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    Canada Book Day
    Word on the Street,
    various cities, September 2003

    NaNoWriMo
    National Novel Writing Month is an international event featuring fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. Curious? Visit the website.

    Left Words Festival
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    A day of celebration with book readings, launches, author signings, music and mingling..


    AWARDS AND PRIZES:

    Canada Reads:
    and the winner is...

    Next Episode (Prochain Épisode)
    by Hubert Aquin
    Translated by Sheila Fischman
    chosen by Denise Bombardier
    Published by McClelland & Stewart


    Congratulations to the winners of the Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium:

    The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke (Thomas Allen Publishers)

    Testament by Nino Ricci (Doubleday Canada)

    Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry:

    Faux-fuyants by Éric Charlebois (Le Nordir)


    Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award

    2003 Winners:
    The Night Walker written by Richard Thompson, illustrated by Martin Springett.

    Parvana’s Journey written by Deborah Ellis

 

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