Join the Page Turner Book Club on April 27th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm to discuss “A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian” by Marina Lewycka.

The Page Turner Book Club will be meeting on Monday, March 16th from 7:00 – 8:30 pm to discuss “The Birth House” by Ami McKay. “The Birth House” is a story of a Nova Scotia midwife and is filled with details as compelling as they are surprising. This is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine. Dora Rare is the first girl in five generations born to the Rare family who live in a small Nova Scotia fishing village. In her youth, Dora apprentices to Miss Babineau, an aged Acadian midwife known for her storytelling and herbal acumen. She is also considered something of a witch by those locals most desperate to embrace modernity. The arrival in the village of Dr. Gilbert Thomas, a doctor of obstetrics, sets up the major conflict of the novel as the haughty and presumptuous newcomer quickly denigrates the use of midwives by the local women.

Have you had a chance to read any of the books chosen for the Canada Reads 2009 debate on CBC radio? If not, stop by the Library to order your copy through POLARIS Trac or do it yourself at home. The Winner of this years competition is…..“The Book of Negroes” by Lawrence Hill.

Join as at the Hinton Municipal Library to discuss the next selection in our monthly reading club. Next meeting is February 23 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Five great Canadian books. Five celebrity panelists. Jian Ghomeshi hosts the Canada Reads debates March 2-6. The books chosen are…….

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (defended by Avi Lewis)

The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant by Michael Tremblay (defended by Anne-Marie Withenshaw)

Fruit by Brian Francis (defended by Jen Sookfong Lee)

Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards (defended by Sarah Slean)

The Outlander by Gil Adamson (defended by Nicholas Campbell)

Listen to this week long passionate debate to decide the favorite Canadian work of fiction!

Check out the Canada Reads website at http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads

We are discussing a variety of books at the Page Turner Book Club this season. Here’s a listing of books for 2009:

January 26/09 – Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger

February 23/09 – Eat, Pray, Love:  One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

March 16/09 – The Birth House by Ami McKay

April 27/09 – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka

May 25/09 – The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

June 15/09 – Kabul Beauty School:  An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez

The Page Turner Book Club meets at the Hinton Municipal Library between 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the Elk Valley Coal room. Everyone welcome.

The Page Turner Book Club has read some very interesting novels this fall and has had some very lively discussions. Our schedule for the next few months is as follows:
Dec. 15/08 – The Stone Angel – Movie Night!!
Jan. 19/09 – Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
Feb. 23/09 – Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Mar. 19/09 – The Birth House by Ami McKay

Join us on one or all of these evenings to discuss one of our selections. The book club meets in the Elk Valley Coal room between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.

The first meeting of the Page Turner Book Club will be September 15, 2008 between 7:00 and 8:30 pm in the Elk Valley Coal room at the library. The book to read is The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson.

What do you want to read for next season’s Page Turner Book Club? Do you want to read a favorite classic, a mystery or something to tickle your funnybone? Let us know of your book suggestion by Thursday, June 12, 2008, so that we can discuss the titles at our last meeting on Monday, June 16, 2008. 

The last Page Turner Book Club meeting for the 2007/2008 season will be on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 7:00-8:30 in the Elk Valley Coal Room. Join us as we discuss I’m Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti. Nine-year-old Michele Amitrano lives with his little sister, devoted mother and distant father in a rural Italian hamlet consisting of five dilapidated houses. In the sweltering summer of 1978, he and a group of his friends strike out on their bikes across the barren, scorched hills. While exploring an abandoned house, Michele discovers what he believes to be the dead body of a boy his own age. He cannot bring himself to tell his friends. (Excerpt from amazon.com)