Voting is now open for On The Same Page
WINNIPEG - Polls are now open to select the book that will get Manitobans On The Same Page for 2012-2013. Everyone is invited to visit OnTheSamePage.ca to vote for the book they'd like to see featured in the next edition of this annual project which encourages all Manitobans to read and talk about, the same book at the same time. Paper ballots will soon be available at Winnipeg bookstores and all twenty Winnipeg Public Libraries.
The short list consists of:
- A Thousand Farewells, by Nahlah Ayed (Penguin Canada)
- Queen of Hearts, by Martha Brooks (Groundwood Books)
- Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water, edited by Niigaanwewidam Sinclair & Warren Cariou (Highwater Press)
- A Large Harmonium, by Sue Sorensen (Coteau Books)
A reading from all four titles on the shortlist will be held at McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Avenue) on the evening of Thursday, September 13, just before the voting closes on Friday, September 14.
On The Same Page was launched in 2008 and is a partnership between Winnipeg Public Library and The Winnipeg Foundation. The program encourages participation throughout the province through a variety of author readings and special events, book giveaways, and promotions within libraries and book stores. Previous titles featured have included: In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier, Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas, Juliana and the Medicine Fish by Jake MacDonald, and Le soleil de lac qui se couche / The Setting Lake Sun by J.R. Léveillé.
For more information, please contact:
Danielle Pilon, On the Same Page Coordinator, Winnipeg Public Library
dpilon@winnipeg.ca
204-986-2802
Kerry Ryan, Communications Coordinator, The Winnipeg Foundation
kryan@wpgfdn.org
204-944-9474 ext. 243