Congratulations to
Scott A. Keating,
Raoul R. Andersen, and
John K. Crellin on being shortlisted for
the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards!
Scott Keating is a finalist for the Lillian Shepherd Memorial
Award for Excellence in Illustration for his illustrations in
What Colour is the Ocean? by Gary Collins with Maggie
Rose Parsons. Raoul Andersen and John Crellin are finalists for
the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing for
Mi'sel Joe: An Aboriginal Chief's Journey. The winners
will be announced at the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards celebration,
a highlight of the week-long Atlantic Book Awards and Festival,
taking place at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, April 14, at the Alderney
Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, NS.
March 1, 2010
Speak with J. A. Ricketts! Wednesday, March 10th, is the anniversary of the clash
between police and striking loggers in Badger, and J. A. (Judy)
Ricketts (author of The Badger Riot) will be Ramona
Dearing's guest on CBC Radio Noon Crosstalk. Tune in at
12:35 pm (12:05 pm Labrador) to hear what she has to say. If you
have a memory of the IWA strike or the riot that you'd like to share
or if you have a question for Judy, please call in!
March 1, 2010
NL Writers and Friends Book Club
On Monday, March 22, 7:00–9:00 pm, Nellie
Strowbridge, author of Catherine Snow,
will be the featured author at the NL Writers
and Friends Book Club, Division of Lifelong
Learning, Memorial University.
Join
in the discussion about Catherine Snow
and then hear what Nellie Strowbridge herself
has to say. The cost is only $12 for one
session or $30 for all three book club sessions.
Visit the Lifelong
Learning website for more information or to
register.
February 23, 2010
Flanker Press is on Facebook! Flanker Press has a new
Facebook Page and an updated
Facebook
Group! If you are on Facebook and want to stay up-to-date on all
our books, authors, news, and events, then this is the group to
join!
February 16, 2010
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Bill Rompkey,
editor of St. John's and the Battle of the Atlantic, on
being awarded the Navy League of Canada's prestigious Robert I.
Hendy Award for 2009! Named after the late Commodore Robert Ian
Hendy, VRD, CD, QC, DSc Mil, the Hendy Award is presented
annually to groups or to individuals who have accomplished feats
or achievements of national or international significance in the
area of maritime affairs.
The Events
Leading Up To My Death is a beautifully authored story of
humour, pathos, injury, and of love unrequited and of love
fulfilled.Ron Pumphrey,
man of a thousand lives, will keep you enthralled by this book’s
citings of some of the very cream of his quite adventurous life.
Notably, he shares for the first time the story of his meteoric
rise to fame as a radio talk-show host in Newfoundland.
