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While you're waiting for Gone Girl ...

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Wed, 05/15/2013 - 15:17

Gone Girl

...you might like to try out one of these psychological thrillers: 

Before I Go to Sleep

 

Gatsby Comes to Town

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:51

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Poetry at the Writers Festival

Soumis par Angela_biblio à mar, 04/16/2013 - 15:00

If you’re in the mood to listen to a little poetry, you might like to check out the following events being held at the The Ottawa International Writers Festival from April 25th to 30th:

Louder than a Bomb

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Sat, 04/13/2013 - 16:51

Louder than A Bomb

For over a decade now, young people within the Chicago area have been competing in Louder than a Bomb (LTAB), than annual youth poetry slam founded by Young Chicago Authors. 

IMPAC Shortlist Announced

Soumis par Angela_biblio à mar, 04/09/2013 - 14:24

1Q84

The shortlist for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award was announced this week. The 10 novels selected are the following:

 1Q84   by Harukii Murakami; translated from the original Japanese by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel

Gah! That's not what I meant to say!

Soumis par Angela_biblio à mar, 02/19/2013 - 16:34

As I don't have a smartphone, I don't spend much time texting, but that hasn't stopped me from thoroughly enjoying Jillian Madison's Damn You, Autocorrect!, a compilation of embarrassing text messages which people have inadvertently sent to friends and loved ones.

If you like Victorian mysteries...

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Lun:, 02/04/2013 - 13:15

The Ruby in the Smoke

Winter is a great time to curl up with a good mystery, and lately I’ve been re-listening to The Ruby in the Smoke, the first suspenseful installment in the "Sally Lockhart" trilogy by Philip Pullman.

La Bibliothèque vivante est de retour à la BPO!

Soumis par Angela_biblio à mar, 01/22/2013 - 21:32

Samedi prochain (le 26 janvier) des gens deviendront des livres dans cinq de nos succursales entre 11h et 15h.  C’est la deuxième année que CBC Ottawa et la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa s’associent pour présenter la  Bibliothèque vivante.

Saving People's Lives

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Lun:, 01/21/2013 - 17:38

Ambulance GirlWhat might be an alternative career for a depressed, out-of-shape and anxiety-prone Ambulance Girl writer in her fifties who is claustrophobic and terrified of illness and death?

The Life of a Cabbie

Soumis par Angela_biblio à Fri, 01/18/2013 - 15:57

Beijing taxi

Beijing Taxi, one of the titles featured in our Taxi Driver list is documentary film which follows the lives of three cab drivers in the Chinese capital during the two years leading up to the 2008 Olympics.  

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