Governor General's Award 2012 Shortlist

FICTION
Tamas Dobozy, Siege 13
Robert Hough, Dr. Brinkley’s Tower
Vincent Lam, The Headmaster’s Wager
Carrie Snyder, The Juliet Stories
Linda Spalding, The Purchase

POETRY
Julie Bruck, Monkey Ranch
David McGimpsey, Li’l Bastard
A. F. Moritz, The New Measures
Lisa Pasold, Any Bright Horse
James Pollock, Sailing to Babylon

DRAMA
Catherine Banks, It is Solved by Walking
Trina Davies, The Romeo Initiative
Karen Hines, Drama: Pilot Episode
Cathy Ostlere & Dennis Garnhum, Lost: A Memoir
Anusree Roy, Brothel #9

NON-FICTION
Nahlah Ayed, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring
Carol Bishop-Gwyn, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
Wade Davis, Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest
Ross King, Leonardo and the Last Supper
Noah Richler, What We Talk About When We Talk About War

Giller Short List

Read the finalists for the Giller Prize from your library!

 

·     Will Ferguson for his novel 419, published by Viking Canada (in library collection)

·     Alix Ohlin for her novel Inside, published by House of Anansi Press (on order)

·     Nancy Richler for her novel The Imposter Bride, published by HarperCollins Publishers (in library collection)

·     Kim Thúy for her novel Ru, translated by Sheila Fischman, published by Random House Canada (in library collection)

·     Russell Wangersky for his short story collection Whirl Away, published by Thomas Allen Publishers (on order)

October Top Ten

Top Ten Adult Fiction

Title	Author (normalized)
Fifty Shades of Grey	E. L. James
A Wanted Man	Lee Child
Where We Belong	Emily Griffin
The Casual Vacancy	J. K. Rowling
Zoo	James Patterson
Perfect  Hope	Nora Roberts
Fifty Shades Freed	E. L. James
Stolen  Prey	John Sandford
Friends Forever	Danielle Steel
The Vow	Kim Carpenter

Top Ten DVDs

The  Hunger Games

Mirror Mirror

Marvel's the Avengers

We  Bought a Zoo

Haywire

Sherlock Holmes

Snow White and the Huntsman

The  Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Five Year Engagement

The  Vow

September Top Ten

Top 10 Adult Fiction


Fifty shades of grey by E. L. James
Where we belong by Emily Griffin
Fifty shades freed by E. L. James
Friends forever by Danielle Steel
The Vow by Kim Carpenter
Stolen prey by John Sandford
Zoo by James Patterson
Stay close by Harlen Coben
A Dance with dragons by George R. R. Martin
Bloodline by James Rollins

Top 10 Adult DVDs

Mirror Mirror
We bought a zoo
The Hunger games
Sherlock Holmes
Haywire
The Vow
The Lorax
Man on a ledge
War Horse
Safe House

2012 Giller Prize Longlist

Celona, Marjorie | Y
published by Hamish Hamilton Canada

Davis, Lauren | Our Daily Bread
published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Fagan, Cary | My Life Among the Apes
published by Cormorant Books

Ferguson, Will | 419
published by Viking Canada

Hough, Robert | Dr. Brinkley's Tower
published by House of Anansi Press

Livingston, Billie | One Good Hustle
published by Random House Canada

Lyon, Annabel | The Sweet Girl
published by Random House Canada

Ohlin, Alix | Inside
published by House of Anansi Press

Onstad, Katrina | Everybody Has Everything
published by Emlem Editions

Richardson, CS | The Emperor of Paris
published by Doubleday Canada

Richler, Nancy | The Imposter Bride
published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

Thúy, Kim | Ru
published by Random House Canada

Wangersky, Russell | Whirl Away
published by Thomas Allen Publishers

September Adult Book Group - Special Theme

The Lincoln Public Library is pleased to be participating in the 'Past is Present' Community Book Project.  For the September Book Group on September 20, we will be featuring the Project's selection, 'The Invasion of Canada' by Ronald J. Dale.  We will also be having a general discussion on the War of 1812 focusing on the role of the Niagara region.

I hope that you will be able to attend this interesting and informative book group on Thursday September 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Fleming (Beamsville) Library.

To register or for more information, contact Jill at 905-563-7014 or info@lincoln.library.on.ca.

August Top Ten

Adult Fiction

Fifty shades of grey by E. L. James
Fifty shades freed by E. L. James
Fifty shades darker by E. L. James
Stolen prey by John Sandford
The  vow by Kim Carpenter
Stay close by Harlan Coben
Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand
11th hour by James Patterson
Wanted man by Lee Child
Mad river by Jon Sandford

 

Adult DVDs

We bought a zoo

The   Vow

Mirror  Mirror

War horse

Contraband

Sherlock holmes

Haywire

Joyful noise

One for the money

Safe house