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Kids' Books From PEI and New Brunswick
Gorgeous illustrations are the hallmark of many of these books.
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2013 BC Book Prize Winners
The West Coast Book Prize Society is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2013 BC Book Prizes. Congratulations to the authors, illustrators and publishers! The winners of the 2013 Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence were announced at the BC Book Prizes Soirée on April 10.
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Eden Mills Writers' Festival 2013
Books by authors appearing at this year's festival. Their latest whenever possible, but some stellar backlist as well. www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca
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Funny books
...that happen to be written by Canadian women. (With thanks to Claire Cameron.)
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Arthur Ellis 2013 Shortlists
The winners will be announced at the Arthur Ellis Awards gala dinner on Thursday, May 30, at the Arts & Letters Club in downtown Toronto. For more info, see http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/arthur-ellis-awards/current-contest/shortlists
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Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Shortlist 2013
Toronto, April 10, 2013 – The 2013 short list for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. The 2013 winners will be announced at Etobicoke’s North Kipling Junior Middle School, 2 Rowntree Road, Etobicoke, ON at 1 p.m. on May 23, 2013.
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Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence 2013
The Alcuin Society has announced the winners of its 31st annual Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada.
The winning books will be exhibited in Germany at the Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fairs; in Japan, at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, in conjunction with the Tokyo International Book Fair; and, in Canada, in nine provinces. Exhibition venues will be posted on the Alcuin Society website. The books will also be entered in the international book design competition in Leipzig, Germany in February 2014.
Awards will be given out this fall in both Toronto and Vancouver.
This year's judges, Marvin Harder, Naomi MacDougall, and William Rueter, selected 41 winning titles from 236 entries, from nine provinces and 112 publishers; Mr. Rueter was presented with the 6th Robert R. Reid Award and Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Book Arts in Canada.
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