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Simcoe Reads - Into the Bright Open, A Secret Garden Remix

Open Book Club

Join New Tecumseh Public Library as they discuss their Simcoe Reads book "Into the Bright Open, A Secret Garden Remix" with their champion Cass Sigler.

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The other Simcoe Reads titles will also be discussed as part of this amazing event. For more information on the books and champions in this year's Simcoe Reads, visit simcoereads.ca

About the book:

In this queer YA reimagining of The Secret Garden, an orphaned girl is sent to live in the Georgian Bay wilds and discovers family secrets both wonderful and horrifying.

About the Author:

Cherie Dimaline is an internationally bestselling author. Her 2017 book The Marrow Thieves was named by TIME magazine, one of the Best YA Books of All Time and won the Governor General’s Award and the Kirkus Prize.  Her novel Empire of Wild  became an instant Canadian bestseller, was named Indigo's 2019 Best Book and is being adapted into an opera. Hunting By Stars was a 2022 American Indian Library Association Honor Book and her new novel VENCO debuted at #1 on Canadian bestseller lists. Other 2023 titles include Funeral Songs for Dying Girls, Anthology of Monsters and Into the Bright Open. Cherie lives in her Georgian Bay Métis Community and writes/produces for screen and stage.

About Simcoe Reads: 

6 Libraries. 6 Books. 1 Winner. Barrie Public Library has joined with 6 other libraries (Essa, Innisfil, Midland, New Tecumseth and Ramara) to offer events all summer long as we prepare for this cover to cover competition.

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