
- Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates
- All That Matters by Wayson Choy
- We Have Always Been by Samra Habib
- Chop Suey Nation by Ann Hui
- Fugue States by Pasha Malla
- Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
- Floating City by Kerri Sakamoto
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
- Ru by Kim Thuy
- The Assassin’s Song by M.G. Vassanji
Viewing suggestions for May:
- The National Film Board’s curated selection for Asian Heritage Month.
- The CBC’s GEM has a great selection of films, tv series, short documentaries and Hot Docs to celebrate Canada’s Asian Heritage. Check out their trailer here. A few examples:
- A-Yi is the story of an elderly Chinese can collector who strikes up an unexpected friendship with a house full of friends in East Vancouver.
- In the Shadow of the Pines, filmmaker Anne Koizumi explores the childhood shame she felt about her Japanese immigrant father, who worked as a janitor at her school.
- Bollywood: The world’s biggest film industry Anita Rani has exclusive access to the largest Bollywood films and stars to reveal the extraordinary stories and secrets behind the biggest film industry on earth
- Check out the NFB’s Talespinners collection, which uses vibrant animation to bring popular children’s stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen, like:
- Jaime Lo, Small and Shy. In this animated short, Jaime Lo's father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment. A shy Chinese-Canadian girl, Jaime Lo must use her creativity to cope with his absence. This story offers us a lighthearted glimpse into a common dilemma that many immigrant families face, where one parent must work overseas in order to provide for the rest of the family back home.
- The Chinese Violin. In this animated short, a young girl and her father move from China to Canada, bringing only their Chinese violin along for the journey. As they face the challenge of starting fresh in a new place, the music of the violin connects them to the life they left behind and guides the girl towards a musical future.
Interested in the conversation, but at a different time? We want to hear from you. Contact us at info@deepriverlibrary.ca or 613-584-4244.
We look forward to meeting in-person as soon as we can.