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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

Dolly Parton's charity launch

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A Canadian branch of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library was launched in Toronto this week with an appearance by the singer herself. (Photos by Quill & Quire.) CBC personality Evan Solomon reads from his children's book ... Read More »

November 23, 2006 | Filed under: Events

It's a crime

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The Calgary Herald looks at the boom in Canadian crime writing, from larger houses to small imprints like Rendezvous Press and Dundurn's Castle Street Mystery series. "As literary fiction has become increasingly inaccessible, crime fiction ... Read More »

November 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news