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Cull your book shelves now for good cause
These Friends Of The Oliver Library (FOTOL) are definitely nuts about books! They are hard at work sorting books in preparation for the
15th Annual Summer Book Sale
Saturday, July 6th
9:00a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Oliver Regional Library parking lot
Proceeds go to the Library’s Summer Reading Club for Children. Additional book donations are welcomed and can be left at the Library now. Many thanks!
Photo Credit: Heather Frank
Be a Friend ~ Buy a Book
Your book buy list should include:
* easy reading for the car, camper, or RV,
*classics for the ski cabin,
*short stories or an anthology for the guest room (what a thoughtful host you are!) ,
* picture books for the grandkids,
* a juicy romance or a thriller beside the bathtub,
* “stimulating” reading for the washroom (need we say more),
Proceeds support children’s summer programming at the library. So your purchase goes to your own enjoyment AND encourages a whole new generation of readers.
Be a BC Book Prize Groupie
If being a rock band groupie isn’t your style, try being a BC Book Prize groupie!
Two authors shortlisted for the BC Book Prizes are touring the Okanagan. and will be visiting the Oliver Regional Library branch on Monday May 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Come meet JJ Lee, the author of “The Measure of a Man: The story of a Father, a Son and a Suit” and Gary Kent, the author of the children’s book, “Fishing with Gubby”. They will be talking about their books and the ideas and stories that inspired them.
As JJ moves across the surface of the suit, he reveals the heartbreaking tale of his father, a charismatic but luckless restaurateur whose demons brought tumult upon his family. He also recounts the year he spent as an apprentice tailor at Modernize Tailors, the last of Vancouver’s legendary Chinatown tailors, where he learns invaluable lessons about life from his octogenarian master tailor. Woven throughout these two personal strands are entertaining stories from the social history of the man’s suit, the surprising battleground where the war between generations has long been fought.
With wit, bracing honesty, and great narrative verve, JJ takes us from the French Revolution to the Zoot Suit Riots, from the Japanese Salaryman to Mad Men, from Oscar Wilde in short pants to Marlon Brando in a T-shirt, and from the rareified rooms of Savile Row to a rundown shop in Chinatown. A book that will forever change the way you think about the maxim “the clothes make the man,” this is a universal story of love and forgiveness and breaking with the past.
Gubby’s journey first takes him up BC’s west coast, through Georgia, Johnstone and Queen Charlotte straits and north past Port Hardy. He then heads into the open ocean towards treacherous Cape Scott, through to Winter Harbour and Quatsino Sound to settle in for a summer of fishing. Gubby and Puss face rolling rapids, rough and tumble storms and banks of fog, tussle with a basking shark and a pod of orcas, all while trolling for spring and coho salmon and visiting other fishermen and homesteaders along the way.
Books will be available for purchase. Get your copy signed, or buy one for a friend. Or be a BC Book Prize groupie and bring your camera for a photo. Who knows? You may be posing with a winner!
Library hosts e-reader session
First up is an evening to welcome BC Book Prize nominees. On Monday May 7 join us at 7 p.m. to meet these yet-to-be-announced special guests and hear excerpts from their nominated books. Be BC proud!
Want to learn more about e-Reading? It’s e-easy! Learn about the variety of e-readers and tablets. Break-out sessions will address the individual types now on the market. Simply bring your questions to this introductory session, or bring along your portable e-reading device (tablet, laptop, iPad, Kindle, e-Reader or whatever) on Saturday May 12 at 10 a.m. This is a free event but please register in advance by calling the library at 250-498-2242 or by stopping by the library. Refreshments will be served following the session.
The monthly Tuesday Morning Coffee happens every third Tuesday of the month. Coming up, it’s Tuesday May 15 at 10 a.m. Make yourself at home! Interested in the behind-the-scenes of the library? Join us an hour earlier at 9 a.m. for the FOTOL meeting. Volunteers welcome.
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Start saving those books! The Library’s Annual Book Sale is on Saturday July 7 from 9 – 2. in the Oliver Regional Library parking lot. Your used books can be dropped off at the library.
Watch for the Friends of the Library entry into the International Sunshine Festival Parade on Saturday July 14!
Unique Gifts for History Buffs at Oliver Archives
Successful Book Sale = Successful Summer Reading Program
The first session of the Summer Reading Program had eighty-two children and their parents in attendance. They enjoyed a fun filled evening with stories, contests and crafts prepared by the library staff. Since then, according to FOTOL member Val Friesen, attendance has been consistently in the 80 – 100 range. Several Library “Friends” have been helping out with the programme on Thursday evenings during the summer. Heather Franks of the FOTOL says “We are happy to lend a hand and help get those kids “hooked on books.”
