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Headquarters:
Bay County Public Library
850-522-2100
Panama City Beach
850-233-5055
Parker Public Library
850-871-3092
Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Library
Port St. Joe
850-229-8879
Charles Whitehead Public Library
Wewahitchka
850-639-2419
Harrell Memorial Public Library
Bristol
850-643-2247
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library
Hosford
850-379-3300
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The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig
When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the island, Grace searches for answers about her friend's life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past. Filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning.
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Vince Flynn: Capture of Kill
by Don Bentley
April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America's war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy's former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration's true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. Alone, Ashani stands no chance of preventing this rush to madness. But with the help of one man, he just might. This is the 23rd book in the Mitch Rapp series.
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The Coven
by Harper L. Woods
Revenge. Raised to be my father's weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow's Grove University where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend. Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen. Thirteen promising students destined to change the world. If the ghosts of Hollow's Grove's victims don't kill them first.
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The Eastern Front: a History of the Great War, 1914 - 1918
by Nick Lloyd
Drawing on the latest scholarship as well as eyewitness reports, diary entries, and memoirs, Lloyd moves from the great battles of 1914 to the final collapse of the Central Powers in 1918, showing how a local struggle between Austria-Hungary and Serbia spiraled into a massive conflagration that pulled in Germany, Russia, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. The Eastern Front was a vast theater of war that brought about the collapse of three empires and produced almost endless suffering. Unlike in the west, where stalemate ruled the day, the war in the east was fluid, with armies embarking on penetrating advances. Perhaps the most radical aspect of the struggle in the east was that was the
Eastern Front witnessed calculated attacks against civilians that ripped the ethnic and religious fabric of numerous societies, paving the way for the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Spirit Crossing
by William Kent Krueger
The disappearance of a local politician's teenaged daughter is major news in Minnesota. As a huge manhunt is launched to find her, Cork O'Connor's grandson stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe woman--but nobody seems that interested. Nobody, that is, except Cork and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police. As Cork and the tribal officers dig into the circumstances of this mysterious and grim discovery, they uncover a connection to the missing teenager. And soon, it's clear that Cork's grandson is in danger of being the killer's next victim.
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Reagan: His Life and Legend
by Max Boot
Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician - America's fortieth president comes to life in this gripping and profoundly revisionist biography. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred of the fortieth president's aides, friends, and family members, as well as thousands of newly available documents, Boot provides "the best biography of Ronald Reagan to date" (Robert Mann). Boot contextualizes Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age.
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By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult
As an undergraduate, Melina Green had an opportunity to have one of her first plays judged by famous theater critic Jasper Tolle, only to be publicly humiliated by a harsh critique. Years later, her confidence has never recovered, although she has just completed a work that she thinks is her best yet. It is based on the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, the first published female poet in England - whom some scholars suspect may be the real author of a number of Shakespeare's plays. In 1581, the young orphan Emilia Bassano is being raised in the ways of English aristocracy by the Baron Willoughby and his sister. Told in dual intertwining timelines, this sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face.
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The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant Caz - a sentient spider plant - have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire's most precious spellbooks. Then a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames. She and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she'd see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosy - and very handsome - neighbor who keeps showing up day after day to help her. In need of income, Kiela discovers something that even the bakery in town doesn't have: jam. But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela decides to open the island's first-ever and much-needed secret spellshop. Her plan comes with risks--the empire condemns the use of unsanctioned magic, and the consequence of sharing spells with commoners is death. But Kiela has only just found a place that feels like home and people who feel like family, and she'll risk anything for a chance at happiness.
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Hard to Kill
by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense. Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than he is connected to another family gunned down in another part of Long Island. It's not double jeopardy. It's not double murder. It's double triple homicide. Jane's career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She's tough to beat. She's even tougher to kill. The defense may never rest.
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At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
by H. R. McMaster
At War with Ourselves is the story of helping a disruptive President drive necessary shifts in U.S. foreign policy at a critical moment in history. McMaster entered an administration beset by conflict and the hyper partisanship of American politics. With the candor of a soldier and the perspective of a historian, McMaster rises above the fray to lay bare the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump's presidency and give readers insight into what a second Trump term would look like. McMaster writes candidly about Cabinet officials who prioritized controlling the President over collaborating to provide the President with options. McMaster offers a frank assessment of the achievements and failures of his tenure as National Security Advisor and the challenging task of maintaining one's bearings and focus on the mission in a hectic and malicious environment.
