The Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award is best described as the “readers’ choice” of Canadian literary awards. Each year, a list of ten nominees is selected by a committee of librarians and in September library patrons from all across the province can vote on their favourite. The winner will be announced during Ontario Public Library Week in October.
See this year's titles and get reading by clicking here. You only need to read one book to vote!
One Book, One L&A, our community reading program, entered its fourth year when it relaunched in May with 2017's featured book: Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany.
Elementary, She Read is the first in a new cozy mystery series titled Sherlock Holmes Bookshop. Individuals, book clubs, organizations, employers – everyone – is invited to take up the challenge of the One Book, One Community initiative and organize their own way of “getting on the same page” by reading this fun title. Elementary, She Read, already a very popular title at our libraries, is a hit with both cozy mystery readers and Sherlock fans (“Sherlockians”). Tickets go on sale in September.