2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Elizabeth Strout has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her novel, "Olive Kitteridge."
The Pulitzer judges said the book "packs a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by Olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating."
Other books by Strout are Amy and Isabelle and Abide with Me.
Previous well-known winners: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton; The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck; Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell; The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener; To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; The Color Purple by Alice Walker; Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx.

York Grand River Society Antique Roadshow

The York Grand River Society's regular meeting is Tuesday evening, April 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Parish Hall in York.
Members and visitors are invited to bring heirlooms to Tuesday's meeting, an "Antique Roadshow" conducted by well-known, popular auctioneer, Jim Anderson, Esq. Everyone welcome. Light refreshments.

2009 Keep Toronto Reading

Glen Downie's collection of poems, "Loyalty Management," is this year's "One Book" chosen to keep Toronto reading. Downie confesses to his "heart being loaded/without the safety on."
Refecting on fatherhood, stay-at-home Dad's, his neighbourhood -- the Junction area of Toronto and other city landmarks as well as the theme of loyalty in business and government. Downie's sixth book of poetry is appropriately chosen for T.O.'s 175th centennial year.
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