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One Book One Kootenay 2012


Shortlist Tour starts in Greenwood May 29.

Jennifer Craig
will be at the
Greenwood Public Library
Tuesday, May 29 at 7:00

for the
1st OBOK Shortlist Event. 
For info go here.
          Jenny 
   
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OBOK 2012 shortlist:
  • The Third Crop by Rita Moir
  • Yes Sister, No Sister by Jennifer Craig
  • Boundary Country by Tom Wayman
 
 Read  -  Enjoy  -  Vote
Details at obok.ca

 

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Anne DeGrace Dicussing "Flying with Amelia" at KLF Libraries 

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Encompassing more than a century and covering Canada from sea to sea, Nelson author Anne DeGrace’s new novel, Flying with Amelia, follows the descendents of an Irish immigrant family as they scatter across the country, from St. John’s Newfoundland to BC and north to the Beaufort Sea. 

Go here to find out when Anne will be at a library near you.
 

 

Frances Welwood Introduces Annie Ross Foster Hanley

Frances_Annie  France Welwood will be touring KLF libraries introducing, Annie,  the intriguing real-life character, her book Passing Through Missing Pages is based on. 

Frances' tour will start at the Beaver Valley Public Library on May 24 and end in the fall at the Trail & District Public Library.
For the schedule go here.

Frances Welwood holding
Passsing Through Missing
Pages
Local history buffs will be interested, since Annie Ross Foster Hanley lived in Nelson. 

 




Beyond the Batholith Tour

Arin Fay photo    Kaslo artist Arin Fay is working, with the KLF, to bring her art and the Kootenay women authors, who are the subjects of her Beyond the Batholith series, to a community near you.

Her portraits can be seen at the Nakusp Public Library.

Author Holley Rubinsky will be at the Nakusp Public Library on Sat. May 26 at 2 pm..  
Arin Fay in her studio near Kaslo.   For more information go here.


New!  Reading Group Resources

Book Club Sets are available at your public library through inter-library loan.

A collection of recently published titles (multiple copies) can be borrowed for a 5 week period.

A list of titles can be found here. 

To keep the Book Sets current, titles published in 2009  will be removed from the Book Club Sets in June 2012.  A list of the titles to be deselected can be found here.

 

Author Visit to Kootenay Libraries and Communities


 
Please watch your local library website for more information!
 

   
 
 

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