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Human Happiness: A Memoir

Human Happiness: A Memoir

Brian Fawcett

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Not Wanted On The Voyage

Not Wanted On The Voyage

Timothy Findley

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Food, Sex, and Salmonella: Why Our Food is Making Us Sick

Food, Sex, and Salmonella: Why Our Food is Making Us Sick

David Waltner-Toews

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The next Script to Screen author profile in the works - and a fascinating read so far.

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Diary of a Fly

Diary of a Fly

Doreen Cronin

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A charming tale, with a surprising amount of actual scientific fact, told from the perspective of Fly, who worries just how she will become the superhero she can be!

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I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The Lost Tale Of The Underground Railroad

I've Got a Home in Glory Land: The Lost Tale Of The Underground Railroad

Karolyn Smardz Frost

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A little video from the launch event for the book, featuring the author and comments from Austin Clarke. Karolyn just won the Governor General's Literary Award!

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The Ravine

The Ravine

PAUL QUARRINGTON

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This is the companion book to "At A Loss for Word" - the guy's perspective - read 'em one after the other :)

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At A Loss For Words

At A Loss For Words

Diane Schoemperlen

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For all of us who have wasted *years* expending energy on p.a.'s - you'll be cured forever after reading this book!

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Grail Springs Holistic Detox: For Body, Mind & Spirit

Grail Springs Holistic Detox: For Body, Mind & Spirit

MADELEINE MARENTETTE

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Fighter

Fighter

Craig Davidson

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What Casanova Told Me

What Casanova Told Me

Susan Swan

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JPod

JPod

Douglas Coupland

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No-Limit Texas Hold'em: A Complete Course

No-Limit Texas Hold'em: A Complete Course

Angel Largay

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Our director Bert Kish and screenwriter Paul Quarrington read this, and spent a whole lotta time quizzing Angel Largay - he didn't disappoint! Angel won 130% of our budget back for the film!

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The Tunnels

The Tunnels

Michelle Gagnon

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An excellent subway read, though it might make you miss your stop. Oh, and don't ride alone at night! Watch the BookShort Author interview with Michelle at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog

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In and Down

In and Down

Brett Alexander Savory

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See the video at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2007/08/in-and-down-by-brett-savory-is-more.html

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Tour de Life: From Coma to Competition

Tour de Life: From Coma to Competition

Saul Raisin

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Confessions Of A Pilgrim

Confessions Of A Pilgrim

Sue Kenney

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See the launch event at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2007/07/confessions-of-pilgrim-launch-event_12.html

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Delible

Delible

Anne Stone

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See the video at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2007/09/anne-stone-delible-is-seductive-and.html

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My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir

My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir

Rona Maynard

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See the video at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2007/08/rona-maynard-on-my-mother-daughter-is_09.html

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Running For My Life: On the extreme road adventure runner Ray Zahab

Running For My Life: On the extreme road adventure runner Ray Zahab

Ray Zahab

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Architects Are Here

Architects Are Here

Michael Winter

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See the video at http://www.bookshorts.com/blog/2007/09/michael-winter-tells-us-architects-are.html

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What Happened Later: A Novel

What Happened Later: A Novel

Ray Robertson

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The Given Day: A Novel

The Given Day: A Novel

DENNIS LEHANE

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Soucouyant

Soucouyant

David Chariandy

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The Gargoyle: A Novel

The Gargoyle: A Novel

DAVIDSON ANDREW

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Incredible; coming out August 2008.

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Hamish X And The Hollow Mountain

Hamish X And The Hollow Mountain

Sean Cullen

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Because Paul Q gave this to me, and I loved it. Fantastical adult fables, a glorius guilty pleasure.

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Atonement (movie Tie-in Edition)

Atonement (movie Tie-in Edition)

Ian Mcewan

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After seeing the flicker, now I have to re-read the book - what a delight :)

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Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems

Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems

Randall Maggs

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The next book to be adapted for BookShorts, an amazing epic poem about true hero. Stay tuned for more on the new film!

