The Globe and Mail are running a poll to see what author people want to win The Scotiabank Giller Prize. To cast your vote, click here.
The choices are,
, Light Lifting
, The Matter With Morris
, The Sentimentalists
, Annabel
, This Cake Is For the Party
This fall we hosted a reading of the On the Same Page nominees. On the Same Page is a series of events to raise the profile of Manitoba authors, that culminates in a Manitoba wide book club reading the same Manitoba book. For more information click here.
This year On the Same Page featured,reading An Ordinary Decent Criminal
reading Beautiful Girl Thumb
reading Juliana and the Medicine Fish
reading The Dead of Midnight Categories: Authors, Winnipeg, Live at McNally Robinson
Penguin Group Canada, CBC Manitoba, the Walrus Magazine, the Winnipeg Public Library and McNally Robinson present and in Winnipeg at Westminster United Church on Wednesday, October 20th for two special events on the same evening. This tour is in support of their recent works as a part of the Extraordinary Canadians series.
The Reception
People wanting to attend an intimate reception with and , prior to their speaking engagement that night, are invited to purchase a $65 ticket to a 6:00 pm reception at Westminster United Church in Winnipeg. The reception ticket includes a copy of one of the Saul or Boyden authored Extraordinary Canadian series books, food and wine, a reserved seat at the 7:00 speaking event, a donation to Rossbrook House.
The Speaking Event
To attend the speaking portion of the evening tickets are available for $6.00 per person for entrance to the 7:00 pm event at Westminster United Church. This ticket also entitles the purchaser to a 10% discount on the purchase of one of the Saul or Boyden authored Extraordinary Canadian series books. Net proceeds of this event donated to Rossbrook House.
To purchase tickets, please call the store at 475-0483 or visit the Grant Park Shopping Centre store in person.
Categories: Authors
Join on Thursday October 7 at 8:00 in Prairie Ink Restaurant, McNally Robinson Booksellers Winnipeg. She will be launching Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize is awarded to a Canadian author of a novel or short story fiction collection.
The prize was established as the Giller Prize in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star, and is awarded in November of each year along with a cash reward of $50,000, with $40,000 presented to the winning author and $2,500 each for the other four shortlisted nominees.
The 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist.
for his novel THE MATTER WITH MORRIS
Phyllis Bruce Books/HarperCollins
for his short story collection LIGHT LIFTING, Biblioasis
for her short story collection THIS CAKE IS FOR THE PARTY, Thomas Allen Publishers
for her novel THE SENTIMENTALISTS, Gaspereau Press
for her novel ANNABEL, House of Anansi Press
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