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J. D. Salinger died today at the age of 91, of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire. He is best know for his book The Catcher in the Rye which was published in 1951.

This is the news article that I read today.

To learn more about J. D. Salinger, visit Wikipedia.

One Saturday morning in July at the Farmer’s Market here in Pangman, Saskatchewan I met a local author, Peter Sotropa. He told me all about his book “Looking Up“.  After talking for a while he asked if I would be willing to sell his book on my table at the Farmer’s Market and on my website. Of course I said yes as I feel it is important to promote local authors.

Today, I have listed Looking Up on Trylinski Books. This book has beautiful color illustrations done by Peter and the story is very uplifting. If you feel down, just read this book, it will make you smile. Be sure to visit his website at The Owls Nest for more information.

Peter and his wife own Harvest Pie Company. They make homemade pies ready for the oven. We purchased one of their Wild Blueberry pies from our local Co-op and it was delicious.

The CBA 2009 Libris Awards were handed out on June 20th. The Libris awards celebrate “outstanding achievement by authors and editors, sales reps and distributors, booksellers and publishers.”

Bookseller of the Year
Presented in Memory of Roy Britnell, McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto

Fiction Book of the Year
Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden (Viking Canada)

Author of the Year
Joseph Boyden

Publisher of the Year
House of Anansi Press

You can read more about this at The National Post Afterward.

On May 27, 2009 Alice Munro won the Man Booker International Prize.  The Man Booker International Prize is awarded once every two years.  Alice Munro is best known for her short stores and is one of Canada’s most celebrated writers.

Alice Munro has written many books, many of which have won Book awards.

• Dance of the Happy Shades – 1968 (winner of the 1968 Governor General’s Award for Fiction)
• Lives of Girls and Women – 1971
• Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You – 1974
• Who Do You Think You Are? – 1978 (winner of the 1978 Governor General’s Award for Fiction)
• The Moons of Jupiter – 1982 (nominated for a Governor General’s Award)
• The Progress of Love – 1986 (winner of the 1986 Governor General’s Award for Fiction)
• Friend of My Youth – 1990 (winner of the Trillium Book Award)
• Open Secrets – 1994 (nominated for a Governor General’s Award)
• Selected Stories – 1996
• The Love of a Good Woman – 1998 (winner of the 1998 Giller Prize)
• Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage – 2001
• No Love Lost – 2003
• Vintage Munro – 2004
• Runaway – 2004 (winner of the 2004 Giller Prize) ISBN 1-4000-4281-X
• The View from Castle Rock – 2006
• Too Much Happiness – 2009

Currently we have two books by Alice Munro:

Friend of My Youth by Munro, Alice

The Love of a Good Woman by Munro, Alice

I received my Mysteries.ca newsletter the other day and their is an article in it about Gail Bowen accepting an invitation to be the writer in residence at the Toronto Public Library, from May 1 to June 30 this year.

Gail Bowen resides in Regina, Saskatchewan and is well known for her Joanne Kilbourn mysteries.  Her first book in the series was Deadly Appearances (1990). Several of her mysteries have been made into TV movies starring Wendy Crewson as Joanne.

If you are interested in reading some of Gail Bowen’s mysteries you can find a few at our website.

A Colder Kind of Death: A Joanne Kilbourne Mystery by Bowen, Gail

A Killing Spring by Bowen, Gail

Verdict in Blood by Bowen, Gail

The Last Good Day [A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery] by Bowen, Gail

If you would like to win free books and are a Canadian resident, be sure to visit the Mysteries.ca website and enter their current contest.