There are two new books being published by the Ginger Press with a combined total of over 75 local contributors.

Feel free to attend at 7:00pm on Friday, November 18th at Grey Roots for the launch of The Extraordinary Tree Project book and exhibition, the culmination of over three years of nominations, exhibitions and lectures celebrating the extraordinary trees of Grey and Bruce. Project partners Grey Roots, Grey Sauble Conservation, Fanshawe College, the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Jeff Elie, Gord Edwards and Stephen Hogbin have gathered 56 tree nominations, coordinated half a dozen exhibitions, and hosted six lectures.

And now, there's a book! Published by The Ginger Press, The Extraordinary Tree Project book contains all the tree nominations as well as curators' statements, artwork from the exhibitions, and summaries of the lectures.

Illustrated in full colour throughout, this is one of our most ambitious projects to date. The book ($39.95) will be available at The Ginger Press if you can't the launch on Friday.

Then, at 7:00pm on Friday December 2nd the public is welcome to attend the launch of Beneath the Surface: Stories from Grey and Bruce ($24.95).

When a group of local writers meets regularly for a few years to discuss technique and share their current projects, inevitably their thoughts turn to publishing.

That's what Ascribe Writers have done. Each one of the nine-member group was allowed 6000 words to recount their locally-based stories. The members of the of Ascribe include Kelly Babcock, Bernice Cornell, Donna Curtin, Diane Ferguson, Alison Hall, Andree Levie-Warrilow, Seana Moorhead, Tracey Richardson and Lori Twining. The story titles range from Sex on the Beach to Flying with Dragons. Each writer will read from their work at the launch and they're all bringing cookies! It doesn't get any better.