319 pages/9 hours 40 minutes In Jason Mott’s Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott’s novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black […]
Tag Archives: adults
Events appropriate for ages 18 and up.
Valentine Card Making – Warrensburg Branch
Adult, Registration required – The Warrensburg Branch will be hosting a Valentine’s Day Card Making program for adults. We will have all our scrapbook supplies, cuttlebug, rubber stamps, and art supplies on hand to help you custom-build your best Valentine’s Day Card yet! When: Wednesday, February 9 from 2:00-4:00 pm Where: Trails Regional Library Warrensburg […]
A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris
566 pages/17 hours There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observation turns outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two […]
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. Now Celehar lives in the city […]
Winter Watercolor Program – Warrensburg Branch
Registration required – Join us for a Winter Watercolor Scene program. We will focus on watercolors with a winter color palette and explore themes including winter abstracts and landscapes. Basic watercolor and fun techniques will be covered, including watercolor resist snowflakes, salt, and spray snow. When: Thursday, January 13 from 2:00-4:00 pm Where: Trails Regional Library Warrensburg Meeting Room
Adult Book Club – Concordia
We are back in the library meeting room! This month’s book is Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler.
New Digital Resources
Thanks to ARPA funding through the Missouri State Library, Trails Regional Library is pleased to make three new digital resources available at no cost to our patrons. Access these resources by clicking the links below. Don’t forget about all of our other digital resources, available 24/7 at trailslibrary.org/resources Teen Health and Wellness This award-winning resource […]
Book Lover’s Book Club – Odessa
Book Lover’s Book Club Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
Friday Book Chat
Ever wonder what Librarians read? Well, hop on to the #ask-a-librarian channel for a Friday Book Chat. TRL Kendra and TRL Debbie will be chatting about books on the Trails Regional Library Discord on Friday, February 12 starting @ 2:00 pm. Come join the conversation just follow this link to our channel https://discord.gg/VFdxWE4R5b
Microsoft Word: Intermediate–Continuing Education Class – Warrensburg
Ages 11 and up – This class will cover editing tools and features, styles, inserting images, clip-art, word-art, tables and graphs in Word documents. Group activities and lessons will help familiarize participants with the application’s tools. The library will provide six devices. If you have Microsoft Word downloaded, feel free to bring your own device. […]