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Lale Eskicioglu Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay From a literary
perspective, this past month has been very exciting. Bizim
Anadolu readers will remember the column we have done on
Michael Ignatieff a few months ago. I have been waiting for an opportunity
to give Mr. Ignatieff a copy of Bizim Anadolu that
featured two of his books, the fiction Scar Tissue and the non-fiction
Russian Album. I found this opportunity on July 12th, 2010, when
Mr. Ignatieff came to our neighbourhood for a community barbeque
event. I presented him with the copy of Bizim Anadolu
which contained the book reviews of two of his books. On August
10th, I received the following email from Mr. Ignatieff:
Needless to say, this made me very happy and increased the visibility of our newspaper Bizim Anadolu.
Late Nights on Air (2007) is Elizabeth Hay's third novel and it won the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her first novel A Student of Weather (2000) was a finalist for numerous awards and the winner of two prestigious awards. Her second novel Garbo Laughs (2003) won the Ottawa Book Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award. Ms. Hay has also authored a number of non-fiction books and collections of short stories.
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other literary development of the past month is related to the activities
of Canadian and Turkish Women's Association of Ottawa (CATWAO)
a "cultural bridge" organization which I
am a member of. At the last executives meeting of CATWAO, it was
suggested that we invite renowned Ottawa author, Elizabeth Hay
to CATWAO's first event of the season, on November 8th, 2010.
Several of us CATWAO members had read Ms. Hay's latest novel
Late Nights on Air and had enjoyed it tremendously. We thought
it would be a great idea to have this wonderful Ottawa writer as
our guest and the task of inviting her was assigned to me. Elizabeth
Hay was very receptive of the idea and accepted our invitation
with great humility. CATWAO expects more than 60 guests on
November 8, 2010 for Ms. Hay's speech which will
take place at the National Archives of Ottawa. 
