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Congratulations to our Archer Book Club 5 Year Celebration winner for their outstanding review of Animal Farm by George Orwell! We received an amazing 88 submissions, and we want to give a big THANK YOU to all participants!!

Check out the contest page for the winning review and honourable mentions:

Our Fall 2025 Book Club sessions are all books that are being adapted into new films:

• Wednesday September 24, 2025 - 12pm (online) - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, hosted by Brandi Adams. Film release set for December 2025.

• Wednesday October 29, 2025 - 12pm (online) - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, hosted by Arlysse Quiring. Newest film adaptation release set for November 2025, directed by Guillermo del Toro.

• Wednesday November 26, 2025 - 12pm (online) - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, hosted by Jennifer Hall. Film release set for March 2026.

To attend any meeting, please email Arlysse.Quiring@uregina.ca. All faculty, students, staff are welcome.

The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives is pleased to invite you to this years collaborative author event with the Saskatchewan Library Association "One Book One Province." In this engaging armchair conversation, Sam Maciag from the CBC sits down with author Dee Hobsbawn-Smith to discuss her book Bread and Water: Essays. This conversation will explore how Dee's culinary experiences have shaped her journey as a writer, influencing her storytelling, perspective, and creative expression.

In honour of the book C.J. Katz will be serving Old Fashioned Apple Cake!

Monday, April 7, 2025

2:00 PM (CST)

FREE but Registration is required: https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3879128?f=h

The Dr. John Archer Library & Archives and the University of Regina Press are co-hosting a discussion about Faculty of MAP professor David Garneau’s new book titled Dark Chapters.  He will be in conversation with MacKenzie Gallery curator John Hampton and artist, curator, and recent U of R alumnus and Brianna LaPlante. Just as the paintings in the book are a spark for reflections on art and decolonization, this conversation will highlight how Indigenous artists and curators have conversations about legacy and contemporary indigenous experiences and sensibilities through and in art.

Free trivia night in the Dr. John Archer Library & Archives. Snacks, prizes, and trivia fun. Join us on March 5 from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Archer Library’s Regina Room. Come individually, in pairs, or as a team of four. Hosted in collaboration with the English Students Association, Science Students Society, and the Biochemistry and Chemistry Students Association.

Director and storyteller Tasha Hubbard was interviewed on CBC Radio's "Saskatchewan Weekend" (hosted by Shauna Powers) about her new film Singing Back the Buffalo. Listen here:

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-205-saskatchewan-weekend/clip/16126972-singing-back-buffalo-filmmaker-tasha-hubbard.

Hubbard will be screening the film at the University of Regina February 13th at an event co-presented by the Archer Library and Archives. The event is now at capacity (there is a waitlist) however for those who can't attend, the film is also available to be viewed online through the Library:

https://casls-regina.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CASLS_REGINA/1g3evkr/alma9923741488803476

Feb. 13th Event listing here:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/singing-back-the-buffalo-film-screening-conversation-with-tasha-hubbard-tickets-1107634497599

As human rights are being eroded elsewhere in the world, the Archer Library and Archives remains committed to showcasing and amplifying the voices of those who have historically been oppressed, discriminated against, or under-represented. For Black History Month, we have a page dedicated to highlighting some of our resources either by or about Black Canadians or from the global Black diaspora, and you can find it here:

https://library.uregina.ca/libraryleisure/blackhistorymonth

Be sure to check out the Events section for more info of things happening this month: the "Blind Date With a Book" contest and the Presentation "A Black Panther in the Great White North: Fred Hampton Visits the Regina Campus in 1969."

Register here: https://uregina.libcal.com/event/3859227