BC Book Prize Winners for 2010

For the winners of this year's BC Book Prize go to
http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2010

Pemberton author Carrie Mac won the Sheila A. Egoff Prize for The Gryphon Project.

The book, as well as others by Carrie Mac, is available in the library.

Synopsis:
Phoenix envies her brother Gryphon. The daredevil and sports hero has all of his recons left: three more chances at life. But she is left with only one, and learns that her beloved brother is responsible for one of her deaths. When Gryphon himself has an accident, the governing body Chrysalis refuses to recon him, deeming his death to be a suicide. His friends’ code of silence makes it difficult to find out what happened, but Phoenix is determined to unravel the mystery and save her brother. Carrie Mac is the author of nine novels including Charmed, Crush, the Triskelia series and Pain & Wastings. Her novel The Beckoners won the Arthur Ellis YA Award, is a CLA Honour book, and has been optioned for film. She was raised in small-town British Columbia and now lives in Vancouver. More

Author Lawrence Hill Appearing at Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Center in Whistler, May 8, 2010

 Lawrence Hill is appearing at the Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Center at 4584 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, B.C. on May 8, 2010.  He will be giving a reading and a question and answer session will follow.  Information regarding tickets can be found at The Vicious Circle (Whistler Writers Group),

Hill, of course, is the author of The Book of Negroes, winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book.  For those of your interested in reading the books it available in the library.

Check Out Shelfari for Newest Books at Constance Rulka Library

Check out Shelfari on the Library Web Site at
www.hsslibrary.com or on the HSSS Reader's Blog at http://hsssreadersblog.blogspot.com
for the latest new books in the library.
New books are added frequently during the school year.    Colin 

2010 Pulitzer Prize Just Announced

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded by Columbia University since 1917.  The awards are chosen by a board of jurors for Journalism, Biography and Autobiography, History and Fiction.

Pulitzer Prize for History
Lord of Finance:  The Bankers Who Broke the World - Liaquat Ahamed

Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
The Dead Hand:  The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and It's Dangerous Legacy - David E. Hoffman

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Versed - Rae Armantrout

Pulitzer Prize for Biography
The First Tycoon:  The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt - T. J. Stiles

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 
Tinkers - Paul Harding

Go to
http://www.pulitzer.org
for further details.     Colin

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver

I recently read and very much enjoyed the book Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver.  Kingsolver is keeny socially and environmentally conscious; she weaves this awareness smoothly into much of her writing, and Animal Dreams is no exception.  It is about a woman who finds herself returning to her small hometown to take care of her aging father, only to realize that her perceptions and even memories, of the town and her own past are not what she thought.  Part love story, part family drama, Kingsolver brings her characters to life in a world that is slowly realizing the consequences of its actions, both past and present.  Sara

National Poetry Month in Canada (April 2010)

April is National Poetry Month.  This year's theme is Climate Changes.
To find out more go to
http://www.youngpoets.ca/
The library has just purchased three of the nominated poetry titles for this year's BC Book Prize--the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.  They are Automaton Biographies (Larissa Lai), Red Nest (Gillian Jerome), and The Fly in Autumn (David Zieroth). Colin

B.C. Book Awards Nominees 2010

The finalists have been announced for the 2010 B.C. Book Awards. Go to
http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2010
for a list of those nominated.  The winners for each of the categories will be announced on April 24, 2010.

Of particular interest are those titles nominated for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize:
Counting on Hope - Sylvia Olsen
The Gryphon Project - Carrie Mac
Inferno - Robin Stevenson
Return to Bone Tree Hill - Kristin Butcher
The Ship of Lost Souls - Rachelle Delaney

The library has The Gryphon Project and has just purchased  Inferno and Return to Bone Tree Hill.  You might want to check these out.   Colin

New Easybib Features

Many of you are familiar with EasyBib as you use it to create bibliographies or Works Cited (MLA), for your research projects.
The library now subscribes to the service which means that there are many new features. With EasyBib you are able to create bibliographies in MLA, APA, or Chicago formats. Students can create an account where their bibliographies are saved. Once they are saved, you can go back and edit them if necessary. The service now is able to create a footnote or a parenthetical citation (in-text citation)for any of the citations you create.
Take a look at the tutorial at
http://www.easybib.com/help/intro
This is really helpful in getting you started and pointing out major features available.
More later...