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Dates for THIN AIR 2010 are September 19 - 26.
November 27, 2009
Congratulations to David Bergen!
Congratulations to David Bergen for winning the $25,000 The Writers’ Trust Notable Author Award on Nov. 24! David has been a guest of the THIN AIR writers festival in 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
2009 Writers’ Trust Notable Author Award Jury Diane Schoemperlen, Rudy Wiebe and Michael Winter on David Bergen:
How does he apply his interests and subject matter, so varied and widespread, so fantastic in ways, erotic and psychological, and make them our concerns? This mystery is at the heart of a very well crafted realism, and David Bergen is, simply put, one of our best modern writers.
Established in 2008, the Writers’ Trust Notable Author Award was created by merging two previously existing prizes: the Marian Engel Award for a female writer in mid-career (1986-2007) and the Timothy Findley Award for a male writer in mid-career (2002 – 2007).
David Bergen
For More Information check out http://www.writerstrust.com/programs_apa_notableauthor.html
October 15, 2009
THIN AIR Aboriginal Writers Tour
The THIN AIR Aboriginal Writers Tour kicks off this weekend!!
Beatrice Mosionier, Jordan Wheeler and Michael Kusugak will be reading at schools and libraries in The Pas, Flin Flon and Thompson. Here are the details....
October 18, 2009 - The Pas Regional Library, 53 Edwards Avenue - 7:00pm
October 19, 2009 - Flin Flon Public Library, 58 Main Street - 7:00pm
October 20, 2009 - Thompson Public Library, 81 Thompson Drive N. - 7:30pm
October 14, 2009
Tim Wynne-Jones Shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General’s Award
Tim has been shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature – Text for The Uninvited (from Candlewick Press, distributed by Random House)!
Just a few weeks ago Tim was here at the THIN AIR 2009 Winnipeg International Writers Festival promoting The Uninvited and his Rex Zero series. He even taught a Professional Development course at Aqua Books for a lucky few writers!
In addition Tim was on the Mainstage for It’s About Love, Actually and performed on three School Stages (two of which were sold out).
This is the third time Tim has participated in the Winnipeg International Writers Festival (the first two times being in 2000 and 2004).
Winners of the $25,000 Governor General’s Award will be announced on Tuesday, November 17, in Montreal. The awards themselves will be given out by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on Thursday, November 26 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Other finalists also shortlisted for the award include Shelley Hrdlitschka, Sharon Jennings, Caroline Pignat, and Robin Stevenson.
October 8, 2009
Andrew Davidson Wins The Sunburst Award
The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2009 adult award is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson.
Andrew was featured at the 2008 THIN AIR festival.
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a prized and juried award presented annually. The award consists of a cash prize of $1,000 and a hand-crafted medallion which incorporates a "Sunburst" logo, designed by Marcel Gagné.
October 8, 2009
Joan Thomas has won the Amazon.ca First Novel Awared for Reading By Lightning
Winnipeg author Joan Thomas has won the $7,500.00 Amazon.ca First Novel award for her book Reading By Lightning.
In 2008 she was featured at the THIN AIR festival.
Thomas also won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Canada and Caribbean Region earlier this year. The book, published by Goose Lane Editions, follows a family living in Manitoba in the 1930s. Her second novel, Curiosity, will be published by McClelland & Stewart in 2010.
Reading By Lightning is also this On the Same Page Book for Manitoba, http://www.onthesamepage.ca/index.php.
October 8, 2009
Congratulations to Elizabeth Bachinsky!
Vancouver author Elizabeth Bachinsky has just been named a finalist for the prestigious Kobzar Literary Award for her poetry collection God of Missed Connections.
Presented biennially, the $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award recognizes a Canadian writer who best presents a Ukrainian Canadian theme with literary merit through poetry, play, screenplay, musical, fiction, non-fiction or young people's literature.
Elizabeth was one of the authors at the 2009 THIN AIR Festival where she wowed audiences with her wit and charm.
Another author shortlisted for the award is Randall Maggs for Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems. He was featured at the 2008 THIN AIR Festival.
The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in Toronto on March 4, 2010.
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