On March 4, McNally Robinson Saskatoon played host to a very special event. The Love of a Poet evening, third in a provincial series of events to honour of the launch of Gary Hyland’s Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected, featured readings by some of Saskatchewan’s most beloved poets and authors.

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Breaking Dawn, the highly anticipated fourth volume of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, will be released at 00:01 am on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. In celebration, McNally Robinson Grant Park will open its doors from midnight to 1:00 am so that fans can get their hands on a copy.

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Wrestling star (and local Winnipeg boy) Chris Jericho will be at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg on Thursday, November 15. He'll be reading, signing and answering questions about his new book A Lion’s Tale: Around the World in Spandex.

You might think that this is another one of those big name entertainment confessional type books. I did- but then I saw this interview on bookvideos.tv. Jericho (who studied journalism early on) is delightful as he compares wrestling entertainment to Shakepeare and his autobiography to War and Peace and The Catcher in the Rye. The slight twinkle in his eye as he does so lets us all in on what he's up to- and that he's got a sense of humour every Winnipegger will recognize as home-grown.

Too bad the cover-art doesn't get this across.

You can watch a YouTube version after the jump.

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We have five copies of David Gilmour's new book, The Film Club

If you were to let your adolescent drop out of school on Gilmour's terms, what three movies would you watch together in the first week and why?

Send your answer to webcontent@grant.mcnallyrobinson.ca for your chance to win an autographed copy of the book.

The contest is open to anyone with an internet connection. We'll post your answers here, and choose the five most interesting answers sometime on October 9, prior to David's reading and signing at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg.

Previously: The Gilmour Boys, a video interview with David and Jesse Gilmour about The Film Club.

On Thursday, September 20, our Saskatoon store hosted the official launch of Alice Kuipers' Life on the Refrigerator Door.

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David Gilmour will be at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg on October 9 to read from and sign his new book, The Film Club. The book, deals with Gilmour's decision to allow his son to quit school on the condition that they watch three films together per week of the paterfamilias's choosing.

Thomas Allen and Sons, the book's publisher, has kindly provided us with a video clip of David and his son, Jesse, discussing the book.

Choice quote from Jesse Gilmour on the origin of the book:

"After his last novel was published, he expressed that his idea for the next novel would be about what happens when you break up with a woman. [...] I said that I kind of think that's what all your novels have been about."

See the video after the jump.

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CBA Children's Author of the Year (2006) Kenneth Oppel will be visiting our Saskatoon store on Sunday, October 14.

McNally Robinson will also host Kenneth Oppel in Winnipeg at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People on Monday, October 15.

The multi-award-winning Oppel will be reading from Darkwing, the long-awaited prequel to the acclaimed Silverwing saga.

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