Manitoba Reads - Shadow-Town, by Duncan Thornton
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:31pm
Tomorrow is your last day to vote for one of the twelve finalists for this year's Manitoba Reads at CBC's Manitoba Reads page. Here's one of your options:
Cousins Jack and Rose have been sent to live on their grandmother's farm for the summer. Jack likes to terrify Rose with stories of Shadow-Town, where creatures called Whisperers force the zombie-like victims of the Sleeping Sickness to work for them. When they defy their grandmother's warnings and lose their friend Tam, they end up matching wits with the Dickensian Speculators, bunking with the mysterious Red Man, and riding the rails with the inhuman Clatterfolk who run the coffin-train. Loosely based on Manitoba's Carberry Sandhills, Shadow-Town is moody, intense, and wildly exciting.
Duncan Thornton has written several award-winning young adult novels, including Kalifax, which was nominated for the Governor General's Award. He was born on a fly-in reserve in northern Manitoba, spent much of his adolescence in Ireland, and lives now in Winnipeg.
Categories: buzz, WinnipegManitoba Reads - The Knife Sharpener's Bell, by Rhea Tregebov
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:29pm
Remember to vote for one of the twelve finalists for this year's Manitoba Reads at CBC's Manitoba Reads page. Here's one of your options:
Ten-year old Annette Gershon is content enough growing up in her father's delicatessen in Winnipeg's Jewish North End, but for immigrant families scratching out a living in the Dirty Thirties, even subsistence is a delicate balance. Everything changes when her parents decide to take the family "home" to the Soviet Union to escape the devastation of the collapsing capitalist economy. The Knife Sharpener's Bell is the seldom-told story of a doomed return, and a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit.
Rhea Tregebov is an award-winning poet and picture book author who has proven just as adept at writing fiction. Rhea grew up in Winnipeg, wrote and taught in Toronto for several years, and now lives in Vancouver where she teaches creative writing at UBC.
Categories: buzz, WinnipegThe Secret of the Fortune Wookiee has landed!
Thursday, Aug 09, 2012 at 5:09pm
A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away (well, Tuesday, at a bookstore near you), The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee by landed. Pick up your copy at a McNally's near you, and find a bookmark and supplies to make your very own Fortune Wookiee you might even.
May the folds be with you.
Categories: buzz, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, New ReleasesBook Trailer - Thirteen, by Kelley Armstrong
Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 at 7:11pm
Check out this exciting trailer for Thirteen, the conclusion of Kelley Armstrong's fantastic Otherworld series.
Categories: buzz, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, New ReleasesManitoba Reads - The Stone Angel, by Margaret Laurence
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:27pm
Just a reminder to vote for one of the twelve finalists for this year's Manitoba Reads at CBC's Manitoba Reads page. Here's one of your options:
With Hagar Shipley, the stubborn, querulous, self-reliant 90-year-old, Margaret Laurence created one of her most memorable and compelling characters. As she takes a last bold step toward freedom, she retrieves memories of her uncompromising childhood in the prairie town of Manawaka, her stormy marriage, and her difficult relationships with two sons. We learn with her that it is possible for an obstinate old woman, isolated by pride and fear, to find a connection with her world.
Margaret Laurence is one of Canada's most esteemed writers, whose many honours include two Governor General's Awards and more than a dozen honorary degrees. She was born in Neepawa in 1926, and died in Lakefield ON in 1987.
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