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CS Richardson launch

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CS Richardson's debut novel, The End of the Alphabet (Doubleday Canada), was launched on Feb. 7 at The Spoke Club in downtown Toronto. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) The scene at The Spoke. Doubleday Canada's ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Writing reality TV

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This past Sunday, Book Television started airing its reality series, 3-Day Novel Contest. Indigo and Book Television teamed up to produce the eight-part program, which follows 12 contestants as they live and write for the ... Read More »

February 7, 2007 | Filed under: Events

Friday photo: Vincent Lam

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This week's photo is courtesy of Ottawa photographer John W. MacDonald. On Wednesday, Vincent Lam read from his Giller Prize-winning Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures and packed 200 people into a standing-room only space at the ... Read More »

January 19, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Events

From Russia with love

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Representatives from the Canadian publishing industry conducted a trade mission to Russia at the end of November, doing panel discussions about Canadian literature and attending book fairs in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Canadian panel ... Read More »

December 8, 2006 | Filed under: Events

Newfoundland authors in Ottawa

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Tree Reading Series hosted a gala reading celebrating Newfoundland writers called "Writers Rock the Rock." (Photos by: johnwmacdonald.com.) Author Ramona Dearing reads to the crowd gathered at the National Arts Centre. Host Rhonda Douglas chats ... Read More »

November 28, 2006 | Filed under: Events