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The winner of the 17th annual Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People is Good for Nothing by Michel Noël (translated by Shelley Tanaka), published by Groundwood Books. The book was originally published ... Read More »

December 1, 2005

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Agent Sally Harding has just sold Canadian rights for a new debut novel to Brindle & Glass publisher Ruth Linka. The Reckoning of Boston Jim, by Claire Mulligan, is the story of a trapper with ... Read More »

November 30, 2005

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Scott Gardiner, whose 2000 novel The Dominion of Wyley McFadden was nominated for the Amazon.ca/Books In Canada First Novel Award, has just signed a deal with McClelland & Stewart’s Doug Gibson for his follow-up. King ... Read More »

November 30, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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Raincoast Books publisher Michelle Benjamin has inked a deal with social activist and ex-nun Joanna Manning for a new non-fiction work. The Gift of the Magdalene: Reclaiming Christianity in the 21st Century is a hopeful ... Read More »

November 30, 2005 | Filed under: Book news

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Robert Mackwood, of the Seventh Avenue Literary Agency, has just completed film rights deals for several non-fiction works by Michael Clarkson: his When Beds Float: Examining the Poltergeist Enigma has been optioned by the Toronto/Vancouver-based ... Read More »

November 30, 2005