Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid makes huge donation to struggling rural libraries

Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid is putting some of her success toward saving the public libraries that helped inspire her career. The Nova Scotia author has donated $300,000 to the Annapolis Valley Regional Library after learning that five rural branches (Hantsport, Kentville, Lawrencetown, Port Williams, and Middleton) were facing permanent closure due to funding shortfalls.…