NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
*************************
The Perth County Ontario Provincial Police is inviting the public to join a unique engagement opportunity, with the new Book Club with the OPP. Participants will read a series of four specially selected books, ranging in a variety of topics, from intimate partner violence and femicide, human trafficking, and a local murder investigation from the year 1894, and even the science of hope.
Meetings will be held around the county at the three library branches (North Perth, Perth East and West Perth) for each book. Books can be picked up at the North Perth and Perth East Libraries, and the West Perth OPP Detachment in Mitchell. Participants can choose which books they'd like to read and which meetings they would like to attend.
Out of the Shadows: A Memoir - Timea Nagy & Shannon Moroney
Out of the Shadows is a gripping, heartbreaking and eye-opening journey deep into the underworld of human trafficking and the sex trade, told in riveting detail by one brave survivor. At once tragic and powerfully redemptive, Timea Nagy's story will stay with you long after you've read the last page.
Thursday, Oct. 10, 2 p.m. - West Perth Public Library
Monday, Nov. 25, 2 p.m. - North Perth Public Library (Listowel)
Thursday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m. - Perth East Public Library
Murder in Renfrew County: The Predator Who Left Three Women Dead ― And the Justice System that Failed to Stop Him - Dean Beeby
The story of the murder of three women in Ontario's Renfrew County by their ex-partner and the full-scale investigation that followed. Their deaths triggered an inquiry that addressed the larger issues of femicide and the systems that fail victims of intimate partner violence.
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 10 a.m. - North Perth Public Library (Listowel)
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m. - Perth East Public Library
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m. - West Perth Public Library
The Man with the Black Valise: Tracking the Killer of Jessie Keith - John Goddard
The Man with the Black Valise tracks the killer of thirteen-year-old Jessie Keith as he tramped along railway lines through rural Ontario in 1894.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. - Perth East Public Library
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. - West Perth Public Library
Thursday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. - North Perth Public Library (Listowel)
Hope Rising: How the Science of Hope can Change Your Life - Casey Gwinn, J.D. & Chan Hellman, PH.D.
Hope Rising provides a roadmap to measure hope in your life. It teaches you to assess what may have robbed you of hope, and then provides strategies to let your hope flourish once again. The authors challenge every reader to be honest about their own struggles and end the cycle of shame and blame related to trauma, illness, and abuse. These are important first steps toward increasing your Hope score-and thriving because of it.
Thursday, Nov. 21, 2 p.m. - Perth East Public Library
Monday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m. - West Perth Public Library
Monday Feb. 24, 2 p.m. - North Perth Public Library (Listowel)
*************************
