Congratulations are due for Saskatoon's . On November 9, The Hunchback Assignments won the 2010 TD Canada Children's Literature Award, the children's literature equivalent of winning the Giller Prize.
steampunk thriller was selected from a stellar field of Canadian Children's Literature including Dragon Seer, Home Free, A Thousand Years of Pirates and Watching Jimmy.
Arthur will be reading from the second book in his , The Dark Deeps, at Saskatoon's Young Adult Author Extravaganza on November 25.
Categories: Awards, Authors, Saskatoon
has written a little something for our blog. is the author of Bedtime Story which follow up his bestselling, Before I Wake and The World More Full of Weeping.
I woke up this morning to the sound of rain. A hard November rain. Really, there are few sounds quite as comforting, especially when you're snuggled deep into flannel sheets. So long as the rain stays outside, that is. That might seem a given, what with rain being an outside thing, but it's not. Especially living in a house initially built in 1910, and roughly added to and further cobbled together over the next twenty years. There have been times when it was as rainy in the living room as it was outside. Almost.
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Categories: Authors, Fun
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.
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