Brandonites Podcast

Facilitated by Paige
Geared towards a preschool audience
Wednesdays at 10:30 am

Follow us @WMRLibrary on Instagram and tune in for new read alouds every Wednesday. Paige surprises us with a different theme each week! Some weeks offer accompanying crafts that can be picked up from the Brandon Shoppers Mall branch (or recreated at home)!

Videos will remain accessible on our social media for 24 hours after the Livestream, in compliance with publisher permissions.

Facilitated by Alex
Meetings are held on alternating Wednesdays:
July 7 & 21, August 4 & 18, September 1, 15, & 29 7:00-9:00 pm
Held over Zoom

Submission deadlines for reading materials are due to alex@wmrl.ca on

July 14 & 28, August 11 & 25, September 8 & 22

This Creative Writing program follows a workshop model. The group meets virtually every two weeks to provide each other with feedback on works in progress. In the intervening weeks, participants email their work to Alex, who then distributes the writing to everyone in the group. No previous writing experience is necessary!

Registration is required. Please email programs@wmrl.ca to get signed up.

Facilitated by Kendal
Ages 5+
New videos will be shared to YouTube on July 5 & August 5

Check out the WMRL YouTube page (search for “Western Manitoba Regional Library” and subscribe) on the 5th of the month for a new LEGO challenge. Participants must have their own building materials (substitutions will be suggested for those without LEGO). Send us a photo of your creation via Facebook or Instagram (@WMRLibrary on both) or email it to programs@wmrl.ca and we will share it to our social media and give you a shoutout!

Facilitated by Julia
Ages 9+
Prompts will be posted to the Library’s social media
every Thursday throughout the summer
June 24-August 26

All you need to participate is a blank journal or notebook. Each week, we will share a prompt for decorating (or “wrecking”) a page of your journal to our Facebook and Instagram pages (follow us @WMRLibrary). Tap into your creativity and let you imagination run wild! Each prompt will have lots of room for interpretation. If you participate, please share your creations with us by sending a Facebook or Instagram message OR by emailing a photo to programs@wmrl.ca

Facilitated by Kendal
Open to all ages
New videos will be posted to YouTube on Fridays
July 16, 23, 30, August 6

Find us on YouTube by searching for "Western Manitoba Regional Library" and subscribing. Tune in on the above dates as we share simple recipes inspired by some of our favourite books!

Ages 5+
Thursday, August 12
1:15-2:00 pm
Held over Zoom

Explore Dinosaur Hall at the Royal Tyrrell Museum from the comfort of home! This tour introduces participants to the study of paleontology, and the dinosaurs that lived in ancient Alberta. We will learn about carnivores and herbivores, predators and prey, and plants and the ancient environment. After the tour, there will be lots of time for questions with the museum’s dinosaur experts. Email programs@wmrl.ca to sign-up.