Ursuline Center sets book club meetings

Ursuline Center sets book club meetings

CANFIELD

The Ursuline Center Book Club, which welcomes new members at any time, has chosen its 2014 schedule:

Jan. 14: “Shanghai Girls” and “Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See. (Only this month has two books.)

Feb. 25: “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline.

April 8: “The Astronaut Wives Club” by Lily Koppel.

May 20: “Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker” by Jennifer Chiaerini.

July 1: “Secret Daughter” by Shilpi Somaya Gowd.

Aug. 12: “Leaving Van Gogh” by Carol Wallace.

Sept. 23: “The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie Benjamin.

Nov. 11: “The Husband’s Secret” by Liane Moriarty.

The book club gathers at 6:30 p.m. in Prato Hall at The Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road. There is no cost to participate. Free-will offerings are accepted. Preregistration is appreciated. For information, call Eileen Novotny, Ursuline associate, at 330-533-3831 or visit www.theursulinecenter.org.

Lawyer fined for outing Rowling as thriller writer

LONDON

A lawyer who let slip J.K. Rowling’s secret thriller-writer identity has been fined $1,645 for breaching client confidentiality rules.

Chris Gossage of London law firm Russells Solicitors — which represents Rowling — told a friend of his wife’s that the “Harry Potter” creator was author of “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” published last year under the name Robert Galbraith. The friend tweeted the information, and it was followed up by the Sunday Times.

The law firm apologized and paid damages to Rowling for the leak.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority says it issued Gossage with a written rebuke for disclosing confidential information about a client to a third party.

The ruling was dated Nov. 26 but published last week.

Sales of the thriller rocketed after Rowling was outed as its author.

Vindicator staff/wire reports