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A Girl Like That (novel)
''A Girl Like That'' is a 2018 novel by Tanaz Bhathena. The book was nominated for the 2019 Ontario Library Association White Pine Award. Plot summary The book begins with a car crash and the death of the two main characters, Zarin and Porus, two fictional teenagers from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Their ghosts watch from the wreckage, and see the reactions of their families and friends. The rest of the novel reveals the events that occurred before the car crash. Reception ''A Girl Like That'' was reviewed by Quill & Quire, Kirkus Reviews, The Globe and Mail, and CBC Radio. Anum Shafqat, a staff writer for The Harvard Crimson, rated the novel as 4.5 stars. See also * The Beauty of the Moment * Hunted by the Sky ''Hunted by the Sky'' is a fantasy novel by Tanaz Bhathena that was published in 2020. It won the 2021 White Pine Award. Reception The book was reviewed by ''Quill & Quire'', ''The Hindu'', and ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Ex ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl Like That (novel)
''A Girl Like That'' is a 2018 novel by Tanaz Bhathena. The book was nominated for the 2019 Ontario Library Association White Pine Award. Plot summary The book begins with a car crash and the death of the two main characters, Zarin and Porus, two fictional teenagers from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Their ghosts watch from the wreckage, and see the reactions of their families and friends. The rest of the novel reveals the events that occurred before the car crash. Reception ''A Girl Like That'' was reviewed by Quill & Quire, Kirkus Reviews, The Globe and Mail, and CBC Radio. Anum Shafqat, a staff writer for The Harvard Crimson, rated the novel as 4.5 stars. See also * The Beauty of the Moment * Hunted by the Sky ''Hunted by the Sky'' is a fantasy novel by Tanaz Bhathena that was published in 2020. It won the 2021 White Pine Award. Reception The book was reviewed by ''Quill & Quire'', ''The Hindu'', and ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Ex ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanaz Bhathena
Tanaz Bhathena is a Canadian author. She has written ''A Girl Like That'' and '' The Beauty of the Moment.'' Early life Bhathena was born in Mumbai, and later lived in Saudi Arabia. She moved to Canada when she was a teenager. Bibliography *''A Girl Like That'' (2018) *''The Beauty of the Moment'' (2019) *''Hunted by the Sky'' (2020) *''Rising Like a Storm'' (2021) Accolades * 2018 – Nominated for the 2019 White Pine Award The ''White Pine Award'' is one of the annual literature Forest of Reading awards sponsored by the Ontario Library Association (OLA). Every year, 10 books are nominated for the award and students vote their favourite book. The White Pine Nonfi ... for ''A Girl Like That'' * 2019 – Nominated for the 2020 White Pine Award for ''The Beauty of the Moment'' * 2021 – Winner of the 2021 White Pine Award for ''Hunted by the Sky'' References 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian writers of youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Pine Award
The ''White Pine Award'' is one of the annual literature Forest of Reading awards sponsored by the Ontario Library Association (OLA). Every year, 10 books are nominated for the award and students vote their favourite book. The White Pine Nonfiction Award was discontinued after 2014. Voting In order to vote for the winner, one must register at the local branch library and read a minimum of 5 of the 10 nominated books. The program ends in April (of that year), with the voting day usually on April 18. Based on student voting across the province, the most popular book is then selected and author is honored with the White Pine Award. There are usually about 10 different nominees for the award every year. Winners (Fiction) * 2002 – ''Dancing Naked'', written by Shelley Hrdlitschka. Published by Orca Book Publishers. * 2003 – ''A Foreign Field'', written by Gillian Chan. Published by Kids Can Press. * 2004 – ''The First Stone'', written by Don Aker. Published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliph Osman made it a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca, and to serve Muslim travelers for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently by air. With a population of about 4,697,000 people as of 2021, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the second-largest city in the Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), and the ninth-largest in the Middle East. It also serves as the administrative centre of the OIC. Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world and the second-largest and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quill & Quire