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Between Trains

Between Trains

BARRY CALLAGHAN

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Stunt

Stunt

Claudia Dey

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Because she is so charming on stage, and because I remember her ode to Michael Winter last fall, during Michael's roast, hosted by TINARS.

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Human Happiness: A Memoir | Brian Fawcett

National Post Review of Human Happiness (excerpt)

6 months ago

From The Afterword, by Philip Marchand, National Post ... Perhaps more than art or mysticism, warmth and generosity redeem everything. It is the tone of warmth that redresses the book’s outbursts of opinion, its occasional extremes of indelicacy, as our Victorian predecessors might have put it. It is a series of undramatic incidents in this memoir that pierce the heart, such as the occasion when Fawcett and his father worked together on repairing the son’s Volkswagen. “I was too stupid to ac… read review

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Reviewed: The Gargoyle: A Novel | DAVIDSON ANDREW

We liked it so much we made a movie!

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Reviewed: My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir | RONA MAYNARD

Rona Maynard Delves Deep into Mother-Daughter Dynamics

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Reviewed: I-robot Poetry By Jason Christie | Jason Christie

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Andrew Davidson's wonderful screen presence imbues The Gargoyle: Sei's Story

4 years ago

In the interpretation of novel The Gargoyle, named similarly “The Gargoyle: Sei’s Story” by Director / Editor Bert Kish, the words of author Andrew Davidson are used as they are spoken by the artist himself. It's not text from the book, nor a pre-written script. The narrative the viewer hears is authentically and literally the author’s voice, giving the work a deep resonance not often captured in this genre of film. The images and music evoke the mystery and mythic dimensions of this … view post

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Human Happiness: A Memoir

Human Happiness: A Memoir

Brian Fawcett

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... easy and perpetual shifting between the seemingly trivial and the genuinely profound ... (from review by David Sheilds, author of "The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead"

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At A Loss For Words

At A Loss For Words

Diane Schoemperlen

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Mandatory life learning.

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Diary of a Fly

Diary of a Fly

Doreen Cronin

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If you *really* want to delight a child, learn about these deceptively "icky" bugs, and indulge in the gorgeous detailed art, have a gander at this third book by the NYT bestseller!

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My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir

My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir

Rona Maynard

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A truly sincere tale of love and self-redemption (biased as I am); addresses universal issues and at the same time makes one pine for a sequel to explore this women's evolution.

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A remarkable window on a young man's formative years in The Bronx during the Great Depression and WWII.

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North By 2000+

H. A. Hargreaves

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Timeless, insightful speculative fiction from one of Canada's premier writers of the genre.

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Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron Of New York

Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron Of New York

Nate Hendley

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An easy, insightful look at another iconic gangster from the Prohibition Era in the U.S.

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Stonehouse Cooks: timeless recipes for the 21st century

Stonehouse Cooks: timeless recipes for the 21st century

Lorina Stephens

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Stonehouse Cooks offers recipes, meal plans and strategies to bring nutrition, delicious food and fun into the kitchen and on to the table.

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The Organic Home Garden

Patrick Lima

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We are ridiculously excited to be presenting on September 1, 2011, gardening gurus, Patrick Lima & John Scanlan's new, revised, updated, engaging, informative and fabulous The Organic Home Garden.

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Crystal Death: North America's Most Dangerous Drug

Nate Hendley

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The first of our trio of fabulous books this year releases June 1, 2011, from well-known Five Rivers author, Nate Hendley. It's a hard-hitting look at this most devastating of drugs

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Tragedy in 1830s Upper Canada, a woman in exile, vengeance and hope, now available in digital format. http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=five%20rivers%20chapmanry&pageSize=12

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The King's Last Song

The King's Last Song

Geoff Ryman

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Worthy of awards, proof small presses throughout the world are publishing jewels overlooked by the giants. And this novel certainly is a jewel. If you haven't read The King's Last Song, you should.

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