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Mammoth Used Book Sale Results
FOPLA thanks all the book lovers and library supporters who came out to the sale and purchased books. FOPLA also thanks the many dedicated volunteers who collected and sorted books throughout the year as well as those who organized and ran the sale itself – the funds raised through your hard work will mean great things for our community and the Ottawa Public Library. A special thanks to Barrhaven Moving & Storage Ltd. as well, who moved all of the books for the sale to the Nepean Sportsplex at a reduced rate. More information about the 2010 Mammoth Used Book Sale will be available in our June newsletter.
Winners of Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest AnnouncedThe winners of this year's Awesome Authors youth writing contest were announced on March 31 amid much fanfare in The Chamber at Ben Franklin Place. Prizes were handed out to honour Ottawa-area youth between the ages of 9 and 17 who submitted poems and/or short stories in French and/or English. Local authors Brenda Chapman, Michel Lavoie and JC Sulzenko judged the submissions. The winners' works will be included this fall in pot-pourri 2010, an anthology of short stories and poems published by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library (FOPLA). The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) holds the contest annually, with sponsorship from FOPLA. A list of this year’s winners is available here. To pre-order a copy of the new pot-pourri, available in October please click here.
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Last update completed on: June 10, 2010 Special thanks to Michel Goyette of Orléans for donating the French translation of the entire website. |
The 15th annual Mammoth Used Book Sale was held on April 17th and 18th and the results were gigantic. Almost $14,000 was raised for the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association to support enhancements to Ottawa Public Library services. 
