Winner of the 2012 Governor Generals Award: The Purchase by Linda Spalding

The winner of the 2012 Governor Generals Award is The Purchase by Linda Spalding.

Winner of the 2012 Giller Book Prize

 The winner of the 2012 Giller Book Prize has just been announced---Will Ferguson's 419.




For details go to:

http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/news/details/?id=107

2012 Scotiabank Giller Book Prize

The short list for the 2012 Scotbiabank Giller Book Prize has just been announced.  Check out the Giller website for titles of the nominated books:

http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Ru by Kim Thuy is one of the nominated novels and is available at Constance Rulka Library.

Governor General's Literary Awards 2012 Finalists

The 2012 Governor General's Literary Award Finalists have just been announced.

For titles in each of the categories, go to

nalists

http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/

Constance Rulka Library has two of the nominated titles:

Ru -  Kim Thuy

Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

Vancouver Writers Fest, October 16-21, 2012

The 2012 Vancouver Writers Fest takes place from October 16-21, 2012.
Most of the events are schedule on Granville Island.  Check out the program guide for authors appearing at the festival:

http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/

Word on the Street: National Book and Magazine Festival

Consider a trip to Vancouver this weekend for Word on the Street:  National Book and Magazine Festival.
The 18th annual festival will take place from Friday, September 28, to Sunday, September 30, 2012. Enjoy a weekend jam-packed with author readings, exhibits, performances, and all-round literary mayhem.
For event listings go to

http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/vancouver

Additional eBooks Available in September 2012 on Follett Shelf eBook Library

Additional ebooks have been purchased and are available from the Constance Rulka Library Web Page beginning in September 2012.  Click on the link Follett Shelf eBook Library.  You can sign these books out 24/7 with your student number (both for User ID and Password) and download them to your iPad or Android 3.

Here is a list of the new eBooks:

Money Boy - Paul Yee
Animal Farm  - George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The World We Live In - Susan Beth Pfeffer
Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
A Thousand Spendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Different Seasons - Stephen King
Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
New Boy - Julian Houston
Dune - Frank Herbert
The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Two Towers - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Breaking Point - Lesley Choyce
Grave Mercy - R. L. LaFevers
Katyn Order - Douglas W. Jacobson
Distant Waves - Suzanne Weyn
Edge of Ready - L. B. Tillit
Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales - Various Authors
Tupac Shakur:  The Life and Times of an American Icon - Tayannah Lee McQuillar
My Boyfriend is a Monster #1 (Graphic Novel) - Evonne Tsang
My Boyfriend is a Monster #2 (Graphic Novel) - Evonne Tsang
Ray Bradbury Chronicles, #1 - Ray Bradbury

New eBook Collection at Constance Rulka Library

Constance Rulka Library has its first collection of eBooks.  The eBooks can be accessed by going to the Follet Sheff eBook Library on the Library Home Page.  Instructions for signing eBooks out 24/7 are listed below.


1. Go the Library Web Page at www.hsslibrary.com

2. Click on the link "Follet Sheff eBook Library".

3. Click on "Sign Out an eBook on Follett Shelf".

4. In the upper right hand corner, click on Login.

For the User ID and Password use your Student Identification #.

5. Click on the book you wish to sign out. You will be given various options. You can "Read Online". You can "Check Out" the book either "Online" or you can "Download" (if the book is available for download).

The lending period is for 2 weeks. You can sign your book in early is you wish. At the end of the 2 week period, you book will automatically check itself in.

6. If you wish to download the book to your iPad or Android (3.0 and above) tablet devices, you will need to download the following device:

Follett Digital Reader app

The Follett Digital Reader app is currently available for iPads running iOS 4.0 and newer and Android tablets running Android 3.0 and newer

The iPad^® App can be found in the Apple App Store. Download it today.

The Android™ App can be found in Google Play. Download it today.

See our Mobile App page for more details on the app.

BC Book Awards 2012 Winners

The winners (and nominees) of the 2012 BC Book Awards are available at the following website:

http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/

Two of this year's winners are available in the library:

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

Paris, 1940. A brilliant jazz musician, Hiero, is arrested by the Nazis and never heard from again. He is twenty years old. He is a German citizen. And he is black. Fifty years later, his friend and fellow musician, Sid, must relive that unforgettable time, revealing the friendships, love affairs and treacheries that sealed Hiero’s fate. From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris – where the legendary Louis Armstrong makes an appearance – Sid, with his distinctive and rhythmic German-American slang, leads the reader through a fascinating world alive with passion, music and the spirit of resistance. Esi Edugyan’s work has appeared in several anthologies, including “Best New American Voices 2003.” Her debut novel, “The Second Life of Samuel Tyne,” was published internationally to critical acclaim; and “Half-Blood Blues” won the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

In a wild and lawless future, eighteen-year-old Saba lives with her father, twin brother Lugh, young sister Emmi and pet crow Nero. The family resides in a secluded shed and the lake, their only source of water and main provider of food, is gradually dying from the lack of rain. But Saba’s father refuses to leave the place where he buried his beloved wife, Allis, who died giving birth to Emmi. While Saba has never forgiven Emmi for their mother’s death, she adores her twin brother Lugh. So Saba’s small world is brutally torn apart, when a group of armed riders snatch Lugh away. Saba’s rage is so wild, that she manages to drive the men away, but not before they have captured Lugh and killed their father. And here begins Saba’s epic quest to rescue Lugh, during which she is tested by trials she could not have imagined. Moira Young was born in New Westminster, BC, where she attended the UBC before heading to the UK to study drama. Moira Young lives in Bath, England with her husband.

Upcoming Author Visits at Constance Rulka Library

Two popular authors will be visiting Constance Rulka Library in the coming weeks.

Carrie Mac will be making an appearance on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 (12:15 p.m.).

At age 25, Carrie Mac was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts grant for her first novel, The Beckoners, which won the 2006/2007 Stellar Book Award and has been optioned for film.  Mac's writing often draws on her personal experiences, including her work as a staff in group homes and a paramedic on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.  She describes herself as being "equally fascinating by disaster and grace."  The initial inspiration for The Droughtlanders, the first book in Mac's Triskelia trilogy, was a recurring dream of a Triskelia-like world.  The storyline was also inspired by Cirque du Soileil and post 9/11 events.  Feedback on The Droughtlanders from two Vancouver teen book clubs has influenced the second and third books, Retribution and Storm.  Carrie's latest science fiction book The Gryphon Project, is the winner of the 2010 Sheila A. Egoff Literature Prize.

Sylvia Olsen will be visiting on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 (1:45 p.m.).

Sylvia Olsen is a writer and public speaker living on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  She is the author of several picture books, a number of first readers and novels for young adults and one nonfiction--so far.
Sylvia has spent most of her life living in Tsartlip First Nation, where her children and grandchildren now live.  Because Sylvia is non-native and her children are of mixed heritage most of her stories are about the place--the time--the experience of where different sorts of people come together.  That's one of the things that interests her the most.  It's one of the things she knows the most about--and like many authors--Sylvia writes about what she knows.
Her newest books are a historical fiction set in the Gulf Islands called Counting on Hope and A Different Game.  Some of her other books are The Girl With the Baby, White Girl, Middle Row, and Yellow Line.