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  • How to Use MapQuest

    Do you remember MapQuest? I do, having used it back in the days of taping paper routes onto my dashboard. The company has made a number of upgrades to their mobile app without losing some of their quaint pixelated branding. There are a couple of tools you can’t find on other popular routing apps. Combine … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 21
    by Jonya
  • Brianna’s Books: September Favorites 2026

    Welcome to fall! I’d like to say that I have lots of happy books this month about crunching leaves and sipping hot cider, but my picks this time are a bit heavier. I guess you could say my themes are about belonging and death? If you’re just looking for cozy things, I get it! Ask … Read more

    KidsPosted September 21
    by Brianna
  • Older and Bolder: Nonfiction

    We all need positive role models, and this doesn’t change when we start to notice gray hair and permanent laugh lines in the mirror. Perhaps it becomes even more true. The later years of life can be a time for the pursuit of new activities and dreams. This was the case for Nell Irvin Painter, … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 17
    by Marida
  • Q&A With Kay Oursler, Co-author of “Becoming Bibi Kay”

    Kay Oursler is a Mid-Missouri resident who has co-authored a book called “Becoming Bibi Kay.” The book tells Oursler’s life story, including joining the Peace Corps at 65 and her subsequent work spent helping bring medical and educational facilities to people in Africa. Local author Rosemary Fisher listened to Oursler’s story and helped write and publish the … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 16
    by Decimal Diver
  • New DVD List: September 2026

    Here is a new DVD list highlighting various titles recently added to the library’s collection. “Project Hail Mary” – Website / Reviews   Based on Andy Weir’s novel of the same name, this sci-fi adventure follows a lone man who wakes up light-years from home with no memory and one impossible job. “Decision To Leave” – … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 14
    by Decimal Diver
  • Literary Links: Let the Magic Begin

    Magical realism is a writing style that gives voice to a story or characters that otherwise resist tidy narrative or linear timelines. The magical element in a predominantly realistic world lets the reader feel the weight of what happened and invites us to more broadly experience an emotion, a background or story which a strictly … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 13
    by cs
  • October First Thursday Book Discussion: “Playground”

    The 2026 One Read runner-up “Playground” by Richard Powers, will be the subject of October’s First Thursday Book Discussion on October 1, at noon in the Children’s Programming Room at the Columbia Public Library. Both “Playground” and the One Read title “Remarkably Bright Creatures” explore interactions between humans and marine environments, but they diverge from … Read more

    AdultsPosted September 10
    by MaggieM

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