Voting for the Aurora Awards is Now Open by D - Thursday, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:05pm

The Aurora Awards are Canada's National Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards. The voting is open to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. You can cast your vote on the Aurora's website. This is the first year that Poetry and Graphic Novels have their own categories. Three of the nominated poets have agreed to let McNally Robinson hand out copies of their work. Robert J. Sawyer, Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi. The poems are available in our Science Fiction section.

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Congratulations to all the prairie writers, and publishers on the ReLit longlist by D - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:54pm

Congratulations to all the prairie writers, and publishers on the 2011 ReLit longlist. The ReLit Awards celebrates novels, poetry, and short fiction titles published by Canadian independent presses. Click here to see the complete longlist

These are the prairie writer and publishers on the list.
Baldur's Song, David Arnason (Turnstone Press)
Solitaria, Genni Gunn (Signature Editions)
This Book Will Not Save Your Life, Michelle Berry (Enfield & Wizenty)
Letters to Omar, Rachel Wyatt (Coteau Books)
Hump, Ariel Gordon (Palimpsest Press)
I Still Don't Even Know You, Michelle Berry (Turnstone)

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Ezra Levant wins the Best Canadian Political Book of the Last 25 Years. by D - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 10:12am

The Writers' Trust of Canada, in collaboration with Samara, has named Ezra Levant's Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights the Best Canadian Political Book of the Last 25 Years.

The Writers' Trust of Canada and Samara, a non-profit organization for citizen engagement in Canada's democratic system, held the contest to recognize books "that have captured the Canadian political imagination and contributed in a compelling and unique way to how Canadians understand a political issue, event, or personality."

The other finalists were:
1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal by Christopher Moore
A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada by John Ralston Saul
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
John A: The Man Who Made Us by Richard Gwyn
One-Eyed Kings: Promise & Illusion in Canadian Politics by Ron Graham
Right Side Up: The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen Harper's New Conservatism by Paul Wells
Trudeau and Our Times by Christina McCall and Stephen Clarkson.
While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World by Andrew Cohen

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Manitoba Authors on our Winnipeg Bestseller List by D - Friday, Aug 05, 2011 at 11:54am

We are very proud to have these Manitoba authors on our bestseller list this week. The complete Bestseller list is available under the Bestsellers heading on the right.

Hardcover Fiction
3.Irma Voth, Miriam Toews.

Hardcover Non-Fiction
3.The Hermetic Code, Winnipeg Free Press.
4.Henry Kalen's Manitoba, Henry Kalen.

Paperback Non-Fiction
5. Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967, Dale Barbour.

Books for Young People
5.The Archaeolojesters #1, Andreas Oertel.

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