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Hayward Public Library Book Sale Saturday, November 28th, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., now at Hayward Farmer’s Market-Watkins St. between B and C Streets, Hayward, CA 94541 (Hayward City Hall Plaza-1 block from Hayward BART) 100’s of Items on sale. Stimulate your intellect and interests with our ... (more)low-priced materials for all ages and tastes. Continues on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. Contact 510-881-7980 for further information.

Teen Movie: Twilight Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 2:00 PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Featuring: Twilight To celebrate the theatrical release of the new feature film: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse we will ... (more)be giving away two tickets to see the movie at a Century 25 Theater of your choice! (must be present to win) Open to ages 13-18. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Teen Movie: Twilight Saturday, November 28th, 2009 @ 2:00 PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Featuring: Twilight To celebrate the theatrical release of the new feature film: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse we will ... (more)be giving away two tickets to see the movie at a Century 25 Theater of your choice! (must be present to win) Open to ages 13-18. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Mystery Novels by Women: “No Wind of Blame” Adults, Teens Tuesday, December 1, 6:30 p.m. (Main Library) Georgette Heyer’s mystery is a wonderful example of a classic British country house mystery. Written in 1939, it features the superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway who is confronted by ... (more)a seemingly impossible murder, no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired! All the various participants on the scene are suspicious and then there’s the blackmail plot…….. Facilitated by heidi.ontiveros@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7975

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Hayward Main Library, 835 C St. @ Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA 94541 (2 blocks from Hayward BART). Anita Wills, author of Pieces of the Quilt, makes a return engagement to discuss Genealogy searching, and her own personal quest for family information. Her book ... (more)will be available at this appearance. No reservations are needed for this free event. Contact 510-881-7980 for information.

Write Your Story: The Splendid Gift of Not Knowing, Writer Workshop with Denise Michelle Harris Adults Tuesday, December 8th @ 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. (Main) Denise Michelle Harris, author of the bestselling novel Sweet Bye-Bye, continues her free writer’s workshop series. One of the most common fears expressed ... (more)by writers is, “I don’t have any good ideas.” A difficult lesson a writer must learn is that uncertainty is an integral part of the writing process. Denise will lead workshop participants in exercises from The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing by Alice LaPlante, aimed at helping you to harness the inevitable doubt and uncertainty of the creative process in order to begin discovering your own voice and material. This workshop will be based on Chapter 2: The Splendid Gift of Not Knowing. Workshop participants can complete the exercises before class, and, time permitting, will have the opportunity to share excerpts from their writing with other workshop participants. Bring your questions and get your creative juices going. Advance registration required - call 510-881-7980 to sign up. For more information, or to obtain the writing exercises, contact Sally.Thomas@hayward-ca.gov, 510-881-7700.

Teen Reads Book Club: Jellicoe Road Tuesday, December 15th @ 4:00PM, Hayward Public Library-Weekes Branch, 27300 Patrick Ave. (near the E. Tennyson Rd./Hwy. 880 interchange), Hayward, CA 94544 Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta -- Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school ... (more)student Taylor Mark-ham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia. Read the book and talk about it with other teens. Open to ages 12-18. Copies of the book are available from the Weekes Branch Library. Contact 510-293-5366 for info.

Autobiography Book Discussion Group: “Look Me In The Eye” Wednesday, December 16th @6:30 p.m., Hayward Main Library, 835 C St. at Mission Blvd., Hayward, CA. 94541 (2 Blocks from Hayward BART) This month we will discuss Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison. Ever since he was young, John Robison ... (more)longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits - an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes- had earned him the label “social deviant.” It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself and the world. A born storyteller, Robison has written a moving, darkly funny memoir about a life that has taken him from developing exploding guitars for KISS to building a family of his own. Contact 510-881-7980 for information.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

John Lescroart is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty previous novels, including A Plague of Secrets, Betrayal, The Suspect and The Hunt Club. Meet him and hear him discuss his new book, Treasure Hunt.

John Lescroart is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty previous novels, including A Plague of Secrets, Betrayal, The Suspect and The Hunt Club. Meet him and hear him discuss his new book, Treasure Hunt.

Learn about the remarkable history of baseball's Negro leagues and the challenges and success of African-American baseball players. This richly illustrated exhibit will be a key feature of “Black History Month” at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in February 2010. The Library — in collaboration ... (more)with community partners — will present related programs and activities during the course of the five-week exhibit. An opening day reception will be held 2:00 p.m. – 4 p.m. in Rms. 225/229, 2nd Fl. Admission is FREE. Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience, a traveling exhibition for libraries, was organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York, and the American Library Association Public Programs Office, Chicago. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. For more information, call (408) 808-2397. All library open hours King Library, Exhibition Area, 2nd Floor

Westercon 64, July 1-4, 2011. Guest of Honor - Patrica A McKillip. Artist Guest of Honor - Kaja and Phil Foglio. Fan Guest of Honor - Mike Willmoth. Many additional writers of Science Fiction and Fantasy will be in attendance.