Dawn Travers
The Art of Cozy
Winter is here. Snowy, blustery days have arrived and the temperature has dropped. I've always found that the word cozy has a significant...
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Library Zest Team
Dec 11, 2023
Common Writing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Part Two
3. I don’t know where to start. We put so much pressure on ourselves to start in the right spot. We often hear lessons and lectures about...
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Emily Nakeff
Nov 27, 2023
Common Writing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
1. My writing isn’t good enough. Do not—I repeat, DO NOT—compare your writing to the book on your nightstand. That book has been written,...
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Library Zest Team
Sep 19, 2023
Meet Essa’s Simcoe Reads champion: Q&A with Amy Kiezebrink
Angus resident Amy Kiezebrink is many things: a wife, mother of three young boys, graphic designer, writer, reader – with a “to be read”...
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Dawn Travers
Apr 21, 2023
National Poetry Month
April is a month where we celebrate the unique and soulful form of writing, poetry. This has been a celebration in Canada since 2008...
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Library Zest Team
Mar 20, 2023
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On March 21st, Canada marks a special day, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Closer to home, Simcoe...
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Dawn Travers
Dec 30, 2022
A Year in Review
Throughout 2022, your friends at the Essa Public Library hosted not only a variety of wonderful programs and events, but we also got to...
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Library Zest Team
Nov 30, 2022
Simcoe NaNoWriMo Tip # 4
Incorporate Writing Sprints. Writing a book in any amount of time is a marathon--but trying to get it done in 30 days? It’s an...
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Library Zest Team
Nov 11, 2022
Simcoe NaNoWriMo Tip # 2
How to use TK to write faster (no, I don't mean TikTok). There is an old trick journalists use when writing on a deadline, one that was a...
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Library Zest Team
Nov 5, 2022
Simcoe NaNoWriMo Tip # 1
Don’t fall into the trap of editing as you go. Pro tip: first drafts are SUPPOSED to be messy. It won’t make sense to anyone else--but...
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Library Zest Team
Jun 1, 2022
Reasons I love geocaching: #4 Digital souvenirs
Throughout the year, Groundspeak, the company that created geocaching, releases special digital souvenirs that geocachers can earn,...
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Library Zest Team
Jun 1, 2022
Ask a Librarian #1
Does the library have park passes for Ontario Parks? Yep! We sure do! The Province of Ontario and Ontario Parks started a program in 2020...
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Library Zest Team
Mar 4, 2022
What is a library?
You know when you meet someone new for the first time and as you're making introductory chit-chat, nine times out of ten you'll ask or be...
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Library Zest Team
Oct 29, 2021
Simcoe NaNoWriMo
Join 8 Simcoe County libraries as they celebrate National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and support writers on their journey to write a...
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Library Zest Team
Oct 1, 2021
Watch and Vote
Please join us in congratulating our Library Champion, Grace Baker! If you missed the debate catch it online on the RogersTV YouTube page...
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Library Zest Team
Aug 16, 2021
#SimcoeReads2021
Simcoe Reads is back and this year there are seven amazing books from seven amazing authors. Based on Canada Reads, Simcoe Libraries have...
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Library Zest Team
Jul 17, 2021
The Connecticut Four
Captain von Trapp eases the car toward the gates, his new wife and seven children in tow. In the dark, he and Max finally push the car...
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Library Zest Team
Jul 14, 2021
Building Skills and Creating Opportunities with Essa Youth
June 15th is World Youth Skills Day, a day to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment,...
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Library Zest Team
Apr 16, 2021
HRH Prince Philip
This past week marks the end of an era with the passing of HRH Prince Philip. He was the longest standing consort in the British Monarchy...
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Library Zest Team
Mar 29, 2021
Because it's there
Those famous words were coined by British mountaineer George Mallory in response to a New York Times reporter in 1923. He’d been asked...
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