Elizabeth Hay's Bookmark

Tuesday on the show, we heard from Ottawa writer Elizabeth Hay. She's been honoured with many awards for her excellent books -- a Giller Prize and a couple of nominations for a Governor General's award, to name a few -- but now she has a different sort of honour. A plaque in Old Ottawa South, featuring a few paragraphs from her book Garbo Laughs.

It's part of a cross-Canada project called Project Bookmark Canada, which aims to mark the real-life places in this country that serve as settings for fiction and poetry. And Garbo Laughs, of course, takes place right here in Ottawa.

You can find Elizabeth Hay's plaque on the west side of Bronson Place, near Fulton. And you can hear Elizabeth's thoughts on the project right here.