A Musta-Be: Maskihkiy Maskwa Iskwew , written by U of A professor Jane Heather, pulls from the experiences of Yvonne Johnson, who served time at the Edmonton Institution for Women after being convicted of murder.
The play will be performed at the Second Playing Space in the U of A’s Timms Centre for the Arts for three performances – June 24, 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
For more information, read the article on Express News (U of A)
This is the February request list from inmates for book donations for the EIFW library. If you have any of the books on the list (or any questions or comments) email kwurmann@ualberta.ca or tanyadriechel@legalresourcecentre.ca to coordinate a drop off.
WISH LIST
Anne of Green Gables (series)– Lucy Maud Montgomery
Children of the Lamp(series) – P.B. Kerr.
Just Another Indian – Warren Goulding
Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
A Painted House – John Grisham
Pyrates (series) – Chris Archer
Shattered Silence – Melissa G. Moore
Twilight Series (especially Breaking Dawn) – Stephanie Meyer
Type Talk – Janet M. Thuesen and Otto Kroeger
Under the Dome – Stephen King
Anything about (topic)
Aboriginal poetry
Atlas (large world atlas)
Book of quotations
Books on CD (fiction/nonfiction)
Braille
Calming/Inspirational books (with serene pictures
Craft Books – Knitting, quilting, crochet
Crossword puzzle books
Dictionaries
Hobby/ Craft Magazines
Language Instruction (Any languages, esp. Italian and Arabic)
Nutrition
Poetry anthologies
Traditional Aboriginal Medicine
Vietnamese fiction and nonfiction
Wikka/Witchcraft
BOOKS BY:
Ellen Hawkin
S.E Hinton
Alexander Pushkin
OTHER
Current High School- Chemistry, Physics, Biology text books
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
Bright Shiny Morning -James Frey
Children of the Lamp(series) – P.B. Kerr.
Cloud of Bone by Bernice Morgan
The Count of Monte Cristo= Alexandre Dumas
Man’s Search for Meaning- Viktor Frankl
Mummy – Anne Rice
Push – Sapphire
Pyrates (series) – Chris Archer
Shattered Silence – Melissa G. Moore
Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer
Where the Red Fern Grows- Wilson Rawls
Anything by (authors)
Tess Gerritsen (The Mephisto Club has been donated)
Stephanie Meyer (Twilight Series)
Anything about (topic)
Nutrition
Learning Braille
Traditional Aboriginal Medicine
Hobby/ Craft Magazines
Science Magazines
Astrology
Vampires
Cookbooks (cooking on a budget, using simple ingredients, cooking in prison)
Other
National Geographic, June 1985 (Tara found one!) and April 2002 (Sharbat Gula editions)
Current High School Chemistry , Physics, Biology Textbooks
Dan Brown’s latest book
Hey everyone -
I recently heard from The CLA Conference Program Committee. Our proposal, “Books Behind Bars” has been selected for presentation at the 2010 CLA Conference in Edmonton.
As soon as I have more information, I will pass it along. Hopefully we will coordinate a meeting in the near future to discuss what we’d like to do.
Book Requests
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl
One Child – Torey Hayden
Tiger’s Child- Torey Hayden
A Child Called “It” – Dave Pelzer
Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Picoult
Anything by:
Edgar Allan Poe
Khalil Gibran
Alex Haley
S.E Hinton
Keats
Ann Rice
Books About:
Co-Dependency
The zodiac
Biographies (more recent bands, actors)
Novels in Vietnamese
Current High school textbooks – Chemistry, Biology, Physics
For those interested – we’ll be meeting Tuesday, October 27 at Remedy Cafe at 5:30.
I didn’t really have an agenda (thanks Moyra!) but some things we’ll discuss include:
At the last committee meeting, we discussed having a Book Club Subcommittee (I suppose that would be a sub-Subcommittee..?). I’d like to have a meeting within the next few weeks, but I recognize that October can be very busy. Nevertheless, I’m going to throw out a few dates in October and a couple in November. I was thinking of holding it at Remedy (close to the U of A and on a bus route) at 5:30 – does that work for everyone?
[FYI - The next book club meeting at the prison is on November 7th & the book is A Thousand Splendid Suns]
Here are a few dates:
(this Friday) October 16th
(next Friday) October 23rd
Tuesday, October 27
Monday, November 3rd
Thursday, November 5th
I came across the idea of ‘Sister Book Clubs’ on a blog a few weeks ago, and I think it would be a great idea for our prison book club.
Often, the women have requests for books that are either not available through the library or, if they are available, the wait is very long – sometimes up to four or five months. If you are part of a book club, or know someone who is in one, please consider passing along this idea. (….& feel free to pass along that we’ve discussed five books and have never had a problem getting one back.)
Again, if you or someone you know is interested, send me an email or call me.
Tanya
The following list is by no means complete – these are books (or topis) that the women have requested when we meet for the Book Club. If you have any of these books, email me at tanyadriechel [at] legalresourcecentre.ca and I will arrange to pick them up.
