{"id":1156,"date":"2014-06-27T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2014-07-02T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T01:23:00","slug":"ann-birch-orillia-big-read-sept-19-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenetwork.ca\/site\/ann-birch-orillia-big-read-sept-19-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Birch – Orillia Big Read – Sept 19, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Orillia’s Big Read is the library’s community reading program. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The Big Read encourages everyone in our community to read the same book, and to rediscover reading for the fun of it!
\nOur 2014 selection is:
\n“Settlement ” by Ann Birch!
\nThe untold story of scandal and political intrigue in early Toronto. Anna Jameson arrives in the tiny settlement of Toronto in November, 1836. She has come at the request of her estranged husband, but she intends to gather material for a new book, which will eventually be published in England years later. At first, Anna finds herself in an alien world. She has little in common with Toronto women whose interests centre on gossip and their families, but as she begins to move into adventures like sleigh-riding and helping to fight a major fire, she enters a new life. And she also meets man-about-town Sam Jarvis. But Jarvis has a loving wife, a pile of debts and a violent past. The story is told from both their points of view. She travels alone into the wilderness, becomes the first white woman to descend the Sault rapids in a canoe and discovers the joy of freedom. On Manitoulin Island, she and Sam Jarvis meet again. During a long canoe trip down Lake Huron, they wrestle with the conflicts in their relationship and arrive at a settlement.<\/p>\n

September 19, 2014 is Settlement Day at the OPL!<\/p>\n

Afternoon Tea Q&A with Big Read author Ann Birch
\n2-4pm
\nFree!<\/p>\n

Big Read Soiree on the Island Princess with Ann Birch Includes wine and nibblies, and a tour of the lake!
\n$20 per ticket.
\n7:30-9pm<\/p>\n

Registration and purchase of tickets for these events begin August 19th, 2014!<\/p>\n

Please contact us for more information.<\/p>\n

For more info click here<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orillia’s Big Read is the library’s community reading program. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The Big Read encourages everyone in our community to read the same book, and to rediscover reading for the fun of it! Our 2014 selection is: “Settlement ” by Ann Birch! The untold story of scandal and political intrigue … Continue reading Ann Birch – Orillia Big Read – Sept 19, 2014<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t