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CONGRATULATIONS |
MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES |
NEW PUBLICATIONS |
LITERARY READINGS AND EVENTS |
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| Welcome to The Writers’ Union of Canada’s listing of literary readings, book
launches, festivals, and other great Canadian book events that are happening across the
country. Please peruse the listings and discover events happening in your area. |
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| CONGRATULATIONS |
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| ATLANTIC Book Awards |
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 9, 2010 |
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Please see article:
http://www.atlanticbookawards.ca/ TOP |
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| Some very exciting news! |
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The Book and Periodical Council
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on February 11, 2010 |
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The Book and Periodical Council is this year’s winner of the Les Fowlie Intellectual Freedom Award. The honour is awarded by the Ontario Library Association.
The BPC won the award because of the “tireless efforts” of its Freedom of Expression Committee “in promoting intellectual freedom for all Canadians” and “organizing the annual Freedom to Read Week,” said Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director of the OLA.
The OLA will present the award during Freedom to Read Week at 8 a.m. on Friday, February 26, 2010 at the OLA’s Super Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Brian Brett
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Brian Brett has been shortlisted for three BC Book Prizes: the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, and the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life (Greystone Books). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Kristin Butcher
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Kristin Butcher has been shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize for Return to Bone Tree Hill (Thistledown Press). TOP |
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| Atlantic Book Awards |
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George Elliott Clarke
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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| George Elliott Clarke has been shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction) for George Elliott Clarke, I & I (Goose Lane Editions). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Lorna Crozier
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Lorna Crozier has been shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize for Small Beneath the Sky: A Prairie Memoir (Greystone Books). TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Michael Crummey
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Michael Crummey has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada for Galore. TOP |
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| Atlantic Book Awards |
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Michael Crummey
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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| Michael Crummey has been shortlisted for the Atlantic Independent Booksellers' Choice Award and the Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for Galore (Doubleday Canada). TOP |
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| Commonwealth Writers' Prize winner |
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Michael Crummey
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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Michael Crummey has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Canada and Caribbean Region Best Book for Galore (Anchor Canada/Random House of Canada).
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| Atlantic Book Awards |
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John DeMont
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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| John DeMont has been shortlisted for the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Literary Prize for Non-Fiction for Coal Black Heart (Doubleday Canada). TOP |
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| Winner: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing |
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John English
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced that John English won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his biography Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000, published by Knopf Canada. The prize was awarded at the Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa. TOP |
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| Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000 |
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John English
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on February 2, 2010 |
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| John English's book entitled Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000, published by Knopf Canada, has been shortlisted for The Writers' Trust of Canada $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The prize will be awarded at the sold-out Politics and the Pen Gala on March 10, 2010, in Ottawa. TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Connie Gault
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Connie Gault has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada for Euphoria. TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Carla Gunn
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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Carla Gunn's sleeper hit Amphibian is one of 6 titles shortlisted for Best First Book in the Canada and Caribbean region!
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| Bronze winner of Axiom Business Book Award |
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Franke James
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Franke James’ innovative game-book was awarded the Bronze Medal in the HR/Employee Training category. Dear Office-Politics is a role-playing game that encourages lively discussion of workplace issues. It helps people exercise their ethical muscles, analyze power, increase empathy, and understand why the “right” course of action is actually in their — and the company’s best interests. TOP |
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| Dear Office Politics wins Axiom Business Book Award |
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Franke James
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 17, 2010 |
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Dear Office-Politics, the game everyone plays is the winner of a 2010 Axiom Business Book Award.
Franke James’ innovative game-book was awarded the Bronze Medal in the HR/Employee Training category. Dear Office-Politics is a role-playing game that encourages lively discussion of workplace issues. It helps people exercise their ethical muscles, analyze power, increase empathy, and understand why the “right” course of action is actually in their — and the company’s best interests.
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| The Neatest Little Book Store |
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John Jansen in de Wal
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| Posted by: John Jansen in de Wal on February 10, 2010 |
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The Neatest Little Book Store just opened on the Net.
Go visit. For free. Buy a book or two . Support CHIRS TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Gillian Jerome
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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Gillian Jerome has been shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for her collection Red Nest (Nightwood Editions).
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| The Frog Lake Reader |
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Myrna Kostash
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Myrna Kostash's The Frog Lake Reader is among the five contenders for the inaugural $10,000 Alberta Reader's Choice Award. TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Jennifer Lloyd
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Jennifer Lloyd has been shortlisted for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize for Ella’s Umbrellas, Illustrated by Ashley Spires (Simply Read Books). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Annabel Lyon
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Annabel Lyon has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her novel The Golden Mean (Random House Canada). TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Annabel Lyon
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Annabel Lyon has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada for The Golden Mean. TOP |
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| Atlantic Book Awards Shortlist |
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Jill MacLean
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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| Jill MacLean has been shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature for The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy (Fitzhenry & Whiteside). TOP |
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| Heritage and History Book Award |
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Randall Maggs
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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Randall Maggs has been shortlisted for the 2009 Heritage and History Book Award for Nightwork: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick, 2008).
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| Recipient of $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award for 2010 |
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Randall Maggs
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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Renowned Canadian author Randall Maggs has been named the recipient of the $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award for his acclaimed hockey saga Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick Books, 2008).
Randall Maggs, a poet, editor, artistic director of Newfoundland's March Hare Festival and a professor of literature at Memorial University, accepted the Kobzar prize on March 4 at a gala ceremony attended by over 270 guests at the Palais Royale ballroom in Toronto. TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Anne Michaels
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Anne Michaels has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada for The Winter Vault. TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Lisa Moore
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Lisa Moore has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada for February. TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas was shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for Red: A Haida Manga (Douglas & McIntyre). TOP |
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| Heritage and History Book Award |
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George A. Rose
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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George A. Rose has been shortlistef for the 2009 Heritage and History Book Award for Cod: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries (Breakwater, 2007).
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| Atlantic Book Awards |
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Valerie Sherrard
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 18, 2010 |
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| Valerie Sherrard has been shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature for Tumbleweed Skies (Fitzhenry & Whiteside). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Robin Stevenson
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Robin Stevenson has been shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize for Inferno (Orca Book Publishers). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Fred Wah
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Fred Wah has been shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for his collection is a door (Talonbooks). TOP |
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| The Creation of Hope |
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Eric Walters
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| An award winning children’s author, Eric was recognized for his commitment to social justice and contributions to our society by establishing The Creation of Hope, an outreach program and orphanage in Kikima, Kenya. The program provides direct support, education, advocacy, micro-grants and micro-loans for children and their extended families throughout the region who are living at risk. TOP |
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| Commonwealth Prize Shortlist |
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Ian Weir
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 2, 2010 |
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| Ian Weir has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbean and Canada for Daniel O'Thunder. TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Ian Weir
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Ian Weir has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for his novel Daniel O’Thunder (Douglas & McIntyre). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Frieda Wishinsky
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Frieda Wishinsky has been shortlisted for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize for Maggie Can't Wait, illustrated by Dean Griffiths (Fitzhenry & Whiteside). TOP |
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| BC Book Prize Finalist |
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Cathleen With
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| Posted by: TWUC Administrator on March 19, 2010 |
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| Cathleen With has been shortlisted for the BC Book Prize Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for her novel Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison(Penguin Group Canada). TOP |
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