Book Cover Credit: House of Anansi Press
The One Book One Community Medicine Hat committee is pleased to announce that the 2013 book selection is The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt.
The OBOC event will take place November 1-2, 2013. Details to be announced.
Find out more about the book here.
We really hope you enjoy this year’s selection!
Our book suggestion process is now closed! The committee, along with our volunteer readers, is busy reading a variety of suggestions. We look forward to choosing and announcing this year’s book in the spring – stay tuned!
The OBOC committee is busy planning our next event for October 2013 but we need your help! Each year, the OBOC book to be read by all of Medicine Hat is selected from suggestions from the community.
Read a great Canadian book lately? Let us know!
We require that the book be:
Deadline for suggestions is February 1, 2013. Check out our archives to see selections from past years.
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Each February we solict suggestions from the community for the One Book One Community selection. Gail Bowen’s work has been suggested in the past, and though not chosen for OBOC, she will be coming to Medicine Hat on November 5!
MEDICINE HAT PUBLIC LIBRARY – GAIL BOWEN – NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Popular Regina mystery author, Gail Bowen, reads from her latest work in progress on Monday, November 5 at 7.00 pm in the Library Theatre.
Gail Bowen’s mystery series features Joanne Kilbourn, a university professor, sometime political columnist, and a wife, mother and grandmother in Regina. The most recent book in the series, Kaleidoscope, was published in Spring 2012. Gail is currently working on The Gift, which features Joanne’s adopted teenaged daughter, Taylor. The author will give Medicine Hatters a sneak preview of this new work as she reads from it.
The first six books in the Kilbourn series – Deadly Appearances(1990); Murder at theMendel(1991); The Wandering Soul Murders(1992); A Colder Kind ofDeath(1994), winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award; A KillingSpring(1996) and Verdict in Blood(1998) – have appeared as made-for-television movies with world-wide distribution. Burying Ariel(2000); The GlassCoffin(2002); The Last Good Day(2004); The Endless Knot(2006); The BrutalHeart(2008) and The Nesting Dolls(2010) have met with critical and commercial success. In June 2008, Reader’s Digest named Bowen ‘Canada’s Best Mystery Novelist’.
For more information about Gail Bowen go to www.gailbowen.com. Gail Bowen’s visit is cosponsored by Medicine Hat Public Library, the Writer’s Union with financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
For more information, contact Hilary Munro, Head of Adult Services, Medicine Hat Public Library at 403-502-8533 or at hilmun@medicinehat.ca
The 8th annual OBOC event, celebrating The Cellist of Sarajevo, was a great success. Friday evening drew 200 people to the Esplanade for author Steven Galloway, the Community Orchestra, and Mayor Norm Boucher. Saturday’s discussions were enhanced by the presence of special guests from Bosnia, Mayor Norm Boucher, and Steven Galloway, who all engaged with attendees. Thank you to everyone who attended the event.
How can you stay connected with OBOC?
If you are interested in being a part of the OBOC committee or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Leigh Cunningham (lcunningham@mhc.ab.ca or 403-504-3654) for more information.
Article: Book brings community together (Medicine Hat News, Mon. Oct. 15, 2012): http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-news/book-brings-community-together-10152012.html
Cover image: RandomHouse.ca
We are excited! One Book One Community begins Friday October 12 at the Esplanade (7pm) and continues with a great day planned for Saturday October 13 at Medicine Hat College.
Thursday October 11′s Medicine Hat News article: http://www.medicinehatnews.com/local-entertainment/organizers-excited-for.html
What’s better than One Book? How about 10 or more!
Medicine Hat High School, Crescent Heights High School and Eagle Butte High School are partnering with Medicine Hat College Libraries and Medicine Hat Public Library to bring you Top Hat Teen Reads. This collection of books is available at the participating libraries.
The OBOC book, The Cellist of Sarajevo, is a part of the Top Hat Teen Reads. There’s something for everyone, young and old alike so check out the book lists today! http://tophatteenreads.blogspot.ca/
