The next meeting of the Adult Book Group will take place Thursday June 16 at 1:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Fleming Library in Beamsville. We will continue with the 'Influential Women' topic.
New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Jill at the Fleming Library, 905-563-7014.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Philip Roth wins Man Booker Prize
Philip Roth, the American author whose career spans 50 years and includes a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and the controversial novel Portnoy's Complaint, was awarded the $100,000 Man Booker Prize on Wednesday in Sydney.
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living writer for overall contribution to fiction. It is connected to but separate from the better-known Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is awarded each year for a specific book.
Roth beat 12 other short-listed authors, including Britain's John le Carre, Australia's David Malouf and Canadian Rohinton Mistry.
Mistry, who emigrated to Canada from India in 1975, is the author of three novels, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Such a Long Journey (1991) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Governer General's Award. A Fine Balance (1996) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Giller Prize. Family Matters (2002) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2002.
The prize will be officially presented at a dinner in London in June.
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living writer for overall contribution to fiction. It is connected to but separate from the better-known Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is awarded each year for a specific book.
Roth beat 12 other short-listed authors, including Britain's John le Carre, Australia's David Malouf and Canadian Rohinton Mistry.
Mistry, who emigrated to Canada from India in 1975, is the author of three novels, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Such a Long Journey (1991) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Governer General's Award. A Fine Balance (1996) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Giller Prize. Family Matters (2002) was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2002.
The prize will be officially presented at a dinner in London in June.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Adult Book Group
The next meeting of the Adult Book Group will take place Thursday May 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Fleming Library, Beamsville. This month's topic is "Women Who Made a Difference".
New members are also welcome. For more information, contact Jill at 905-563-7014.
New members are also welcome. For more information, contact Jill at 905-563-7014.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
May Top Ten
Top Ten DVDs
Secretariat
the King's Speech
The Switch
Black Swan
Life As We Know It
You Again
Knight and Day
Tangled
The Tourist
Tron
Top Ten Books
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Toys by James Patterson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Room by Emma Donoghue
Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson
44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel
Secretariat
the King's Speech
The Switch
Black Swan
Life As We Know It
You Again
Knight and Day
Tangled
The Tourist
Tron
Top Ten Books
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Toys by James Patterson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Room by Emma Donoghue
Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson
44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel
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