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 Charlotte Gill On Tour: Vancouver IslandCharlotte Gill will be on Salt Spring Island and touring Vancouver Island starting February 4, 2012, talking about life in the forest as a tree-planter and about her book on the subject Eating Dirt. Catch her in these cities: Saturday, February 4 | Salt Spring Forum | Salt Spring Island Tuesday, ... Read more >> |
 Carmen Blogs at Canada ReadsJanuary 9th to 13th is Carmen Aguirre Week over at Canada Reads, which means five days of online attention for Something Fierce a major contender this year. In her first blog post, Carmen talks about what it was like to make her extremely secret life so public with the publication of her memoir of a ... Read more >> |
Carmen Aguirre Tours Blue BoxCarmen Aguirre, the author of the memoir Something Fierce, is best known as an actress and playwright. Her one-woman show Blue Box, which is based on Something Fierce, will be touring the country in 2012. Below are the confirmed cities and dates, with others to follow. Be sure to catch her stimulating ... Read more >> |
 Richard Wagamese is selected as a recipient of the 2012 National Aboriginal Achievement AwardsDouglas & McIntyre is delighted to announce that Richard Wagamese has been chosen as a recipient of the 2012 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (NAAA) as a representative of media and communications. The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards were established to encourage and celebrate excellence ... Read more >> |
 Eric Enno Tamm at Historic Joy Kogawa House Sunday, Oct 16Join author and adventurer Eric Enno Tamm in discussion about his latest book, The Horse That Leaps through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road and the Rise of Modern China. He’ll show photos from his research in China, during which he retraced the epic journey of a Russian spy who trekked from ... Read more >> |
Eric Enno Tamm at Historic Joy Kogawa House Sunday, Oct 16Join author and adventurer Eric Enno Tamm in discussion about his latest book, The Horse That Leaps through Clouds: A Tale of Espionage, the Silk Road and the Rise of Modern China. He’ll show photos from his research in China, during which he retraced the epic journey of a Russian spy who trekked from ... Read more >> |
 New Book for Greystone by Deirdre KellyGreystone Books is pleased to announce that they have acquired North American, English language rights to Ballerina, by Deirdre Kelly, via Hilary McMahon of Westwood Creative Artists. This history of the ballerina will take an honest look at the grueling challenges of the profession while it also celebrates ... Read more >> |
 New Book Deal Signed for Adam Lewis SchroederChris Labonté, acquiring editor for Douglas & McIntyre, has acquired World rights to a wild new novel by Adam Lewis Schroeder called All-Day Breakfast. Peter Giller never met a problem he couldn't run away from. After the death of his wife, he and his two young kids beat a path across Nebraska, ... Read more >> |
 D&M EXTRAS: Nicole Lundrigan & Glass BoysFirst, let’s start with place. Glass Boys is set in the fictional town of Knife’s Point in Newfoundland. You’re from Newfoundland but have lived just outside of Toronto for some time now. Why did you choose to set your novel in your home province? I’ve now spent more of my life in Ontario than in ... Read more >> |
 D&M EXTRAS: Matthew J. Trafford & The Divinity GeneIn The Divinity Gene, we seem to be at the crossroads of science and spirituality. Where would you say you fit as a writer, genre-wise? Both science and spirituality attempt to explain the unknown, and imagination is crucial to both – and imagination is also the driving engine behind fiction and stories. ... Read more >> |