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Human Happiness

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:08:46 +0000

From Author Brian Fawcett … “We’re all going over the cliff, sooner or later. But isn’t it ironic, since we’re living in an era where everyone can know everything, that most of us don’t actually know a damn thing about the two people who put us here in the first place. Do you know your mom’s favourite vegetable? Do you know your dad’s lucky number? Have you ever asked them if they believe God exists or, ulp, what they think about sex? What they failed at that they should have achieved? Do they think life is worth the toil and trouble? Well, I did, and I was totally surprised by the answers. It was worth it, in all kinds of ways I wouldn’t have imagined. Human Happiness was the result.”

More about the book here … facebook.com/humanhappiness

More about the writings of Brian Fawcett here …. dooneyscafe.com

Paul Quarrington interviews Drew Hayden Taylor

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:30:38 +0000

Host Paul Quarrington talks to Drew Hayden Taylor, award-winning author, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. At the risk of dating himself, Hayden Taylor reveals that his first television writing credit was for the Beachcombers! Who knew? At THIN AIR 2008, Winnipeg’s writers festival, he read from Me Sexy (the sequel to Me Funny), a collection of stories written by some of Canada’s most esteemed First Nations writers, a number of which joined him on stage. First funny, then sexy…we can’t wait to see what’s next for Drew.

(c) BookShorts Inc. for Moving Stories Films, supported by BookShorts Literacy Program and Canadian Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Program; with the assistance of THIN AIR 2008: Winnipeg International Writers Festival.

Irene Duma says This Film is Seriously Funny

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:08:54 +0000

Writer/Director Irene Duma talks about putting the funny into the film THIS HOUR HAS SEVEN DECADES featuring the icon of Canadian broadcasting Patrick Watson.

Entrevue d’auteur Pauline Couture

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:40:39 +0000

Entrevue d’auteur Pauline Couture au sujet de GLACE Beaute Danger Histoire.

Author Profile: Sharon E. McKay

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Sharon E. McKay is the best-selling and award-winning author of such novels as Charlie Wilcox. She is the first young-adult writer to be named as a Canadian War Artist by the Canadian Forces Artist Program (CFAP), under whose auspices she went to Afghanistan in 2008 in order to research this novel.

Thunder Over Kandahar is a powerful novel of enduring friendship set amid the terror and chaos of present-day Afghanistan. In it, best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for the future are shattered when the Taliban burns down the school and threatens the teacher and students with death.

As Tamanna faces an arranged marriage to an older man and the Taliban targets Yasmine’s western-educated family, the girls realize they must flee. Traveling through the heart of Taliban territory, the two unaccompanied young women find themselves in mortal danger. After suffering grave injuries, Tamanna from a fall and Yasmine from a suicide bombing, the girls are left without the one thing that has helped them survive — each other.

The book and this video interview features photographs by award-winning photojournalist Rafal Gerszak (The New York Times, BBC World News) that bring readers an immediate sense of the faces and landscape of Afghanistan.

For more information, visit http://www.annickpress.com

Leacock Summer Festival: Nino Ricci

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:24:10 +0000

Leacock Summer Festival >> July 20 – 25, 2010

Ontario’s Largest Summer Literary Get-Together: A six-day celebration of writers and readers featuring a stellar lineup of Canadian authors and poets. In this interview, writer Nino Ricci talks about the launch of his writing career, and his most recent novel, “The Origin of Species.”

PAUL QUARRINGTON LEVEE
25 July SUNDAY 2:00 pm

The Leacock Summer Festival celebrates the life and legacy of writer, musician and Leacock Medal winner Paul Quarrington.

Official Host: Kim Fedderson, Dean, Lakehead University, Orillia Campus; READINGS: Nino Ricci, Joe Kertes, Antanas Sileika & Kim Moritsugu; FILM: Exclusive continuous screenings of BookShorts Inc. documentary film Paul Quarrington: Life in Music; MUSIC: Live performance by Porkbelly Futures

Tickets: $39.95 includes BBQ Picnic Dinner; To Purchase Call: 705.329.1908 or visit http://www.leacockmuseum.com

Leacock Museum National Historic Site
50 Museum Drive, Orillia, ON, L3V 6K5

Author Profile: Andrea Wayne von Königslöw

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:34:45 +0000

www.movingstories.tv … Andrea Wayne von Königslöw is the popular author and illustrator of several books for young children, including the recently revised, bestselling Toilet Tales. In this video profile, she talks about her process of writing, as well as her most recent book for children, How Do You Read to a Rabbit?

Its been proven that youngsters laugh out loud at the antics of the 13 animals — and the child who tries to read to them — in her whimsical picture book. From bats to boas and camels to kangaroos, the animals demonstrate the many challenges of reading to them: a boa might want to hug you a little too tight, and you’d have to jump pretty fast to keep up with a kangaroo. All ends well, however, as we see the child reading to his parents. Now that’s something easy to do!

For more about Andrea and her books, visit http://www.annickpress.com

Author Profile: Kevin Sylvester, Game Day

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:33:22 +0000

www.movingstories.tv … Kevin Sylvester is a Canadian writer, cartoonist and news broadcaster, whose immersion in the world of sports lead him to ask – What goes on behind the scenes when athletes compete? Game Day: Meet the People Who Make It Happen, published by Annick Press, explores the answers to that question. Kevin talks about the book and his research in this video. For more about the author and his works, visit http://www.annickpress.com

Author Profile: Ruth Ohi

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:03:15 +0000

How come Cow’s spots are purple, when everybody else’s are gray or brown? Fed up with being different, Cow sets out on a quest to change her spots.

Ruth Ohi is not only a talented writer and illustrator, she is also a tireless presenter at school and libraries when she shares secrets of her trade with children. Ruth lives with her family in Toronto.

Find out more about this and more of Ruth’s work at www.AnnickPress.com

Author Biography: Benjamin Mee, WeBought a Zoo

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:45:26 +0000

It’s not exactly like running away to join the circus, but just about. BENJAMIN MEE, former journalist, father, son and now Zoo Director recounts the poignant, funny, charming, scary transistion from being a guy with a regular family to a gentleman with an very, very extended family. Namely the existent animal family in the Dartmoor Wildlife Park. Jaguar, wolf, lian, jacamundi, newts and more menagerie became his personal charge when he and his family did just what the book says, they bought a zoo. WE BOUGHT A ZOO comes out in Canada (Doubleday Canada) and the United States (Weinstein) in September 2008.

Shot live at Book Expo America for MovingStories.TV, hosted by Lynn Rosen (Open Book), courtesy of Weinstein Books. For more information on editorial and commissioned Author Interviews for BookExpo 2009, contact Executive Producer Judith Keenan, judith@bookshorts.com.