The following are events scheduled for the month of August at Pierce County libraries.
More information regarding these events can be found online at the library system’s website.
General Events
· Aug. 6 & 27 | Business Workshops | Various locations – Business Cycles, Basic Bookkeeping Techniques
· Aug. 7-21 | Job Search Workshops | Various locations – Effective applications and resumes, LinkedIn help, presenting yourself as a polished professional
· Aug. 8 & 21 | Cooking with Irene | Tillicum Library – Create delicious and affordable meals
· Aug. 9 | Lakewood MakerFest | Pierce College (Steilacoom) – Celebrating all things made by you!
· Aug. 9 | Used Book Sale | University Place Library – Northwest nature, history, folklore and more
· Aug. 12 | What Do You Say When You Talk to Yourself | Summit Library – Practice positive self-talk to help you achieve your best
· Aug. 13 | African Safari | University Place Library – Traveler Pat O’Connor shares pictures and stories of animals and people
· Aug. 16 | Climate Change | South Hill Library – Learn about the reality with expert Gary Kaluminzer
Author Events – Book talk and signing
· Aug. 5 | Shirlee Eskew Dashow | Lakewood Library – “Coke-Cry Revisited.”
· Aug. 7 | Jason McWhirter | Gig Harbor Library – “The Life of Ely”
Book Discussion Groups
· Aug. 9 | Second Saturday Book Club | Summit Library – “Nothing Daunted” by Dorothy Wickenden
· Aug. 11 | Monday Edition Book Group | Parkland Spanaway Library – “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
· Aug. 11 | South Hill Book Discussion Group | South Hill Library – “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer
· Aug. 19 | DuPont Reading Roundtable | DuPont Library – “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese
· Aug. 19 | Third Tuesday Book Group | Buckley Library – “A Sudden Country” by Karen Fisher
· Aug. 21 | Fiction Book Discussion Group | Gig Harbor Library –”The Scent of Rain and Lightning” by Nancy Pickard
· Aug. 21 | Orting Library Book Club | Orting Library – “Gap Creek” by Robert Morgan
· Aug. 28 | Books on Tapps | Bonney Lake Library – “The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie” by Wendy McClure
