For the best in Canadian literary fiction 2011 ~

Go to the Scotiabank Giller Prize website. Eligible titles for this year's prize are posted. It is a fascinating posting. Help choose a book for the Longlist which will be announced on September 6.

For a history of the prize founded in 1994 click on "About/The Prize"

http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Today ~ Some Semblance of Order with a little help from our friends.

Nicole from Dragonfly Books, Caledonia, put together the classics! Thank you, Nicole.

Is it my imagination or does the bookshop look worse today than yesterday?

When is the Bookshop Opening?

The most asked question! Although the new bookshop will be wonderful, an unplanned move, family events and the sheer complexity of moving inventory and fixtures to a different facility has at times seemed overwhelming. We could not completely give up our summer activities.

Someone helping with the new shelving suggested that our goal of September 1st may be optimistic. Of course that is only a week away and if the bookshop is complete, I will be amazed myself! We will be open when we open. Meanwhile, thank you to those who have stayed in touch by dropping by or emailing. We miss you. We look forward to seeing you.

View From Our Window

Looking west we are now neighbours to The Haldimand Press.


The Haldimand Press (Some will remember it asThe Haldimand Advocate) ~ Hwy 3 Just before you go over the bridge.
We have so much more to tell you about one of the oldest weekly newspapers in Haldimand County.

Smile For Today:

"A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing."

~ Joey Adams (1911 - 1999) American author, comedian.

DESIDERATA hangs in the bookshop. It is usually said to have been copied from an inscription "found in Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore; dated 1692." It was actually written by an Indiana poet named Max Ehrmann and registered with the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress early in 1927. Copyright was renewed after the author's death by his widow, and is still protected by the United States Copyright Law.

Source: DESIDERATA, Brooke House, Inc. 1972