Librarian Nights – Fall 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Family Christian Bookstore
750 Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario
Phone: (905) 637-9151
familychristian.ca/events

Monday, September 26, 2011 - 7:00 pm
Good Life Books
Oakville, Ontario

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Speelman's Bookhouse Ltd
5010 Steeles Avenue West,
Unit 12, Etobicoke, Ontario

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 – 7:00–9:00 pm
The Gospel Lighthouse
110 King St. South
Waterloo, Ontario
gospellighthouse.ca

October 13 - October 15, 2011
Living Books Inc.
1154 Queen St.,
New Dundee, Ontario
Phone: (519) 696-2181
livingbooks.ca

Monday, October 17, 2011
Hull’s Family Bookstores
127 S. Brodie Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario
hullsbookstores.com

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 6:00 pm
Living Waters Christian Bookstore
Linwood, Ontario
Phone: (519) 698-1198
lwcb.org
Register ahead: Call (519) 698-1198 and ask for Rose

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Librarian Nights – Spring 2010

March 3 – March 5, 2011
Living Books Inc.
1154 Queen St., New Dundee, ON
Phone: (519) 696-2181
livingbooks.ca

March 8, 2011 – 7:00 – 9:00 pm (RSVP required)
Heritage Christian Bookstore
400 Scott St, Grantham Plaza, St Catharines, ON
Phone: (905) 937 4553
heritagecbs.com

March 22, 2011 - 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Good Life Books
Oakville, ON

March 28, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Family Christian Bookstore
750 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON
Phone: (905) 637-9151
familychristian.ca/events

March 28, 2011
Speelman's Bookhouse Ltd
5010 Steeles Avenue West,
Unit 12, Etobicoke, ON

March 29, 2011 – 6:30 – 9:00 pm
The Treasure House
505 Bryne Drive, Unit F, Barrie, ON
Phone: (705) 737-3383
treasurehouse.ca

March 29, 2011 (RVSP by March 23)
UpperRoom Bookstore
1695 Wonderland Road North, London, ON
Phone: (519) 471-7351
upperroombookstore.com

April 4, 2011 – 6:30 – 9:00 pm
The Treasure House
1110 Stellar Drive, Unit 104, Newmarket, ON
Phone: (905) 898-3582
treasurehouse.ca

April 9, 2011 – 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Hearts to God Bookstore
32 Mill St. Stirling, ON
Phone: (613) 395-6177
heartstogodbooks.ca/god/

April 12, 2011 - 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Storehouse Christian Bookshoppe
176 Speedvale Ave. W., Guelph, ON
Phone: (519) 836-6430
storehouse.ca

April 20, 2011 - 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Lighthouse Family Bookstore & Cafe
1407 London Rd, Unit 5, Sarnia, ON
Phone: (519) 541-1177
lfbookstore.net

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Librarian Nights 2010

September 28, 7 pm
Upper Room Book Store
1695 Wonderland Road North, London
Phone: 519-471-7351
upperroombookstore.com

October 5, 7 pm
Speelman's Bookhouse Ltd
5010 Steeles Avenue West,
Unit 12, Etobicoke

October 5, 1pm & 7 pm
Goodbooks Christian Bookstore
588 Kerr Street Oakville, ON L6K 3C7
Phone: (905) 844-3102
goodbookschristian.com

October 12, 6:30 pm
Gospel Text Bookstore
56 Grand Avenue East, Chatham
Phone: (519) 352-5190

October 14 -16
Living Books Warehouse Sale
1154 Queen Street, Box 111, New Dundee, ON
Phone: (519) 696-2181
livingbooks.ca

October 19, 7:00 pm
Faith Family Books
45 Milner Avenue, Unit 102, Scarborough
Phone: (416) 291-9005
faithfamilybooks.ca

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One Book/One Conference

To read more about the winning novel and our special guest speaker for the fall conference, read the One Book/One Conference poster.

Each year a Canadian book written by a Christian is selected by a CLAO Committee headed by Alison McCullough, Past President of CLAO. This year five novels were on the short list:

What Rough Beast by Shawn J. Pollett.

Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove

Captives of Minara by Eric E. Wright

Dark Water by Linda Hall

His Banner over Me by Jean Little

For more information about One Book/One Conference read our latest press release.

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Press Release

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Church Library Association of Ontario
www.clao.ca
 
Five Canadian novels have been nominated for the One Book / One Conference program of the Church Library Association of Ontario. For book title information and author biographies, visit
http://onebookoneconference.wordpress.com/novels-2010/

This program, initiated in 2009 at the 40th anniversary of the Church Library Association of Ontario (CLAO) fall conference, encourages reading and discussion of a Canadian novel written by a Christian author. This program not only advocates a community of reading throughout the CLAO membership but it also promotes numerous Christian Canadian novels with a variety of genres.
 
And the winner is....
 
Captives of Minara by Eric E. Wright, A Josh Radley Suspense Novel, Word Alive Press, 2009.  (ISBN 978-1-92667634-0).
A discussion of the book will be held at our annual fall conference in Brighton on Saturday, October 2. Eric has agreed to be a guest speaker at the conference and will be available for book signings. In interview style with Denise Rumble, Managing Director of The Word Guild (www.thewordguild.com), Eric will talk about Pakistan, his Josh Radley character, his writing career and more.
http://www.churchlibraries.ca/conferences.htm

One Book / One Conference organizer and Past-president of CLAO Alison McCullough expressed difficulty in making the final decision. The five novels that were nominated by CLAO members were all outstanding.
 
"As I was travelling in my car, Cross Country Check-up was tuned in on CBC radio with a special edition on the floods in Pakistan and I knew then in my heart that there could only be one winner, and along with the endorsements of my colleagues on the CLAO exective, we chose Eric's award winning novel. 
 
For information on how to obtain a copy of the book, please see Eric's website:
http://www.countrywindow.ca/book-minara.html#stores
 
From Eric's website, www.countrywindows.ca:
The book immerses the reader in Pakistani culture at a time when we all desperately need to understand that country. The action races from the site of an ancient city buried in the desert, along canals that crisscross the countryside, through the bazaars of a Pakistani town, onto a first class carriage on the fabled Khyber Mail express train to Lahore.