Hot on the heals of its Giller shortlist appearance, novel Good to a Fault has been shortlisted for a 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Award for Best Book - Canada and The Caribbean. Winnipeg's own has also garnered a spot on the shortlist of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Award for Best First Book - Canada and The Caribbean for her novel Reading By Lightning.
Categories: Awards, buzz, Authors, Saskatoon, Winnipeg
Later this year, fantasy author will be named a Knight Bachelor for his contributions to literature. Pratchett was diagnosed in 2007 with Alzheimer's, and has since become a vocal campaigner for Dementia research. Congratulations, Sir Terence!
And in other news....
, prior to publishing The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was the professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. It was there that he retold the legend of Sigurd as narrative verse. That work has remained unpublished until now. In May, Harper Collins will release The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, edited by Tolkien's son Christopher who will also pen the book's introduction. Sigurd's tale has long been one of my favourite legends, and I couldn't be more excited to see what the master of fantasy has done with it.
Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy
Award winning Canadian science fiction author hosts Supernatural Investigators, a documentary series that tries to separate fact from fiction in the paranormal. Supernatural Investigators begins showing on January 27th. VisionTV's press release is here. The show will be part of VisionTV's Sci-Fi & Supernatural Tuesdays, a weekly mix of entertainment and information.
Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy
The first ever David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy will be awarded in 2009 reports the Guardian newspaper in London. The creators of the award, who include (author of the bestselling Orcs Novels) and (Swarmthief series), felt there was not enough celebration of the the high quality of fantasy being produced around the world.
Categories: Awards, buzz, SciFi & Fantasy
Canadian Light Source announced January 7th that Canadian author would become their first-ever writer in residence as of June 1, 2009.
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