''Quill & Quire'' is a Canadian magazine about the book and publishing industry. The magazine was launched in 1935 and has an average circulation of 5,000 copies per issue, with a publisher-claimed readership of 25,000. ''Quill & Quire'' reviews books and magazines and provides a forum for discussion of trends in the publishing industry. The publication is considered a significant source of short reviews for new Canadian books. History Started in 1935 by Wallace Seccombe's Current Publications, ''Quill & Quires original editorial focus was on office supplies and stationery, with books taking on increasing importance only as Canada's fledgling indigenous book publishing industry began to grow and flourish. In 1971, Michael de Pencier purchased the magazine from Southam (who had bought it from Seccombe and owned it for just six months). ''Quill & Quire'' remained with de Pencier as part of the Key Publishers/Key Media stable for 30 years, until its sale in 2003 (as part of a larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkus Reviews
''Kirkus Reviews'' (or ''Kirkus Media'') is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus (1893–1980). The magazine is headquartered in New York City. ''Kirkus Reviews'' confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature. ''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month; previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year. History Virginia Kirkus was hired by Harper & Brothers to establish a children's book department in 1926. The department was eliminated as an economic measure in 1932 (for about a year), so Kirkus left and soon established her own book review service. Initially, she arranged to get galley proofs of "20 or so" books in advance of their publication; almost 80 years later, the service was receiving hundreds of books weekly and reviewing about 100. Initially titled ''Bulletin'' by Kirkus' Bookshop Service from 1933 to 1954, the title was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Radio
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below. English CBC Radio operates three English language networks. *CBC Radio One - Primarily news and information, Radio One broadcasts to most communities across Canada. Until 1997, it was known as "CBC Radio". * CBC Music - Broadcasts an adult music format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. From 2007 to 2018, it was known as "CBC Radio 2". *CBC Radio 3 - Broadcasts a youth-oriented indie rock format on Internet radio and Sirius XM Radio. Some content from Radio 3 was also broadcast as weekend programming on Radio Two until March 2007. The inconsistency of branding between the word "One" and the numerals "2" and "3" was a deliberate design choice on CBC's part and is not an error, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Harvard Crimson
''The Harvard Crimson'' is the student newspaper of Harvard University and was founded in 1873. Run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates, it served for many years as the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Beginning in the fall of 2022, the paper transitioned to a weekly publishing model. About ''The Crimson'' Any student who volunteers and completes a series of requirements known as the "comp" is elected an editor of the newspaper. Thus, all staff members of ''The Crimson''—including writers, business staff, photographers, and graphic designers—are technically "editors". (If an editor makes news, he or she is referred to in the paper's news article as a "''Crimson'' editor", which, though important for transparency, also leads to characterizations such as "former President John F. Kennedy '40, who was also a ''Crimson'' editor, ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.") Editorial and financial decisions rest in a board of executives, collectively called a "guar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Of The Moment
''The Beauty of the Moment'' is a 2019 novel written by Tanaz Bhathena. The novel was nominated for the 2020 White Pine Award. Plot summary Susan Thomas has emigrated from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and has recently moved to Mississauga, Ontario. Susan is passionate about art, but she knows that her parents expect her to pursue a career as a doctor or an engineer and that they would not allow her to attend art school. Reception The book has been reviewed by ''The Globe and Mail,'' ''Kirkus Reviews,'' and ''Quill & Quire.'' See also * A Girl Like That (novel) * Hunted by the Sky ''Hunted by the Sky'' is a fantasy novel by Tanaz Bhathena that was published in 2020. It won the 2021 White Pine Award. Reception The book was reviewed by ''Quill & Quire'', ''The Hindu'', and ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Ex ... References External links 2019 Canadian novels Novels set in Ontario Mississauga in fiction Canadian young adult novels Books by Tanaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunted By The Sky
''Hunted by the Sky'' is a fantasy novel by Tanaz Bhathena that was published in 2020. It won the 2021 White Pine Award. Reception The book was reviewed by ''Quill & Quire'', ''The Hindu'', and ''The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...''. See also * A Girl Like That (novel) * The Beauty of the Moment References 2020 Canadian novels 2020s fantasy novels Books by Tanaz Bhathena {{2020s-fantasy-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Young Adult Novels
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
