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2012 Danuta Gleed Short List
**Also on the list is Paul Marlowe's Ether Frolics.** The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the sixteenth annual DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD. The Award recognizes the best first English-language collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2012. The Award consists of cash prizes for the three best first collections, with a first prize of $10,000 and two additional prizes of $500.
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2013 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlists
The 2013 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival runs May 9-16 with free literary events taking place in all four Atlantic Provinces. Festival details will be available at www.atlanticbookawards.ca in the coming weeks. Winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards will be announced at a special awards show on the last night of the week-long festival, Thursday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS. It’s a special year this year for the Dartmouth Book Awards – 2013 is the 25th anniversary of these awards, some of the oldest in Canada.
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Fiction Set in New Brunswick and PEI
From short stories to novels, these works of fiction set in New Brunswick and PEI add distinct flavour to Canada's literature.
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Book Summit 2013
Book Summit 2013 - Shake, Rattle & Roll: the Book Industry in Motion - will be held Thursday, June 20 at Harbourfront Centre. To get you excited about Book Summit, we've compiled a list of books recommended by some of our speakers and sponsors.
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Alberta: Local Knowledge
Did you know that the honey capital of Canada is a small French community north of Edmonton? You could know this bit of trivia and much more if you perused some of the books on this list.
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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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