Due to the long weekend, we’ve extended the purchase deadline to Wednesday, October 12, 2011 for the lunch tickets. Lunch is $15 and will be served at noon in the Courtyard, Medicine Hat College on Saturday October 15, 2011.
Tickets are available at Medicine Hat Public Library and Vera Bracken Library, Medicine Hat College.
Last year's OBOC author Joseph Boyden won the Giller Prize in 2008 -ctv.ca
Looking for some great CanLit reading? The Scotiabank Giller Prize released its shortlist Oct. 4:
Read more about each book here. Start your reading and keep these books in mind for future OBOC events!
Tickets for lunch on Saturday October 15, 2011 can now be purchased at Medicine Hat Public Library and Medicine Hat College Vera Bracken Library.
Tickets are $15/person and must be purchased in advance. Lunch is served at noon in the Medicine Hat College Courtyard.
Enjoying Jessica Grant’s Come, Thou Tortoise? Maybe you’ve recently finished this year’s OBOC book and now you are contemplating some of the quirky themes uncovered? Check out the reader’s guide and and further reading list:
Random House Reader’s Guide – A great list of thought-provoking questions about the book’s themes.
OBOC 2011 Suggested Reading List – A list of related books, websites, and videos available online, and at the Medicine Hat College Libraries and the Medicine Hat Public Library.
Feel free to share your thoughts on this year’s selection in the comments section, on the Facebook page, or by email (obocmh@gmail.com).
The OBOC committee is excited to announce that this year’s author, Jessica Grant, will be speaking at Medicine Hat College on the evening of Friday October 14, 2011.
In the past, OBOC has hosted authors Joan Clark, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Elizabeth Hay, and Joseph Boyden.
Author Jessica Grant. Photo credit: Malcolm Grant
Come, Thou Tortoise is available through the Medicine Hat Public Library’s Library To Go system. This means that you can ‘borrow’ the ebook (an Adobe EPUB file) for use on your own ereading device*, including the Kobo, Sony Reader, Nook, iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and Android and Windows Mobile devices. Alternatively, the book can be read on a PC or Mac. A list of compatible devices is available here.
To checkout and download you need…
Kobo eReader Touch Edition
Details on using Library to Go are available here on the MHPL site and the book is available here.
Don’t have your own eReader? You can borrow a Kobo eReader from the Medicine Hat College Libraries!
*Currently the Amazon Kindle does not support this ebook format.
The One Book One Community Medicine Hat committee is pleased to announce that the 2011 book selection is Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant.
The OBOC event takes place October 14-15, 2011 at Medicine Hat College. Author Jessica Grant will be in Medicine Hat for the event. More event info here.
Find out more about the book here.