Specific Books
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
The Lords of Discipline – Pat Conroy
Heavier to Heaven – Charles R. Cross
Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett – Jennifer Gonnerman
Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen
The Associate – John Grisham
Black Like Me – John Howard Griffin
Roots – Alex Haley
The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
Tenacious: Art and Writings from Women in Prison – Vctoria Law
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Stolen Lives- Malika Oufkir
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Gap Creek – Robert Morgan
Cross Country – James Patterson
Daniel X Watch the Skies – James Patterson
Swimsuit – James Patterson
The 8th Confession – James Patterson
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning – James Patterson
Run For Your Life – James Patterson
Keeping Faith — Jodi Picoult
Memoirs from the Women’s Prison – Nawal El Saadawi
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Pilot’s Wile – Anita Shreve
Anything by Lisa Scottoline
The Power of Now – Ekhart Tolle
Restoration – Rose Tremain
The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
General Requests
Clive Barker books
Any V.C. Andrews books
Gregory Maguire series
S.E. Hinton books
The Twilight Series
Any Book on CD
Moyra and I had a book club meeting yesterday and we had some requests from the women. I’m posting it here, but feel free to pass it along. Call me at work if you have any of these, and we can arrange something. Also, these are requests for permanent donations to the library, so you won’t be getting the book back.
Thanks!
Tanya
REQUEST LIST
Black Like Me – John Howard Griffin
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Roots – Alex Haley
The Associate – John Grisham
Daniel X Watch the Skies – James Patterson
Swimsuit – James Patterson
The 8th Confession – James Patterson
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning – James Patterson
Run For Your Life – James Patterson
Cross Country – James Patterson
Tales of the City- Armistead Maupin
More Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
Babycakes – Armistead Maupin
Significant Others – Armistead Maupin
Anything by Lisa Scottoline
The Twilight Series
Any Book on CD
Hey everybody,
Here’s a quick update for those of you who couldn’t make it to the meeting last week.
At the meeting, we decided that book club meetings would be held every three weeks. For now, the book club will be held on Saturdays in the EIFW chapel at one o’clock, and the group ranges from 9 – 13 people.
We decided at the meeting that Tara and Jocelyn would continue to reserve the book club kits from Strathcona Country Public Library, and that the book club meetings will be hosted
my more people from the committee. If you are interested in signing up (in pairs or on your own) to host one or more meetings, please see the following list.
Tara and Jocelyn still need to reserve the books, so the list may change. If you are interested in hosting any of these meetings, let me know. I’m out of this office this week so if you want to sign up, add a comment to this post.
Thanks,
Tanya
(FYI – For the first initial meeting, Laura and I went together and for the second meeting, I went on my own. The women said that they didn’t have preference for having one or two people, so it’s really up to your own comfort level if you want to go as pairs or individually. Also, this Saturday Moyra and I are doing A Complicated Kindess. )
TENTATIVE BOOK CLUB LIST
JULY 25 The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy
AUGUST 15 – Tales of the City — Armistead Maupin.
SEPTEMBER 5 – Three Cups of Tea — Greg Mortenson
SEPTEMBER 26 – Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen
OCTOBER 17 – The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
NOVEMBER 7- Keeping Faith — Jodi Picoult
NOVEMBER 28 – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter — Kim Edwards
DECEMBER 19 – The Reader — Bernhard Schlink
JANUARY 9 – Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen
JANUARY 30 – The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
FEBRUARY 20 – The Namesake — Jhumpa Lahiri
If anyone is interested in joining me on Sunday, the meeting is at 1:00 pm, and we will be doing The Kite Runner. Call me at work or email me if you are interested!
-Tanya
As some of you know, Kirsten, Laura and I went to the prison over lunch last week. We’ve set a date for the first book club meeting! It will be on Saturday, May 16th, at 10:00 am. This will be a very casual meeting so we can discuss what we want to do, how often we want to meet, etc.
Is anyone else interested in coming to the first meeting? Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Kathee (the new librarian) mentioned that the women would like to read an Oprah book of the month book – does anyone have any suggestions or favorites? (Tara and Jocelyn mentioned at our last meeting that the Strathcona County Library has book club packages. I think this is a great idea. What do you think?)
Feel free to call me or email me at work!
Tanya
I recieved the following email from Leanne Key (a Social Program Officer at the prison). If you are attending the training session, please make sure to email her by this Friday.
- tanya ________________________________________________________________
I will be running Anatomy of a Set-up Training on Tuesday, February 3rd 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Edmonton Institution for Women, can you please confirm if you’re able to attend by Friday, January 30th.
Thank you,
Social Program Officer
Edmonton Institution For Women
780-442-1926
Keylm@csc-scc.gc.ca
Hi everyone,
I heard back from Karra and they’ve set a date for the Anatomy of a Setup Training for February 3rd at 5:00. The people that are on the list are:
Jocelyn B.
Laura C.
Tanya D.
Brianna E.
Tara F.
Diana K.
Amelia M.
Tabitha P.
Masha R.
Julie R.
Madelaine V.
Please confirm with me as soon as you can if you are able to attend. If you are not on this list and still need the training, email me as soon as possible and I will send you the documents you need to complete.
