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Canadians Rivka Galchen and David Bezmozgis named to New Yorker's 20 under 40 list

Doug Mirams — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:51:31 -0400

The New Yorker has announced its "20 under 40" list of authors, and in this international mix of the fiction writers worth watching, are two Canadians,

Toronto's Alanna Mitchell wins Grantham Prize

Jennifer Draper — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:29:19 -0400

Toronto writer and former Globe and Mail reporter Alanna Mitchell was named winner of the $75,000 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment Tuesday, edging fellow Canadian Cleo Paskal, one of three other writers cited for an award of merit in the same competition.

Alice Munro and Margaret Attwood among Trillium finalists

Doug Mirams — Wed, 2 Jun 2010 19:07:48 -0400

Veteran authors in running for top Ontario book award.

Prior to last fall’s book award season, anticipation was high for a potential showdown between two of Canada’s most-celebrated authors, Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood. As it turned out, none of the country’s three major prizes featured both writers as finalists.

The two, however, are in the running for this year’s $20,000 Trillium Book

Award. The shortlist, announced Tuesday, includes Munro’s Too Much Happiness and Atwood’s The Year of the Flood, along with Anne Michaels’ The Winter Vault, and Ian Brown’s The Boy in the Moon.
The winners will be announced June 24 in Toronto.
Text taken from Toronto Star.

Happy Towel Day! Celebrating the fiction of Douglas Adams

Doug Mirams — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:49:59 -0400

"Towel Day is celebrated every 25 May as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books and the author, as referenced in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." So, whether you're a fan of the books, the BBC TV series, or the movie, carry a towel and show your support on May 25th.

2010 Canada Reads: Panelists have spoken. Do you agree?

Doug Mirams — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:49:45 -0500

On yesterday's broadcast, heard live on CBC Radio One at 11:30 a.m., and repeated at 7:30 p.m., the 2010 panelists voted for Nikolski by Nicholas Dickner.
Who do you think Canada should read?:
Nikolski by Nicholas Dickner, defended by Michel Vezina [Winner of the 2010 Canada Reads]
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald, defended by Perdita Felicien
Generation X by Douglas Coupland, defended by Ronald Pemberton (aka Cadence Weapon)
Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, defended by Simi Sara
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy, defended by Samantha Nutt

Crime writer Dick Francis dead at 89

Doug Mirams — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:05:17 -0500

The popular author of more than 40 bestselling books, Dick Francis died early Sunday, February 14th at his home in the Cayman Islands. His son Felix, who co-wrote Even Money with his father, released a statement on behalf of the family,
"My brother, Merrick, and I are, of course, devastated by the loss of our father, but we rejoice in having been the sons of such an extraordinary man.
"We share in the joy that he brought to so many over such a long life."
Read more at CBC News.

Ian Brown wins Charles Taylor Prize

Doug Mirams — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:07:49 -0500

Globe and Mail columnist, Ian Brown, won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction Monday, February 8th, for The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for His Disabled Son. As quoted in the Globe and Mail,
"To explain why they chose his book The Boy in the Moon as this year’s grand prize winner, the jury lauded The Globe and Mail writer for his sensitive exploration of “a netherworld where medicine and morality meet” and for telling the story of his disabled son “with artless candour, quirky humour and unsparing detail.”

Are you waiting to read "The Lost Symbol"?

Doug Mirams — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:02:30 -0500

Are you waiting to read Dan Brown’s

December's Featured OverDrive Audiobooks

Doug Mirams — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:57:23 -0500

Enjoy these featured download audiobooks from OverDrive.

A Christmas Grace by Anne Perry
A Free Life by Ha Jin.
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich.

OverDrive

Doug Mirams — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:49:16 -0400