2008 QWF AWARDS SHORTLIST!

The shortlist for the 2008 QWF Awards has been announced and all of my favorite authors have been nominated!

The prizes will be awarded at the annual QWF Literary Awards gala on Wednesday, November 19 at the Lion d'Or.

Hope to see you there!

Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction ($2000)
Sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore

Rawi Hage
Cockroach
House of Anansi Press

Andrew Hood
Pardon Our Monsters
Véhicule Press

Jaspreet Singh
Chef
Véhicule Press

McAuslan First Book Prize ($2000)
Sponsored by McAuslan Brewing Inc.

Adam Leith Gollner
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
Doubleday Canada

Liane Keightley
Seven Openings of the Head
Conundrum Press

Saleema Nawaz
Mother Superior
Freehand Books (imprint of Broadview Press)

A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry ($2000)
Sponsored by Jacques Nolin

Joshua Auerbach
Radius of Light
DC Books

Katia Grubisic
What if red ran out
Goose Lane Editions

Peter Richardson
Sympathy for the Couriers
Véhiclue Press

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction ($2000)
Sponsored by Champlain, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, and Vanier Colleges

Adam Leith Gollner
The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
Doubleday Canada

Taras Grescoe
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

Byron Rempel
No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, Canada’s Olympian Skiing Pioneers
Twinski Publications

Translation Prize ($2000)

Hélène Rioux
Les artistes de la mémoire
XYZ éditeur
A translation of The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore

Lori Saint-Martin et Paul Gagné
Big Bang
Les Allusifs
A translation of Bang Crunch by Neil Smith

Sophie Voillot
Parfum de poussière
Alto
A translation of De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage

QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature ($2000)
Sponsored by Babar Books

Anne Renaud
Pier 21: Stories from Near and Far
Lobster Press

Raquel Rivera
Orphan Ahwak
Orca Book Publishers

Raquel Rivera
Tuk and the Whale
Groundwood Books

New Fiction 2008

BOOK LAUNCH!
November 7, 2008
7-11 p.m.
Sky Blue Door
5403B St. Laurent

“Where we see dumb objects and hear silence, J.R. reveals wit and sprightly language. Be sure, the dog knows way more words than sit and roll over.” Jason Camlot

Words the Dog Knows
J.R. Carpenter
Conundrum Press

Ms. Julie's Shoes

Aren’t my shoes sensible AND fabulous?
I’ve had shoes on my mind since reading

Mary Soderstrom’s new book, The Walkable City.
Did you know that all cities were once walkable?
But, vroom-vroom, with the advent of

the automobile-dependent society…

Maybe these shoes weren’t made for walking.
Funny thing is they make more sense in the kind of dense cities Mary writes about like Toronto, Paris, New York and Singapore. The distances in walkable cities aren't all that great so you can indulge your passion for pretty shoes!
But I've got a knapsack full of QuéBooks and lots of walking to do…

…maybe I’ll wear my sparkly button sandals?

Ooh, I’d love to add these to my collection,
spotted on Laurier Avenue in Outremont, Montreal.
a VERY walkable neighbourhood, by the bye.


Or these? These are VERY comfy.

Want to go for a stroll, sweetie?

Word on the Street - Toronto (Sept. 28)

Hanging around & schmoozing
with Quebec authors Peter Dubé and Andrew Hood.

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Bissous, mwah-mwah, bissous!

Word on the Street (Toronto): Neil Bissoondath

“Everybody has secrets. I have a secret.

Don’t you? Deep down,

in your heart of hearts,

as they say…”

Sigh.

My best friend, Neil,

read to me from his new novel,

THE SOUL OF ALL GREAT DESIGNS.

Word on the Street (Toronto): The Author Lounge

What’s in this tent near the port-o-potties?

Water, drip coffee, Styrofoam cups:

It’s the VIP author lounge!

Let us in!

Word on the Street (Toronto): Peter Dubé

Peter happily signed books after reading from

At the Bottom of the Sky as part of Proud Voices…

…and I happily signed Peter in my own special way!

Word on the Street (Toronto): Class Acts

Class and prestige? That’s me, baby!

Uh, me too, I guess.

Tee hee.

Peter Dubé, Ms. Julie & Andrew Hood.

Andrew read from Pardon Our Monsters
as part of the Great Books Marquee.

Word on the Street (Toronto): The Duel

Ms. Julie
vs
Derek Webster, editor of Maisonneuve

New Fiction 2008

BOOK LAUNCH!
Thursday, October 23
6:30-8 p.m.
Paragraphe Books
2220 McGill College Avenue

“…beautifully evokes one family’s history and resilience….” Joan Silber, author of The Size of the World

The White Space Between
Ami Sands Brodoff
Second Story Press