Ekstasis and Books on Beechwood present a Sunday afternoon reading February 16 1-3 PM Books on Beechwood 35 Beechwood Avenue Ottawa, ONT. Info: tel: 250.385.3378 e-mail: ekstasis@islandn et.com web: www.e kstasiseditions.c om An actor, playwright and translator, Robert Lalonde is one of Quebec’s leading novelists. Seven Lakes Further North was a finalist for the Gov- ernor General’s Award for French fiction. The Last Indian Summer is his latest novel to be published in English by translator Jean-Paul Murry. A writer, translator, researcher and communications specialist, Jean-Paul Murray has translated ten books. From to , Mr. Murray was man- aging editor of Cité libre, a magazine founded by Pierre Trudeau, and was the magazine’s English translating coordinator from to . Among his Cité libre translations are works authored by Allan Cairns, Jacques Hébert, Mordecai Richler, F. R. Scott, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Now A vailable at Books on Beechwood The Last Indian Summer ISBN ---- Fiction . RedShift ISBN ---- Poetry . The Last Indian Summer b y R obert L alonde read by translator Je an- Pa u l Mu rray The Redshift by Patrick White former Poet La ureate o f Ottawa & Whether wandering in mythic elds or ying too close to the abyss, the creatures of Patrick White ’ s world are un bearably tender and lucid sh apeshiers , carrie rs of light. Patrick White returns re to the gods and takes you with him on the jou rney . He del y reinvents the metaphor restorin g poetry to its rightful place in a world gone dry . ~ Paulette Claire Turcotte, poet, artist He promises to be one our best and best respected poets. ~ George Woodcock, Ottawa Citizen He might well win the Nobel Prize one day in his own inimitable way. ~ Sharon Drache, Kingston Whig Standard