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All Northwest Regional Library System libraries will be CLOSED on Monday, October 14 for a Staff Training Day. |  | |
BAY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
The 3rd annual Bay County Writers Fest will be held at the Bay County Public Library on Saturday, October 5 from 11 am – 4 pm. Over thirty regional author and publisher tables will be located throughout the library with their books available for sale. Some authors may be cash/check only, while others have card readers. Bay County Writers Fest is the largest event of the year to support our local authors! The library has also partnered with Gulf Coast State College Language & Literature Department for additional events that are free to attend and open to the public.
Crepe & Cream Creperie Food Truck
Saturday, October 5 (lunch time)
Where: In the Bay County Public Library Parking Lot
Now Write: Mini Workshops
Saturday, October 5 (1 - 3 p.m.)
Where: Bay County Public Library Youth Services Program Room
Beginnings Workshop led by Matt Brock, Ph. D. and Gulf Coast State College Language & Literature Associate Professor.
The Five Sentence Story Workshop led by Grant Deam, MFA and Gulf Coast State College Language & Literature Assistant Professor.
Poetry Read and Talk
Saturday, October 5 (6 - 8 p.m.)
Where: Thistle and Thorne - 304 Harrison Avenue, Panama City
Poetry Read and Talk led by poets of Anhinga Press and Gulf Coast State College Professors: Craig Beaven, Tiffany Messick, Kristine Snodgrass, and Kayley Thomas.
| Children's Library Programming | |
Bay County Public Library
Bouncin’ Babies & Toddlin’ 2s (Ages 0 - 2 with Caregiver)
Tuesdays at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. CT (Same Class, limited to 40 people)
Read & Rhyme Storytime (Ages 3 - 5 with Caregiver)
Thursdays at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. CT (Same Class, limited to 50 people)
Trading Card Game Day (Ages 6 +)
Friday, October 4 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Fall Craft Camp (Ages 8 - 12) Registration Required.
Monday, October 21 at 4 p.m. CT
**Dress to mess! Call 850-522-2118 to register.
LEGO CLUB (Ages 6 – 12) Registration Required
October 16 and 17 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Japanese Language Club (Ages 6 - 12) Registration Required.
Wednesday, October 23 at 4 p.m. CT
**Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Family Game Day (Families with Children Ages 6+)
Saturday, October 26 from 12:30 - 4 p.m.
**Parents must stay with their children. Program in the Meeting Room.
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Pictured: Sail into School class at the Panama City Beach Public Library
Panama City Beach Public Library
Book Babies (Ages 0 - 2)
Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. CT
**Same Class/Limited to 24 People.
Halloween Book Babies Storytime
Tuesday, October 29 (10 a.m. OR 10:30 a.m.)
Wear your costume and trick or treat around the library.
Sail into School (Ages 3 - 5, Class limited to 24 people)
Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. CT
Special PCB Fire Rescue Sail into School
Thursday, October 10 at 9:30 a.m. CT
Guest: PCB Fire Chief Garrett Jackson. Visit a real fire engine!
Halloween Sail Into School
Thursday, October 31 at 9:30 a.m.
Wear your costume and trick or treat around the library.
LEGO Club: Haunted Houses (Ages 7 - 11) Registration Required.
Tuesday, October 8 at 4 p.m. CT
*Call the library at 850-233-5055 to register.
StoryWalk Around the Library of The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Friday, October 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Franken-Jar is Back!
October 1 - October 26
Guess how many candies are in the jar. Closest to the
actual number wins. Winner will be selected on October 28
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Stop by the library October 1 to pick up a pumpkin available while supplies last and decorate as Your Favorite Storybook. Return it by October 15 to be displayed in the library.
Halloween Trick or Treating around the Library
Thursday, October 31
Join us on Halloween in your costume!
All programs on the Panama City Beach Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Parker Public Library
Fall Storytime & Craft (Ages 3 - 6)
Saturday, October 12 at 11 a.m. CT
All programs on the Parker Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe
Preschool Storytime (18 months - 5 years with caregiver)
Fridays at 11 a.m. ET
LEGO Club
Thursday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. ET
Crafternoons with Ms. Marilyn
(All Ages, those under 12 must have caregiver with them)
Tuesdays, October 8 at 4 p.m. ET
Nintendo Switch (Ages 6 and up)
Thursday, October 17 at 4 p.m. ET
Pokémon Collectors Club (Ages 6 and up)
Thursday, October 24 at 4 p.m. ET
Chess Club (All Ages, school kids can arrive after school gets out)
Mondays at 2:30 p.m. ET
All programs on the Port St Joe - Corrinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
Budding Bookworms
Tuesdays at 10 a.m. CT
Collaborative Art: Van Gogh’s The Starry Night (All Ages)
Thursday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Everyone will work together to recreate Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. The completed art project will be displayed throughout October.
