Evening with Emma Donoghueoin us at the OakvilleConference Centre for a fan-Jtastic evening with EmmaDonoghue, one of Canadas newliterary stars, on Wednesday, May18 at 7 p.m.Shortlisted for the Man BookerPrize forRoom, Macleanshas calledher work controversial, brilliantinventive, tense, and stringentlyintelligent. Room(2010) is an internationalbestseller and won the Hughes &Hughes Irish Novel of the Year. It isnarrated by five-year-old Jack, wholives in a single room with his moth-er and has never been outside. Born in Dublin in 1969, Emmahas been settled in Canada with heryoung family since 1998. Althoughbest known for her fiction writing,Emma also writes drama for bothstage and radio. This will be an inter-esting and exciting evening with afantastic author.There are a few tickets left for thisevent, available at all local OakvillePublic Library Branches for $10 anddessert and coffee are included inthe price. The event will take place atthe Oakville Conference Centrelocated at 2515 Wyecroft Rd. Submitted by the OakvillePublic LibraryAnnual ChairAffair May 6Community Living Oakville (CLO)is holding its biennial fundraising eventFriday, May 6 at Le Dome BanquetHall. The Chair Affair event includes afour-course dinner, entertainment,silent auction and a unique live auction original Muskoka chairs painted bylocal artists. We are very excited about this yearsevent, says Brenda Pasieka, Chair of the Chair Affair organizing committee.This years event also has some extraadded features. During the cocktailhour, guests can enjoy appetizers fromthe Mermaid and Oyster bar, sample amartini from the Tag Vodka-sponsoredmartini bar and sample various beersfrom Cameron Breweries who will besponsoring a beer tasting, while listen-ing to the Paula Gardin Quartette. Tickets are $150 per/person. ContactTina Christie at 905-844-0146, ext. 239.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 29, 2011 36