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Lima Public Library Book Reviews LIBRARY OPEN • The Lima Public Library has reopened. Main library hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Branch hours are noon to 6 p.m. Mondays to Thursdays, except Lafayette is closed Wednesdays. • The main library has curbside pick up. Hours are 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 567-712-5239, contact the library through Facebook Messenger or put a hold on a book through the online catalog. Give workers 24 hours to gather. Park near the main entrance. Call when you arriv...

By Steve Donoghue Correspondent F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby” entered the public domain on Jan. 1, 2021. The book is already a staple of American life; it has been taught in schools for decades, and Hollywood blockbuster movie adaptations starring handsome actors have been followed, generation after generation, by other Hollywood blockbuster movie adaptations starring other handsome actors. But now, anybody can print and sell their own edition of what is widely considered to be one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century.  Dozens o...

January 20, 2021 THE WASHINGTON POST – Last week, the copyright on F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby expired, so anyone can now use its characters and particulars to fashion their own version, much as Jean Rhys did in Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. That’s why we just saw the release of Nick, by Michael Farris Smith, in which the narrator of Fitzgerald’s classic novel, Nick Carraway, tells his own backstory. But no one needs to wait for copyright expiration to use Fitzgerald’s plot, that time-honoured story in which a person on the fringe of high...

As Canada counts down to 2021, a star-studded musical night unfolds across the country. Social Sharing CBC Life · Posted: Dec 21, 2020 11:17 AM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020 Canada's New Year's Eve: Countdown to 2021 will feature a wide variety of amazing performances.(CBC) It's time to ring in a new year and (finally) say goodbye to 2020. And what better way to ring it in than with our annual music-filled show on CBC? Hosted by Rick Mercer,  Canada's New Year's Eve: Countdown to 2021 features great Canadian music performances from across the country. Canada's New Year's Eve: A C...