Friends of Smyrna Library Bookstore

Did you know that the Friends of Smyrna Library operate a bookstore in the Smyrna Public Library? Turn left at the staircase when you enter from the parking lot. 

Magazines are this week’s featured bargain. They are only 10 cents each everyday! We sell all we can get so please recycle your old magazines with us through a donation and get a tax deduction too. Magazines can be dropped off at the circulation desk.

Boo-O-Ween

We had a great time tonight celebrating Boo-O-Ween at the Smyrna Public Library!   

Fall Jonquil Festival Book Sale Proceeds

We raised $1,566 during the Fall Jonquil Festival this weekend.

The weather was a bit chilly and we had a great turnout.  We sold all the old books that have been in the inventory over the past couple of years.

Our inventory now is at at RECORD LOW and we need donations of gently used books.

Thanks again to everyone who volunteered!!!

MONSTER SHORTS at the Smyrna Public Library

Something for the adults....

MONSTER SHORTS

Smyrna Public Library
Wednesday, October 30
8 pm to 9 pm

Feel free to bring your refreshments. Costumes welcome. This event is for adults (18+).

When the Library closes, the monsters are released! Get in the mood for Halloween fun with a series of short films full of vampires, zombies and monsters. 

Films will be streamed from the Library's "IndieFlix" database. If you have a Smyrna Library Card, learn how you can also watch IndieFlix movies from home or mobile devices.

Permanent Civil War Exhibit Installed at Smyrna Public Library

This permanent exhibit showcases a small portion of the generous donation to the City of Smyrna by Gerald Cox. Two other exhibits are on view at City Hall and at Brawner Hall. Pop up to the second floor of the Library to see this one.

First Sunday Lecture Series: Karl Puffe, An Immigrant's Story

Long-time Smyrna resident and former Smyrna City Councilman Foster Puffe presented a slideshow and talk entitled "An Immigrant's Story". It was based on a diary that his German grandfather kept while traveling from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the United States in 1892. 

The diary provides fascinating insights into a typical immigrant's experience on shipboard and at the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York City.  The diary is now on permanent exhibit at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. 

2014 Murder Goes South Presenter Bio: TAMAR MYERS, Special Guest

Tamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo). Her parents were missionaries to a tribe which, at that time, were known as headhunters and used human skulls for drinking cups. Hers was the first white family ever to peacefully coexist with the tribe, and Tamar grew up fluent in the local trade language.

In college Tamar began to submit novels for publication, but it took twenty-three years for her to get published. Persistence paid off, however, because Tamar is now the author of two ongoing mystery series. One is set in Pennsylvania and features Magdalena Yoder, an Amish-Mennonite sleuth who runs a bed and breakfast in the mythical town of Hernia. The other is set in the Carolinas and centers around the adventures of Abigail Timberlake, the proud owner of a Charlotte (and later Charleston) antique store, the Den of Antiquity.

Tamar now calls Charlotte, North Carolina, home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.

Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Picchu in the near future.
She is currently working on her 32nd novel. MS Myers is a member of Sisters in Crime writers' group.