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In September Eric Walters, the Canadian author of over 50 novels for children and young adults, will be in Winnipeg to receive the 2008 MYRCA - Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award for his powerful novel, We All Fall Down.

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Winnipeg writer Martha Brooks has won the Vicky Metcalf Award. The $15,000 national literary award honours Martha's entire body of work. The award was presented on Tuesday night in Toronto.

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In the wake of the movie adaptation of her biography Persepolis' opening on Christmas Day, Marjane Satrapi was interviewed at Newsarama, along with her co-director Vincent Paronnaud.

Persepolis tells the story of Satrapi's childhood growing up in Tehran. A time that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime and the triumph of the Islamic Revolution.

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Back in November, the lovely Anita Daher launched her book Two Foot Punch at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg. In the book, gymnastic and free-running skills can make the difference between life and death. The scheduled parkour demonstration for the event, unfortunately had to be cancelled. But now, you can see one online.

The Dangerous Ground Project put on by No More Landmines, UK is an awareness campaign designed to show that in many parts of the world, the ground is a dangerous place to walk. Traversing 50,000 m/sq through London's south bank, without touching the ground, this parkour demonstration is impressive.

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