To Do’s:
1. If you want to purchase a book, Anna’s book - Nowhere: A Story of Exile is in at Antoinette’s! 
2. Save the dates below for all of the exciting events featuring Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte! 
3. Book group members - Place your name under the appropriate choice. Respond with your meal request to Shelly Hart at Michelle.Hart@ndscs.edu by Monday noon! 
Meal Choices:
1. Chicken parmesan on pasta
a. Norik
2. Eggplant parmesan on pasta
a. Irina, Tina
Note: Both meals include a roll, veggie, and dessert of course!
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NOWHERE: a Story of Exile by Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
September
NDSCS Mildred Johnson Library Under Cover Book Group & Antoinette’s will be featuring:
Date: September 18th (the Wednesday of the non-golf season).
Title & Author: Nowhere: A Story of Exile by our very own Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Honored Guests: Anna’s mother, Irina, and her father, Norik, will be our honored guests
Location: Antoinette’s on the River
Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm (Book Group members feel free to come at the regular time of 5:00)
Contact: Tina Grenier - Tina.Grenier@ndscs.edu
Notes: Irina and Norik will be sharing various items such as: Norik’s art work, Irina’s book “Sundogs and Sunflowers”
We also purchased a DVD of Norik’s interview on PBS and it came in today! We will watch it at antoinette’s – Linda is taking care of the details for that. Thanks, Linda!
October:
NDSCS Cultural Diversity Council is sponsoring:
Honored Guest Author & Speaker: Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Title & Author: Nowhere: A Story of Exile by our very own Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Topic: Formal presentation with a Q and A. Anna has also graciously offered to sign books after
Formal Introduction: Sybil Priebe
Date: Tuesday, October 1
Time: 2-3 pm
Location: NDSCS Cultural Center
Contact: Michelle Griffen - Michelle.R.Griffin@ndscs.edu
Antoinette’s on the River is sponsoring an event to follow:
Honored Guest Author & Speaker: Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Title & Author: Nowhere: A Story of Exile by our very own Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte
Topic: Informal reading and Q and A. Anna has also graciously offered to sign books after
Date: Tuesday, October 1
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Antoinette’s on the River
Contact: Linda Kutzer - lwkutzer@yahoo.com
Participating Locations:
· NDSCS Cultural Diversity Team, Wahpeton, ND – Event Sponsor
o Contact: Michelle Griffen Michelle.R.Griffin@ndscs.edu
· Antoinette’s on the River, Wahpeton ND – Event Sponsor
o Contact: Linda Kutzer lwkutzer@yahoo.com
· NDSCS Mildred Johnson Library, Wahpeton, ND – Event sponsor & Event Coordinator
o Contact: Tina Grenier Tina.Grenier@ndscs.edu
· Lake Agassiz Regional Library/Breckenridge, MN
o Nanci Tobias tobiasn@larl.org
· Leach Library, Wahpeton, ND
o Bonnie R. MacIver bonnie.leachplib@midconetwork.com
Book Purchase:
Antoinette’s will graciously supply books for purchase at all three events. Approximately 100 available. – The books are in!!!!!
Event Prep:
· Request for mic, podium, and PowerPoint showing behind speaker.
· Honorarium vs. documents of the organization portion? Cultural Diversity Team/Michelle Griffin are working on this
· NDSCS Marketing Department will be taking photos during the NDSCS Cultural Center event
Marketing:
· Cultural Diversity Team will create initial Marketing flyer.
· Leach Library (Bonnie R MacIver) will also distribute to patrons.
· Lake Agassiz Regional Library (Nanci Tobias) will also distribute to patrons.
Biography - Attached below.
Book Cover – Attachment to email.
Biography
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte is an Armenian refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan. After fleeing Baku, Anna and her family spent three difficult years in Armenia before coming to United States in 1992. Her family settled in Wahpeton, North Dakota.
Anna has Bachelor of Arts degrees in English & Literature and Philosophy & Religion, along with a minor in Russian Language & Literature from the University of North Dakota. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maine School of Law in Portland, Maine. After graduating from Law school Anna was one of the first legal clerks at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands after observing the ICC’s creation at the United Nations.
In 2012 Anna published her book, titled “Nowhere, a Story of Exile,” which she wrote at the age of 14. The book is based on the childhood diaries she kept as a refugee from Baku, Azerbaijan.
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, International Criminal Court and human rights issues are her life long passions. Anna always strives to reach out to the needs of the people of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian Diaspora. She is the President of the Maine Chapter of Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief. Anna is committed to continuing to write and lecture on topics that are dear to her heart. She works in the financial risk and compliance division of a major international bank and lives in Portland, Maine with her husband John and their two children.
Ms. Tina Grenier, M.Ed.
Librarian, Head of Collection Management
NDSCS - North Dakota State College of Science
Mildred Johnson Library 102
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Wahpeton, ND 58076-0001
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