The Turret Bell (www.turretbell.com), located in St Peters Bay, has been a fixture in Eastern PEI for the past three years. With one of the Island’s largest selection of Prince Edward Island books, The Turret Bell has become a major outlet for Island authors. The Turret Bell has embarked on two new initiatives this year…
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Linden MacIntyre, Shandi Mitchell, SS Atlantic big winners at 2010 Atlantic Book Awards
It was standing room only at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS Wednesday night as over 200 of the region’s writers, illustrators, book publishers and readers celebrated the 33 nominees and recipients of 13 different literary prizes at the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. CBC Radio host Costas Halavrezos and Newfoundland playwright, comedian and author…
Enfield & Wizenty Fiction Contest Renewed
Building on the success of its initial contest last year, Enfield & Wizenty is once again offering a $5,000 advance for best novel or short story collection by a Canadian author. Last year’s winner, Michelle Berry, will see her novel This Book Will Not Save Your Life released this September alongside two new titles by contest…
UPDATE FROM CWAG*
UPDATE FROM CWAG* Canadian Writers Against the Google settlement Hello Everybody — There are far too many of you now to email separately. But I have very much enjoyed corresponding with you, and if you would like to reply, please do so. I have had a lot of questions from you about when this mess…
Congratulations to The Malahat Review’s 2010 Novella Prize Winner
Congratulations to The Malahat Review’s 2010 Novella Prize Winner The Malahat Review congratulates Tony Tulathimutte of San Francisco, CA on winning our 2010 Novella Prize! His story, “Brains,” was chosen from 196 entries by our three final judges: Bill Stenson, Bernice Friesen, and Patricia Robertson. Of “Brains,” our judges said: “It was a pleasure to…
Atlantic Book Awards & Festival Events
Bob Chaulk, co-author of SS Atlantic: The White Star Line’s First Disaster at Sea and a double Atlantic Book Award nominee, will be speaking at two events in Halifax on April 15. The first event will be a panel discussion with fellow nominee Mike Herffernan, author of Rig: An Oral History of the Ocean Ranger Disaster. Chaulk…
Commonwealth Prize winners at King’s College/Atlantic Book Awards & Festival
The King’s Co-op Bookstore will host an Atlantic Book Awards & Festival reading with Commonwealth Writers’ Prize winning-authors Shandi Mitchell of Wellington, NS and Michael Crummey of St. John’s, NL: Friday, April 16, 7 pm, Alumni Hall, University of King’s College, Halifax (422-1271, x261) Michael Crummey has won the CWP Canada and Caribbean Region Best…
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011 Tour
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is looking for authors and/or illustrators with new children’s books being released in 2010 and Spring 2011 who are interested in touring schools, libraries, bookstores and community centres, outside of their home province, during TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011. The next Book Week tour will run from Saturday, April 30…
Cormorant Launches New Children’s and Young Adult Imprint
Cormorant Books is pleased to announce Dancing Cat Books, its imprint dedicated to publishing author driven literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry for the young adult and middle grades, as well as picture books. Dancing Cat’s Publisher, Gail Winskill, will direct the editorial vision. The imprint will have its own website, http://www.dancingcatbooks.com, designed by Bryan Ibeas,…
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week Moving from Fall to Spring
After 30 years, big changes are coming to Book Week; the annual touring program will re-launch in the spring of 2011. Monday, March 22, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) — The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is moving its annual TD Canadian Children’s Book Week touring program from the fall to the spring. The next Book Week tour will run…
Manitoba Book Award shortlist runs long for Turnstone Press
WINNIPEG – Turnstone Press is bristling with pride in the wake of the Manitoba Book Awards shortlist announcement. Five of the independent literary publisher’s eight titles from 2009 were chosen as finalists for eight awards to be given out at the Province’s literary version of the Oscars. This is the most number of titles from the same publisher…
red earth women presents
medicine for the earth, Guest island-artist Yvette Doucette and open mic at the next red earth women presents thursday, march 18 upei faculty lounge, main building doors 7, sign up for open mic 7:30 http://redearthwomenpresents.wordpress.com Yvette Doucette is a poet and mom who lives and works on Prince Edward Island. She is the owner of a communications, content editing, and…
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