Ottawa Valley Book Club Monthly Newsletter - July 2006
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Ottawa Valley Book Club Monthly Newsletter - July 2006
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Greetings!
The Ottawa Valley Book Club is forever changing! Stay in the know with
our newsletter - a monthly blast of news!
Be sure to read through to the bottom because you never know what you
might miss and I have specific action items for all members (both
in-person and web-based members)!
Meeting Times & Dates
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Our August 3 meeting will be held at the Petawawa Public Library at 16
Civic Center Drive in Petawawa, Ontario from 7-9 PM.
The August 5 meeting will be held at the Recess Café at 210 Lochiel
Street in Renfrew, Ontario from 10-Noon.
There will also be an August 6 meeting on the chat room for anyone who
can't make the other two meetings and of course for our online members.
It will start at 8:00 PM.
** Check out the directions and more on the meeting info here:
http://www.freewebs.com/ovbookclub/meetinginfo.htm
Member Events
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Author Teleconferences
On June 29, 2006, Beth Powning joined us on a teleconference. Some of
our book club members called in to participate with this event and they
were very thrilled to hear Beth discuss her career, her ideas behind
"The Hatbox Letters" and much, much more! A link to that audio will be
available as soon as I get it downloaded and edited.
Also, Chris Bohjalian, the author of "Before You Know Kindness" our
September selection has offered to do a teleconference with us as well.
The date for that teleconference will be September 21, 2006 from 7-8
PM EST. The call is open to any of our book club members. You just
need to call in to a special number and use a passcode which will
follow in an e-mail closer to the date.
Other Author Events
On July 18, 2006 (tomorrow night) some members of the book club will be
going to the Literacy Plus evening with Frances Itani in Eganville,
Ontario. This coincides with our book choice for July, "Deafening" by
Frances Itani. Make sure to bring your books! The event is at 7:30 PM
and includes dessert. Cost for the event is $15.00 and all proceeds go
to support Literacy Plus. You may purchase your tickets at the
following locations: The Renfrew Book Shop in Renfrew, Coles in
Pembroke, Serendipity and at the Literacy Plus office in Eganville.
Member Specific News (Includes action items!)
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1. I need 1 volunteer to read a poem for our August Saturday meeting.
If you care to volunteer for this, please let us know!
2. Get online and join the forum if you haven't already! If you don't
quite know your way around the web, e-mail us and we can set up a time
to teach you! We'll get you set up on the message board, teach you how
to post, etc. Just let us know! Visit the message board here:
http://ovbookclub.proboards52.com/index.cgi. Our online members and
local members can connect here and it's a lot of fun!
3. Random House Publishing is sending me some advance copies on a book
that they will tailor to our book club's needs. Details on this book
and what we plan to do with the copies (something fun of course!) once
I receive the title and quantity from Random House.
Other News
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The Petawawa Library has joined forces with us to bring our book club
to their patrons and to allow us to host future meetings in their
beautiful facilities. They host many author events and will be
bringing in the books from our book club list so that they are readily
available. A special thank you to the library for helping us out so
much! Check out their website at www.petawawapubliclibrary.ca.
The Renfrew & Arnprior Book Shops are extending the discount (15%) to
the rest of the book club selections. So, if you are nearby, pop in
and grab your books from them! Also, I put links to both Chapters and
Amazon on the message board and the website. If you are going to make
online purchases, please consider going through that link and save
yourself some money!
Sincerely,
Erin Blaskie
Ottawa Valley Book Club
http://www.ottawavalleybookclub.com
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