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 the book. Stories in "A Winter Book" include "Squirrel", in which a woman's isolated life on an island is shared for a time with a squirrel, and the last story, "Taking Leave", in which two women realise that they have become too frail to spend their summers on the island they love. "A Winter Book" is arranged in three sections, "Snow", "Flotsam and Jetsam" and "Travelling Light". Introduction by Ali Smith Snow Flotsam and Jetsam Travelling Light Afterword by Phillip Pullman A Winter Book A Winter Book is a collection of twenty short stories by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published