The Giller Prize ~ Six Top Books/ The Best in Canadian Fiction
The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis
Tell by Francis Itani
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'Neill
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
The Ever After of Ashuvin Rao by Padma Viswanathan
The Prize will be awarded downtown Toronto on Monday, November 10, 2014. Aired on CBC T.V. at 9:00 p.m. Live-streamed on CBC Books. The Scotiabank Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch to honour his wife, literary editor, Doris Giller. The winner will be awarded $100,000. The remaining finalists will take home $10,000.
www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Friday, October 31, 2014
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Thought for Today ~
After Benjamin Franklin had received a letter thanking him for having done a kindness, he replied:
"As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had, the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, for mankind are all of a family. As for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts."
"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
~ Albert Einstein
"Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
~Abraham Lincoln
"The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love."
~ William Wordsworth
The Treasure Chest , Charles L. Wallis editor, Harper & Row.1965.
After Benjamin Franklin had received a letter thanking him for having done a kindness, he replied:
"As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had, the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, for mankind are all of a family. As for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts."
"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
~ Albert Einstein
"Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
~Abraham Lincoln
"The best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love."
~ William Wordsworth
The Treasure Chest , Charles L. Wallis editor, Harper & Row.1965.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
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| Neil Dring Visiting with William Thomas |
"One day Hamlet [dog's name changed] just started writhing and retching and was immediately rushed to the nearest animal hospital. The vet was certain it was something the dog had eaten but he had no idea at the time it was the argyles. Argyles disagree with everybody." *
*"All The World's A Circus," William Thomas. The Haldimand Press, 10/1/14
Photo: The Neat L'l Bookshop, Cayuga St. location.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
HALL OF HONOUR
"The great Hall of Honour is destined to change as Canadian history unfolds. Additional marble carvings will be added to the current collection which commemorates events and distinguished Canadians. In 1932, the Dominion Memorial commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Confederation, was unveiled by the Earl of Bessborough, then Governor General of Canada. The memorial was a presentation to Canadians by Canadian countrymen residing in the United States.
The figures and symbols represent past and present Canadian resources and development. Here the story of Canada is revealed in a series of fascinating plaques and statues ~ a fitting tribute to a vast country with a great past and a bountiful future.
Among the many commemorated events is the Canadian Nurses' Memorial which represents the years of service to country and humanity from 1639 to 1918."
~ THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
"The great Hall of Honour is destined to change as Canadian history unfolds. Additional marble carvings will be added to the current collection which commemorates events and distinguished Canadians. In 1932, the Dominion Memorial commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Confederation, was unveiled by the Earl of Bessborough, then Governor General of Canada. The memorial was a presentation to Canadians by Canadian countrymen residing in the United States.
The figures and symbols represent past and present Canadian resources and development. Here the story of Canada is revealed in a series of fascinating plaques and statues ~ a fitting tribute to a vast country with a great past and a bountiful future.
Among the many commemorated events is the Canadian Nurses' Memorial which represents the years of service to country and humanity from 1639 to 1918."
~ THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd.
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