Congratulation to our own English Professor Michael White whose novel Soul Catcher has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 Connecticut Book Awards for Fiction. The award ceremony where the first prize will be announced will take place on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Hartford Public Library. The book awards are sponsored by the Connecticut Center for the Book at Hartford Public Library. This is the second time that one of White's books has been a finalist. His previous novel The Garden of Martyrs was a finalist in 2005.
You can check out the book Soul Catcher at our library (call number PS3573 .H47447 S68 2007- New Books) as well as listen to it on CDs. The book Garden of Martyrs is available on the upper level with call number PS3573 .H47447 G37 2004.
To learn more about the CT Book Awards, click here.