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Anansi reveals cover for TV tie-in edition of Lisa Moore’s Caught

House of Anansi Press has revealed on Twitter its groovy '70s-inspired cover for the forthcoming TV tie-in edition of Lisa Moore's 2013 novel, Caught. Set in 1978, Caught follows a drug dealer (played by Allan ... Read More »

January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Book news

Allan Hawco brings adaptation of Lisa Moore’s prison-escape adventure Caught to CBC

By Sue Carter

Republic of Doyle’s Allan Hawco will star and serve as showrunner for the television adaptation of Lisa Moore’s novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), coming to CBC in winter 2018. The show, which goes into ... Read More »

May 24, 2017 | Filed under: Book culture

2017 Schwartz Award shortlists announced

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Arts Foundation has announced the shortlists for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards, with five titles making the cut in each of two categories: Children's Picture Book and Young Adult/Middle Reader. ... Read More »

April 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

CBC mini-series adaptation of Lisa Moore’s Caught set for 2017

By Becky Robertson

Details have been confirmed for the TV adaptation of Newfoundland author Lisa Moore's 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize– and Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize–shortlisted novel Caught (House of Anansi Press). The six-part mini-series will debut on ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Lisa Moore’s novel Caught to be adapted for CBC Television

By Julie Baldassi

Lisa Moore's 2013 best-selling novel Caught (House of Anansi Press) is slated to hit the small screen, with Newfoundland actor Allan Hawco to play the lead role of David Slaney. The project is currently in development for the CBC. ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

The Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador announces 2014 winners

By Julie Baldassi

Lisa Moore has been named winner of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador fiction award for her 2013 novel Caught (House of Anansi Press), a nominee for last year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize and Rogers ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Lisa Moore nominated for Winterset Award

By Sue Carter

Two authors and a poet have been nominated for this year's BMO Winterset Award, which celebrates excellence in Newfoundland writing. The nominees are: Lisa Moore, for her novel Caught (House of Anansi Press); Paul Bowdring, ... Read More »

March 4, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust announces 2013 Fiction Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The shortlist for the 17th* annual Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize was announced this morning at Ben McNally Books in Toronto. Three of the five shortlisted authors, including Giller nominees Lynn Coady and Lisa Moore, ... Read More »

September 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Boyden, Messud land on Giller longlist that also contains some surprises

By Stuart Woods

The awards season is officially underway with this morning's announcement of the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The list includes the fall's most buzzed about Canadian novel (Joseph Boyden's The Orenda), as well as past nominees Lynn ... Read More »

September 16, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Lisa Moore: trusting change

By Q&Q Staff

In the June 2013 issue of Q&Q, Mark Callanan speaks to Lisa Moore about her third novel, Caught, a story of courage and escape When Lisa Moore's February won the CBC's Canada Reads competition earlier ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

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