Sport in Ottawa national titles again in 2014 and in 2017. Each year, Ottawa hosts one of the largest curling tournaments in the world, the OVCA Ottawa Men's Bonspiel (more commonly known as the "City of Ottawa bonspiel") which has been held since 1956. Ottawa is home to one of the oldest curling clubs in the world, the Ottawa Curling Club which was founded in 1851. Curling in the Ottawa area is overseen by the Ottawa Valley Curling Association. Ottawa has had three International League franchises in its history. The Ottawa Giants (1951), the Ottawa Athletics (1952–1955) and most recently, the Ottawa Lynx
A Winter Book A Winter Book A Winter Book is a collection of twenty short stories by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published by Sort Of Books in 2006. The stories, some of which had not previously been published in English, were selected by Ali Smith, who also wrote the book's introduction and had previously reviewed "The Summer Book" for "The Guardian". Thirteen of them are from Jansson's first book for adults, "Sculptor's Daughter" (1968), and the remaining seven are from four of her other works. Five were included in her 1998 Swedish language collection "Messages" ("Meddelande"), including the title piece, a partially fictionalised