Programming


 * **A possible program idea**: http://www.christinakilbourne.com/ ~ She is speaking to the Oswego Reading Council in the spring and is looking for other engagements in the area while she's here.

http://www.onlib.org/web/news_cal/gifford_lecture_series.htm ~ There are several choices, but the first is coming up soon:
 * **More programming possibilities to consider:**

Khaled Hosseini - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
[|Search the OCPL Catalog] [|Khaled Hosseini Official Website] [|Interview on NPR] [|Biography at BookBrowse.com]
 * Khaled Hosseini** was born in Afghanistan. After being granted political asylum to the United States in 1980, he and his family moved to San Jose, CA. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1988 from Santa Clara University, and a Medical Degree from the University of California – San Diego’s School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in LA, and was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004, when he began writing his first novel, //The Kite Runner//. The book became an international best seller and was published in 48 countries. //A Thousand Splendid Suns// followed, and again Hosseini’s second book was wildly popular. He is the first author in the 2009-2010 line up of the Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series.

WHAT : [|Banned Books Week Reception] with author [|Sonya Sones] DATE : Wednesday, September 30, 2009 TIME : 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM NOTES : Keynote speech, "Vulgarity, Filth and Me", by [|Sonya Sones] 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM, followed by a book signing. For more information see the[| reception flyer]on the OCPL website home page.

Mark your calendar - Save the date! Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the American Foundry in Oswego in support of the Oswego Public Library =An Evening with Bruce Coville! =

= = Dinner* Silent Auction* Raffle* Book-signing* and much more! Details coming soon

