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The BCBA survey

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The following questions were sent to members of the British Columbia Booksellers Association in the week prior to BookExpo Canada. Twenty-five booksellers responded.1. Are you a member of the Canadian Booksellers Association? (yes or no)2. Has your ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Letters

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No other employmentWhile I have no objection to Quill & Quire publishing the amount of grant money I have received (“The grant game,” July 2001), I feel I must object to the publication of my ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

British author wins Gelber

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British economist Lord Robert Skidelsky has won the $50,000 Lionel Gelber Prize for his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain 1937-1946 (Macmillan). But the formal award ceremony, originally scheduled for next Tuesday, has been ... Read More »

April 7, 2004

Awards file

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Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-FictionSacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec by Taras Grescoe (Macfarlane Walter & Ross). Administered by Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, the annual $3,000 prize goes to a Canadian ... Read More »

April 7, 2004

Shortlist file

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The $10,000 prize, now in its second year, is awarded to an Ontario short-story collection. The winner will be announced at a celebration at Toronto’s Sassafraz restaurant on Oct. 10, to be hosted by Book ... Read More »

April 7, 2004

Shortlist file

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Lionel Gelber PrizeThe winner of the $50,000 prize, awarded for non-fiction writing on international affairs, will be named on Sept. 25.• Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, Herbert P. Bix (HarperCollins)• Ho Chi Minh: A Life, ... Read More »

April 7, 2004 | Filed under: Bookselling

Award file

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Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award – Mississauga, Ontario, author Eva Stachniak won the $5,000 U.S. prize for her novel Necessary Lies (Dundurn Press) at a lavish afternoon event in Toronto on Tuesday. Marven Krug, ... Read More »

April 7, 2004