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Eric Walters in Conversation
by Wendy Warkentin - Monday Aug 18 2008 12:18 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Interview, Authors


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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Martha Brooks Wins Vicky Metcalf Award
by Lynn Popham - Thursday Apr 03 2008 11:19 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Authors, Winnipeg, Publishing News

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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Talking to Satrapi
by Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday Jan 02 2008 12:02 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Authors, movies

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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Parkour and Landmines
by david pensato - Monday Dec 10 2007 1:49 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Discussions, Authors, Winnipeg

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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An Interview with A. Lee Martinez
by Chadwick Ginther - Friday Oct 19 2007 3:45 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Interview, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy

I recently had the pleasure of conducting a short interview with fantasy author A. Lee Martinez, the Alex Award winning author of Gil's All Fright Diner(a staff pick at McNally Robinson), A Company of Ogres, The Nameless Witch and, forthcoming in February, The Automatic Detective.

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