Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Wendy Warkentin - Wednesday Oct 01 2008 3:47 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, buzz, Winnipeg, Graphic Novels
Join McNally Robinson Booksellers for the 2008 Manitoba Comic Convention at the Winnipeg Convention Centre October 11 & 12, 2008. We'll have tons of young adult fantasy books and graphic novels at the convention, but here are a few favourites on our shelves right now.
by Ryan McBride - Wednesday Jul 16 2008 2:36 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Winnipeg, Ongoing Kids Events in Winnipeg
Watch this space for details on our next writing workshop.
Previous authors who have led our workshops include (The Serpent's Spell) and (Gem Lakes).
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.
by david pensato - Monday Dec 10 2007 1:49 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Discussions, Authors, Winnipeg
Back in November, the lovely 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.
by McNally Robinson - Thursday Oct 11 2007 2:52 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Winnipeg, Event News, Contests and Giveaways
Kai Chochinov writes:
The Silverwing books are truly unique pieces of literature. Kenneth Oppel has taken an entire cast of non-human characters, and made them human enough for all readers to understand and feel compassionate towards. Yet, at the same time he has not made them too human, so that the reader forgets that they are in fact bats. So, while reading these books I always felt the happiness, sadness and fear of its main characters, all of which are human emotions. While, at the same time I was concerned about such things as his flying ability, and whether the bugs he could see with his echo-vision would be enough to sustain him for the coming portion of his journey, all of which are bat characteristics. So, it was this fine balance of ‘human, but not too human’ that so many animal based children’s stories lack that has made the Silverwing Trilogy one of my favourite series of books.
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