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British Fantasy Award Winners Announced
by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday Oct 09 2008 1:37 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, SciFi & Fantasy


Ramsay Campbell's The Grin of the Dark has won the August Derleth Award for Best Novel at this year's British Fantasy Awards. American Scott Lynch, who has been making waves with his Gentlemen Bastards series, won the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.

For a complete list of winners, click here.


2008 Giller Shortlist Announced
by McNally Robinson - Tuesday Oct 07 2008 2:21 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards

The five finalists for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize are:

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Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Oct 06 2008 2:45 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, Staff Pick, Mystery & Crime


Joe Lansdale writes like no one else on the planet. While his novels often have a blend of crime and the supernatural, in his most recent work, Leather Maiden, otherworldly horror has been nudged aside by gritty suspense and the macabre.

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2008 Writers' Trust Fiction and Non-Fiction Prize Finalists Announced
by McNally Robinson - Monday Oct 06 2008 2:23 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards

The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize recognizes Canadian writers of exceptional talent for the year's best novel or short-story collection.

The Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize is given for a work that demonstrates highest literary merit.

Both awards will be handed out on November 17, 2008.

This year's finalists are....

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Robert J. Sawyer's Flashforward on ABC
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Oct 06 2008 9:59 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy


Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer has sold his novel Flashforward to ABC for development into a television series. The pilot script was written by Brannon Braga and David S. Goyer. Sawyer, who served as a consultant on the pilot (a role he will continue with the ongoing series) also plans to write a first season episode.

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Time to "Bone" up on Essential Graphic Novels
by Wendy Warkentin - Thursday Oct 02 2008 5:43 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, buzz, Winnipeg, Graphic Novels


Join McNally Robinson Booksellers for the 2008 Manitoba Comic Convention at the Winnipeg Convention Centre October 11 & 12, 2008. We'll have tons of young adult fantasy books and graphic novels at the convention, but here are a few favourites on our shelves right now.

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Andrew Davidson on the NPR
by McNally Robinson - Thursday Oct 02 2008 2:30 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Authors


Winnipeg author Andrew Davidson made a recent appearance on Book Tour, a web feature and podcast program hosted by the National Public Radio. Davidson can be heard reading from The Gargoyle, discussing his literary influences, and explaining how he researched the book.


Harvey Award Winners Announced
by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday Oct 02 2008 12:47 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Graphic Novels


The Harvey Awards, one of the comic industry's most venerable prizes, were awarded over the weekend of September 27th-28th at the Baltimore Comic Convention.

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Our Author of the Month: Chuck Klosterman
by McNally Robinson - Wednesday Oct 01 2008 2:33 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Authors


Chuck Klosterman is one of the most insightful writers on contemporary popular culture. He lives it, he understands it, and he explores it with intelligence and wit in such bestselling books as Fargo Rock City (2001), Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (2003), and Killing Yourself to Live (2005). He is a columnist for Esquire and has written for GQ, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, and The Believer.

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Sep 29 2008 10:42 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, SciFi & Fantasy


Bod (Nobody) Owens was raised in a graveyard--a curious place to spend the formative years of one's life. Unless, that is, you're given life in a Neil Gaiman novel.

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