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Library Hours Contact Information Sunday CLOSED Peachtree City Library LIBRARY EVENTS Monday 10am-5pm 201 Willowbend Road Tuesday 12pm-7pm Peachtree City, GA 30269 Wednesday 10am-5pm Phone: 770-631-2520 Thursday 12pm-7pm Friday 10am-5pm www.peachtree-city.org/library INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Saturday 10am-3pm Jill Prouty, Library Administrator September 2021 What’s on Jill’s 9/2 PEACHTREE CITY LIBRARY Nightstand Morning Book Club Evening Book Club Writers Circle/Poetry Library Closed— Wednesday, September Thursday, September 9th, Tuesday, September 14th, 9/11 20th Anniversary Commemoration: 9/6 Labor Day 8th, 2021, 10:00am 2021, 5:30pm 2021, 5:30pm —Readers & Writers Room —Readers & Writers Room —via Zoom Morning Book Club 9/8 The Peachtree City Library hosts a The Peachtree City Library hosts an OB, the Writers Circle is a poetry writing 9/8 morning book club on the 2nd evening book club on the 2nd Storytelling Dog Wednesday of every month at 10 Thursday of every month at 5:30 pm. critique group which meets the am. (Adults 18+) (Adults 18+) second Tuesday of the month. For Evening Book Club 9/9 more information email the facilitator at 9/11 Anniversary Slaughterhouse-Five The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral 9/10 by Kurt Vonnegut History of 9/11 [email protected] . Commemoration Centering on the infamous World by Garrett Graff Crafting at the 9/13 War II firebombing of Dresden, the The Only Plane in the Sky is nothing Writers Circle/Prose Library novel is the result of what Kurt less than the first comprehensive Vonnegut described as a twenty- oral history of 9/11, deftly woven Tuesday, September 28th, Writer’s Circle/ 9/14 three-year struggle to write a book and told in the voices of ordinary 2021, 5:30pm Poster Exhibition at the Peachtree City Library Poetry about what he had witnessed as an people grappling with extraordinary —via Zoom August 30 - September 30, 2021 American prisoner of war. It events. Drawing on never-before- Adult Sensory In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 9/15 combines historical fiction, science published transcripts, recently The library's monthly adult writing Storytime 2001 @911Memorial is offering libraries a free digital poster exhibition fiction, autobiography, and satire declassified documents, new and group for sharing and improving and resources, “September11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World.” in an account of the life of Billy archived interviews from nearly five prose writing of all genres. The Learn more at https://911memorial.io/3ytYgnj Teen Book Club 9/18 Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned hundred people, historian Garrett group meets the fourth Tuesday of draftee turned optometrist turned Graff skillfully tells the story of the every month. For more information alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, day as it was lived. 9/11 Anniversary in the Schools Webinar Library Closed— email the facilitator at 9/25 Billy experiences the destruction of ~from Amazon.com [email protected]. Dragon Boat Festival Dresden as a POW. Unlike Friday, September 10, 2021, @ 10am, 11am, 1pm & 2pm Vonnegut, he experiences time Participants will learn about 9/11 through personal stories from 9/11 Cozy Talk Book 9/27 travel, or coming “unstuck in family members Cait Leavey, Brielle Saracini, and John Spade, first Club time.” ~from Amazon.com ALL children under the age of 12 MUST remain with their parent, responders from the FDNY and PAPD, and a student on 9/11, and ask questions through a live chat with Museum staff. Registration Required. Writer’s Circle/ guardian or caregiver at all times while in the building. 9/28 Register at https://peachtreecitylibrary.eventbrite.com Prose For library assistance or to contact a librarian please use Ask PTC Library!
P A G E 2 P A G E 3 Library Closed~ Saturday, September 25th Library Card Sign-Up Month Teen Book Club September 1st — 30th, 2021 Saturday, September 18th, 2021, 12:00pm —Peachtree City Library —Readers & Writers Room Sign up for a library card and find something wonderful at your September’s book pick is: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. Teens library! From virtual story time to audiobooks to DIY classes, there is something for everyone. Happy ages 13-18 are welcome to sign up to join the Peachtree City Library’s Teen #LibraryCardSignupMonth! Book Club. Teens will meet once per month to read and discuss books in the Young Adult genre. What’s On Jill’s Nightstand? Thursdays, @ 8:30pm Beanstack Fall Reading Challenge September 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th, 2021, September 21st - December 21st, 2021 —Peachtree City Library Facebook LIVE —Peachtree City Library Join Librarian Jill P. on the Peachtree City Library Facebook Live Page each week to Read 2 books per month and be entered into a drawing to win a prize each find out what she's been reading. https://www.facebook.com/peachtreecitylibrary/ month. Drawings will be held on October 19th, November 16th, and December 21st. One winner per drawing. Register through Beanstack at https:// frrls.beanstack.org or by visiting the Peachtree City Library website at https:// Library Closed~ Monday, September 6th peachtree-city.org/library.
OB, the Storytelling Dog Banned Books Week Wednesday, September 8th, 2021, 11:00am September 26th — October 2nd, 2021 —Peachtree City Library Facebook Page —Peachtree City Library OB the Storytelling Dog reads a fun new fairytale each week. OB lives with Lee St. Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the John, who is a retired school teacher and an Amazon bestselling humor author. We freedom to read. This year’s Banned Books Week theme is hope you enjoy the story! https://www.facebook.com/peachtreecitylibrary/ Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us. Censorship limits exploration and creates barriers to access information. The path toward the freedom to read starts at the library. The Crafting at the Library: Pinecone Door Art books featured during Banned Books Week have all been Monday, September 13th, 2021, 10:00am targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and/or —Floy Farr Room schools. Check out a few banned books today! “We’re More Than
A crafting clinic where participants learn to make simple decorative crafts at the library. This event is free Books” —Cherese Cadet, and open to the public. It will be held on the lower level of the library. All materials provided. This program is Cozy Talk Book Club Peachtree City Library for adults ages 18 and up. Registration required. Register at https://peachtreecitylibrary.eventbrite.com Monday, September 27th, 2021, 10:00am —Readers & Writers Room Circulation Supervisor Adult Sensory Storytime September’s book pick is The Cracked Spine by Paige Friday, September 17th, 2021, 10:00am Shelton. Join Library Assistant Susan C. for the new —Storytime Room monthly Cozy Talk Book Club! Patrons will meet to discuss your next favorite Cozy Mystery read. Limited copies available at This 30-minute program is for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Circulation desk. Registration required. Register at https://peachtreecitylibrary.eventbrite.com. Registration required. Register at https://peachtreecitylibrary.eventbrite.com.