Chess Club (All Ages and Abilities)
Friday, October 4 at 3 p.m. CT
Tuesday, October 8 at 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, October 19 at 10 a.m. CT
** Children can arrive after school gets out.
Saturday Stories + Craft (Children with caregiver)
Saturdays, October 5 at 10 a.m. CT
Fall Storytime
Tuesday, October 15 at 3 p.m. CT
Pumpkin Patch Dirt Cups - make a tasty treat! (Families)
Thursday, October 17 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Cooking Matters Chefs and Kids with UF/IFAS Extension Office
Friday, October 18 at 3:30 p.m. CT
LEGO Club
Saturday, October 26 at 10 a.m. CT
Halloween At The Library
Thursday, October 31 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CT
Wear your costume to enter to win a spooky prize! Games + activities.
All programs on the Wewahitchka - Charles Whitehead Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Harrell Memorial Public Library in Bristol
Preschool Playtime (Ages 1 - 5)
Wednesdays from 10:30 - 11 a.m. ET
LEGO Club (Ages 6 - 12)
Thursday, October 17 at 4 p.m. ET
Library Trick or Treating: Treat & Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, October 31 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET
All programs on the Liberty County Public Libraries Facebook page and the library website.
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library in Hosford
Saturday Storytime (Ages 4 - 8 recommended)
Saturday, October 5 at 11 a.m. ET
Leaf Rubbing Art and Leaf People
LEGO Club (Ages 6 - 12)
Tuesday, October 8 at 3 p.m. ET
Saturday Storytime (Ages 4 - 8 recommended)
Saturday, October 19 at 11 a.m. ET
Torn Paper Acorn Craft and an Acorn Hunt
All programs on the Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Bay County Public Library
Teen Game Night (Ages 12 - 17) Registration Required.
Wednesdays, October 2 and 30 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. CT
Play various Switch games in the Meeting Room. Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Teen Advisory Board (Ages 14 - 17) Registration Required.
Tuesday, October 8 at 4 p.m. CT
Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Upcycled Origami with Kat: Parakeet (YouTube)
Wednesday, October 9 at 2 p.m. CT
Sewing Basics: Fall Leaf (Ages 12 - 17) Registration Required
Tuesdays, either October 1 or October 15 at 4 p.m. CT
Call 850-522-2118 to register.
Teen Fright Night (Ages 12 - 17) Registration Required
Tuesday, October 29 at 5:30 p.m. CT
Join us for scary stories, games, crafts, and snacks! Family friendly Halloween costumes are welcome. Call 850-522-2118 to register.
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
| Library Card Sign Up Month | |
Photograph of the Bay County Board of County Commissioners taken by Caitlin Lawrence.
The Northwest Regional Library System had a wonderful National Library Card Sign Up Month this September. To join in the celebration of library cards, the Bay County Board of Commissioners shared a photograph with their library cards!
Pictured Left to Right: Robert Carroll (District 2), Douglas Moore (District 4), William Dozier (District 3), Clair Pease (District 5), Tommy Hamm (District 1).
| Adult Library Programming | |
Bay County Public Library
Program in Meeting Room unless otherwise noted.
BCPL Book Club
Thursday, October 10 at 10:30 a.m. CT
The Mirror Crack'd by Agatha Christie
**Email rfillingame@nwrls.com for a copy of the book to borrow thanks to the Bay County Public Library Foundation or if attending by Zoom.
11th Street Dulcimer Group
Friday, October 18 at 2 p.m. CT
**Email sburris@nwrls.com for music set list or if attending by Zoom.
Crafternoon @ The Library (Adults + Teens)
Friday, October 25 from 2 - 4 p.m. CT
**Bring craft project. Beverages provided by the Friends of the Bay County Public Libraries.
All programs on the Bay County Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
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Pictured: Chapter Chat Book Club after discussing A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston in August 2024.
