Maskwacis Library Service

Tansi, please be advised that registration for Octobers Indigenous Book Club is FULL.

Patrons that are registered, please pick up book club kits, we are open during lunch and until 6pm daily. And see you at our October 29th book club meeting!

Maskwacis Indigenous Book Club kits this month will include exclusive sticker merch from the author Shane Hawk himself!
Acquired when program coordinator Maria met up with Shane at the WordFest event in Calgary celebrating the publishing of Part ll.

Tansi all! Registration is now open for October’s book “Never Whistle at Night Part II: Back for Blood” edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Book synopsis via Penguin Random House is as follows:

“They’re baaaaaaaaaack!

As any savvy horror fan knows: the monster never truly dies. The team that brought you the bestselling dark fiction anthology Never Whistle at Night has risen, hungry, from the grave to summon more dark delicacies for your delectation. In these twenty-one brand-new, groundbreaking, gruesome stories—authored by both established and newly unearthed Indigenous talent and illustrated by renowned Cheyenne and Arapaho painter Brent Learned—the contributors are fully embracing horror: both supernatural horrors and the everyday horror of living under colonialist rule.

Featuring stories of unspeakable yet satisfying terror, from twisted psychological tales to gore-filled monster hunts, this new selection of sinister stories will sate your darkest appetites and leave you slavering for more. Never Whistle at Night, Part II: Back for Blood is a further celebration of Indigenous survival and the enduring tradition of transforming adversity into art.

Featuring stories by:
Jessica Doe • P.C. Verrone • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Jim Terry • Jessica Johns • A.J. Eversole • Sonia Marie Barry • Shane Hawk • Stephen Graham Jones • Alicia Elliott • Mat RudeWalker • Shaawan Francis Keahna • Billy-Ray Belcourt • Jake Arrowtop • Alina Pete • Debra Magpie Earling • Joshua Whitehead • Tommy Orange • Ramona Emerson • Erica Tremblay • Kimberly Blaeser”

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Book club participants are encouraged to choose their favourite short story from the collection to discuss during the meeting. Book club meeting will be catered and participants are entered for a door prize for a bookish themed gift.

For more info and to register contact Maria Buffalo @ Maskwacis Library 780-585-3012 ext. 103

Beaders! Welcome you to Maskwacis Library’s Beading Circle. No registration required.
Bring your works in progress. Bead with a group and enjoy eachothers company.
Light refreshments and media available.
Some supplies and template printing provided if you’d like to start a new project!

Contact us @ 780-585-3012 EXT. 103 for more info

Maskwacis Indigenous Book Club NOTICE.
We will be reading “Never Whistle At Night Part II: Back for Blood” for our October session. Registration will open second last week of September.
In the meantime you could read Part I of “Never Whistle At Night”
Feel free to stop by the library to check it out and any other indigenous horror literature we have!

Happening today!

SAMSON SEXUAL HEALTH POP-UP EVENT — TODAY!

Join us today, August 13, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Maskwacis Public Library – HBMC Building for the Samson Sexual Health Pop-Up Event.

Come by for:
• STI testing on site
• STBBI Nurse on site
• Sexual health & contraceptive information
• Care bags available while supplies last

This is a safe and welcoming opportunity to ask questions, access information, and take care of your s*xual health.

Breaking stigma. Building healthy communities ❤️

📅 August 13, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Maskwacis Public Library – HBMC Building

Please share and help us spread the word!

Tansi all! Registration is now open for June’s book “Johnny Appleseed” by Joshua Whitehead.

Book synopsis via Arsenal Pulp Press is as follows:

"’You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine’ is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead.

Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybers*x worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez"--and his former life--to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The seven days that follow are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, s*x, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny's life is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages--and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life.

Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams.”

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Book club meeting will be catered and participants are entered for a door prize for a bookish gift.

For more info and to register contact Maria Buffalo @ Maskwacis Library 780-585-3012 ext. 103

In addition to our annual Pride Picnic event hosted by Maskwacis Library, Maskwacis Health Services, and Samson Business Development.

We are seeking to highlight Maskwacis artisans for the event. Priority given to 2S youth🌈

Contact Maria @ Maskwacis Library 780-585-3012 ext. 103 for more info and to register

🌧️WEATHER NOTICE: In the event of inclement weather the day of, event will be moved inside to the HBMC gym.🌧️

Join us for our annual Maskwacis Pride Picnic! June 10th 10AM — 2PM, with the subsequent Pride crosswalk paint in honour of late Roxanne Roan 4PM — 7PM.

This event is presented in partnership with Maskwacis Library, Maskwacis Health Services, Samson Cree Business Development, and Samson Community Wellness.

We have also graciously partnered with the Edmonton 2 Spirit Society, HIV Edmonton, and Firefly in providing food, and community harm reduction resources. Keynote info to follow🌟 Ay-hai

Beaders! Welcome you to Maskwacis Libraries Bead Social Circle. No registration required.
Bring your works in progress. Bead with a group and enjoy eachothers company.
Light refreshments and media available.
Some supplies and template printing provided if you’d like to start a new project during!

Contact us @ 780-585-3013 EXT. 103 for more info