Although program nights are now completed, boys and girls are encouraged to continue to work on their Reading Logs and bring their completed records into the library before August 26 so that they can “SAVOUR THE MOMENT” on Saturday, August 27 at 11:00 a.m. Savour the moment at this Medal Presentation Party. Throughout the summer when children complete their Reading Log they receive a special invitation to this exciting event. See who is the first to read their way on to the podium! And someone will take crunchy, munchy dog home!
Ready to Read this Summer?
Friends of the Oliver Library Need more “Friends”!
The Friends of the Oliver Library (FOTOL) have moved their monthly business meeting to coincide with the monthly “Tuesday Coffee Morning”, on the third Tuesday of each month. The FOTOL business meeting begins at 9:00 a.m., with the coffee fellowship with the public following at 10:00 a.m.
On Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m., Eva Durance, author of Cultivating the Wild: Gardening with Native Plants of B.C.’s Southern Interior, will discuss gardening with native plants. Come meet the author and enjoy her presentation. Coffee and refreshments.
Friends of the Oliver Library membership forms are available at the Library, which also list areas for volunteer acivities. It’s never too soon or too late to sign up as a volunteer for the Summer Book Sale!
Have some creative energy to spare? Let them know – the Friends would love to hear your voice!
Contact olivercac@gmail.com to volunteer.
Pictured: Enid Baker, Shirley Cade and librarian Vicki White Photo Credit: Val FriesenFriends of the Oliver Library Need more "Friends"!
The Friends of the Oliver Library (FOTOL) have moved their monthly business meeting to coincide with the monthly “Tuesday Coffee Morning”, on the third Tuesday of each month. The FOTOL business meeting begins at 9:00 a.m., with the coffee fellowship with the public following at 10:00 a.m.
On Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m., Eva Durance, author of Cultivating the Wild: Gardening with Native Plants of B.C.’s Southern Interior, will discuss gardening with native plants. Come meet the author and enjoy her presentation. Coffee and refreshments.
Friends of the Oliver Library membership forms are available at the Library, which also list areas for volunteer acivities. It’s never too soon or too late to sign up as a volunteer for the Summer Book Sale!
Have some creative energy to spare? Let them know – the Friends would love to hear your voice!
Contact olivercac@gmail.com to volunteer.
Pictured: Enid Baker, Shirley Cade and librarian Vicki White Photo Credit: Val FriesenBC Book Prize Tour Stops in Oliver
Here’s a little more about Olsen’s book, Counting on Hope :
“Set against the backdrop of the confusing events surrounding the English colonization of British Columbia, and an 1863 naval assault on Kuper Island, Counting on Hope tells the story of two girls whose lives are profoundly changed when their two cultures collide. Alternating between free verse and prose, Sylvia Olsen follows the girl’s individual storylines before, during and after their meeting. She captures the wonder and joy with which Hope and Letia develop their friendship and describes the tragic events, suspicion, fear and confusion that characterize so many early encounters between Europeans and the First Peoples. This sensitively drawn depiction of innocence lost and wisdom hard won follows Hope and Letia out of childhood, off their island paradise and into the complex realities of an adult world. Married into the Tsartlip First Nation at seventeen, Sylvia Olsen is a historian specializing in Native/White relations in Canada, and the author of twelve books. She lives in Victoria.”
Fred Wah won in the poetry category, for his collection is a door :
Congratulations, Fred!
Visit http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/tour/category/southern-tour-2010/ for more information about the southern BC potion of the tour, or http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2010 for a list of the finalists’ books and the various winners. A great source for your summer reading picks!
Friends of the Oliver Library
The Friends of the Oliver Library assist the work of library staff by supporting or hosting special events usch as book readings by well-known authors and storytellers, book prizes for summer reading programs, and demonstrations of new information technologies.
The Friends of the Oliver Library present Book Reading Wine and Cheese Friday April 24th 7 – 9 p.m. Oliver Regional Library with selected authors nominated for the BC Governor General’s AwardShow your support of the library by becoming a member!
Membership: Adults $5 Students: $3 Seniors: $3 Family $10Kindly contact the Friends if you would like information about making a contribution, leaving a bequest or an endowed fund to the Oliver Library in your will, or donating a memorial gift in the name of a loved one. The friends of the oliver Library is a registered society and, as a charitable institution, can issue receipts for income tax purposes.