Panama City Beach Public Library
Sea Needles
Fridays from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. CT
**Bring your knitting or craft project.
Beach Book Club
Wednesday, October 2 at 10:30 a.m. CT
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski
**Extra copies of the book have been provided by the Bay County Public Library Foundation. Check the front desk to see if there is a copy available!
Humana Health Education Class: Medicare 101
Wednesday, October 16 at 2 p.m. CT
**Light refreshments provided.
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WJHG Chapter Chat Book Club
Tuesday, October 29 at 2 p.m. CT
Jessica Foster and Mel Zosh from WJHG News Channel 7 lead Chapter Chat Book Club. Follow the news or our Facebook page for this month's book. Extra copies of the monthly title provided by the Bay County Public Library Foundation. Visit or call the front desk to see if a copy is available! Light refreshments provided.
All programs on the Panama City Beach Public Library Facebook page or the library website.
Parker Public Library
Thanksgiving Craft
Saturday, October 19 at 12 p.m. CT
Bring your current craft project and join your neighbors in an afternoon of creating and chatting or come make a Thanksgiving craft with us.
All programs on the Parker Public Library Facebook page and the library website.
Corinne Costin Gibson Memorial Public Library in Port St. Joe
Seaside Stitchers
Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. ET
**Bring your current knitting or needlework project.
Chess Club (All Ages)
Mondays at 2:30 p.m. ET
Friends of the Gulf County Library at PSJ meeting
Mondays, October 7 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Crafternoons with Ms. Marilyn
(All Ages, caregiver with those under 12 years of age.)
Tuesdays, October 8 at 4 p.m. ET
Aging Well: Your Healthiest You presented by Valerie Sayre
Tuesday, October 22 at 2 p.m. ET
Library Book Club
Monday, October 28 at 10:30 a.m. ET
Call the library for the monthly title at 850-229-8879.
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Charles Whitehead Public Library in Wewahitchka
Collaborative Art: Van Gogh’s The Starry Night (All Ages)
Thursday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. CT
Everyone will work together to recreate Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. The completed art project will be displayed throughout October.
Chess Club (All Ages and Abilities)
Friday, October 4 at 3 p.m. CT
Tuesday, October 8 at 3 p.m. CT
Saturday, October 19 at 10 a.m. CT
** Children can arrive after school gets out.
Friends of the Wewahitchka Library Monthly Meeting
Thursday, October 10 at 10 a.m. CT
Genealogy Workshop for Family History Month
Saturday, October 12 at 10 a.m. CT
Let’s Bee Crafty! Let's make pumpkin pie magnets!
Tuesday, October 15 at 1 p.m. CT
Medicare 101
Thursday, October 17 from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CT
Scrabble (All Ages)
Thursday, October 17 at 1 p.m. CT
Busy Bee Readers Book Club
Monday, October 28 at 11 a.m. CT
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
All programs on the Wewahitchka - Charles Whitehead Public Library Facebook page or the library website.
Harrell Memorial Public Library in Bristol
Stay tuned for November's Canned Food Drive!
Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library in Hosford
Creative Crafters (Adults and Teens 16+)
Thursday, October 10 at 1 p.m. ET
**Bring your current craft project.
The Book Buzz
Thursday, October 10 at 2 p.m. ET
All programs on the Jimmy Weaver Memorial Library Facebook page or the library website.
| New eBooks and eAudiobooks | |
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Book 2)
by TJ Klune
Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one. He's the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there. Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt. Joining him is his love, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there's the island's sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children. But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve.
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The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of the Southern Dynasty
by Valerie Bauerlein
Alex Murdaugh was a benevolent dictator - the president of the South Carolina trial lawyers’ association, a political boss, a part-time prosecutor, and a partner in his family’s law firm. He was always ready with a favor, a drink, and an invitation to Moselle, his family’s 1,700-acre hunting estate. The Murdaugh name ignited respect - and fear - for a hundred miles. When he murdered his wife, Maggie, and son Paul at Moselle on a dark summer night, the fragile façade of Alex’s world could no longer hold. His forefathers had covered up a midnight suicide at a remote railroad crossing, a bootlegging ring run from a courthouse, and the attempted murder of a pregnant lover. Why would a man who had everything kill his wife and grown son? To unwind the roots of Alex’s ruin, award-winning journalist Valerie Bauerlein reported not just from the courthouse every day but also along the backroads and through the tidal marshes of South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
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The Wedding People
by Alison Espach
It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she's actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn't here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she's dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she's here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can't stop confiding in each other.
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