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2026 Annual Lecture: The Story of a Book

A Hundred Thousand Hopes cover

Join Rehema Marie Clarken (HU-Rhetoric) to hear how writing a book can turn strangers into a community and how writing acquaintances find a common point of connection to deepen their friendships through publishing.  A Hundred Thousand Hopes: Stories on the Power of Prayer is a collection of personal stories, essays, and poems from 27 authors from around the world. Each shares a different perspective when reflecting on how to navigate the struggles of life. 

Rehema will discuss how writing communities encourage members to share in new creative ways. 

Library East Reading Room, Thursday Oct. 29, 4:30pm.
Join webinar: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/85491313685

Rehema Marie Clarken, PhD, finds joy in daily meditation, chasing waterfalls, and playing with languages.  A former high school principal in Beijing, now a teacher in rural Michigan, she is the author of the 2024 YA fantasy adventure novel, Pyrrha’s Journey. 

Friends Annual Booksale 2026

The Annual Michigan Tech Library book sale will be held this year on Wednesday and Thursday March 25-26 in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) on campus. Thousands of gently used donated books for sale in all ranges of fiction and non-fiction categories. This year we have especially strong donation in mathematics and history.

• Wednesday night from 5–7pm is the members’ pre-sale (memberships available at the door starring at $20) and students with ID enter for free.

• The main sale, including library withdrawals, will be Thursday from 10am–4pm, with the 3–4pm hour devoted to our famous $5 bag sale!  

Prices are 50¢ or $1 for paperbacks and $2 for hardbacks. Some specially priced local interest and rare(r) books will be for sale as well.  

Cash, card, and check accepted (ATM in building). All proceeds go to the library with an all-volunteer crew and no overhead on your card sales. Parking is free on campus after 4pm, and there is metered parking right outside the MUB at other times.

[Click for map] Memorial Union Building, Houghton, MI

FMTL Winter Carnival Sale is here

Come one, come all! And come in to get warm in the library during Winter Carnival statue viewing on Saturday. The Friends of the Library is having its annual Winter Carnival book sale from 10-3 on Saturday Feb. 7. Books priced from 50¢ to $2 in all categories (though note we don’t put out lots of technical books for this sale; for those, come see us at the end of March for our big annual sale!)

We also got covereage this year in the Michigan Tech Lode: “Friends of the Michigan Tech Library to host annual book sale.“

Views Newsletter 29.2 (October 2024)

The fall 2024 issue of the newsletter has now been mailed to members’ mailboxes.

Download the PDF version  here: FMTL Views 29.2 (Oct. 2024).

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