<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Bonjour!</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">We have a really exciting author talk scheduled in September via Zoom that may be of interest to you. </font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Described as one of the “greatest living explorers” by CBC, Adam Shoalts is known for mapping rivers, tracking endangered species, participating in archeological digs, and completing a nearly 4,000 km solo trek across Canada’s Arctic. Beyond the Trees is Shoalts’s nearly four month journey “weaving through ice floes, facing down snarling bears and galloping musk-ox, and paddling under the midnight sun in a land as old as time” and conveys “why we urgently need to save vast wild places while it’s still possible.” Join us to hear Shoalts’s firsthand accounts of his time in the wilderness.</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our ‘Beyond the Trees’ event will take place via Zoom on September 22 from 7:00-8:00 PM. You can register here: </span><a href="https://www.brandonlibrary.org/event/beyond-the-trees/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.brandonlibrary.org/event/beyond-the-trees/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><font color="#000000"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Au revoir,</font></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Paige Greer</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(166,77,121)">Librarian</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(166,77,121)">Pronouns: She/Her - See </span><a href="http://www.mypronouns.org/" target="_blank">www.mypronouns.org</a><span style="color:rgb(166,77,121)"> to learn more</span><b style="color:rgb(166,77,121)">.</b><span style="color:rgb(166,77,121)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif">Brandon Twp Public Library</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif">304 South Street</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif">Ortonville, MI 48462</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif">248-627-1460</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="background-col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