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Cary Fagan
Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, ''The Student,'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, ''My Life Among the Apes,'' was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and his widely praised adult novel, ''A Bird's Eye'', was shortlisted for the 2013 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His novel ''Valentine's Fall'' was nominated for the 2010 Toronto Book Award. Since publishing his first original children's book in 2001, he has published 25 children's titles. Personal life Fagan was born in 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the Toronto suburbs and attended the University of Toronto, graduating with a degree in English and winning eight student awards. He has lived for short periods in London and New York City, and now lives in Toronto. He is married to Rebecca Comay, a member of the philosophy department at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers. Alongside the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Giller Prize, it is considered one of the three main awards for Canadian fiction in English. Its eligibility criteria allow for it to garland collections of short stories as well as novels. The award was first presented in 1997. It was renamed in January 2021, in order to honour the Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson. Concurrently with the renaming, the prize package was increased from $50,000 to $60,000, matching the amount currently presented by its sibling, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.K. J. Aiello"Will a Writers’ Trust award honouring Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson mark the beginning of a hopeful year for writers?" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chan Hon Goh
Chan Hon Goh, C.M. D.Litt (simplified Chinese: 吴振红; traditional Chinese: 吳振紅; born in 1969 in Beijing, China), is a Chinese-born Canadian ballerina. Goh was most notably a principal dancer with The National Ballet of Canada before going on to become a published author, director, teacher, executive producer, and entrepreneur. Early life Chan Hon Goh was born in 1969 Beijing, China to Choo Chiat Goh and Lin Yee Goh. Both of her parents were Principal Dancers with The National Ballet of China and her uncle, Choo San Goh, was an acclaimed American choreographer and Associate Director of the Washington Ballet. In 1976, during the height of political unrest, they left China for Vancouver, British Columbia, where they established the Goh Ballet Academy. In Vancouver, Chan Hon Goh took her first ballet class at age 9. By age 13, Goh was training in Goh Ballet’s Professional Division and went on to perform as part of their Youth Company and at various international co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geist (magazine)
''Geist'' is a Canadian literary magazine published quarterly since 1990. The magazine takes its name from the German word geist (meaning "mind" or "spirit"). ''Geist'' was co-founded in 1990 by Stephen Osborne and Mary Schendlinger in their living room, with financing of just $7,500. On April 20, 2015, ''Geist'' announced that Osborne and Schendlinger would be stepping down and staff members Michał Kozłowski and AnnMarie MacKinnon would be taking over. The magazine is known in part for its series of Canadian maps (e.g. "Canadian placenames that sound impolite," "The Beer Map of Canada," etc.) and for spearheading various campaigns, such as petitions to have folk singer Stan Rogers inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the ''Geist Annual Literal Literary Postcard Contest''. ''Geist'' has received numerous award nominations, including National Magazine Awards in 2010 and 2017. It won the 2017 Gold Medal for Photojournalism & Photo Essay for Terence Byrnes' ''South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercury Press
The Mercury Press is a Canadian publishing company which publishes literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction works by Canadians. Mercury has a substantial jazz list and has also published murder mysteries. Books published by Mercury have won or been shortlisted for awards including The Governor General's Award, The City of Toronto Book Award, and the Trillium Award. History In 1978, Glynn Davies founded the Aya Press, first publishing ''Ancient Music'' by Itzy Borstein. Over its eleven-year lifespan, the Aya Press published the work of experimental poets and culturally significant fiction. On January 1, 1990, the Aya Press changed its name to The Mercury Press, meaning "messenger" or "signpost." Funding The Mercury Press is funded by contributions from the Canadian Council For the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Ontario Media Development Corporation's Book Fund, and the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit Program. It also receives funding from the Government of Canada throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Pavlović (illustrator)
Milan Pavlović may refer to: * Milan Pavlović (footballer) (born 1967), Serbian footballer * Milan Pavlović (actor) (born 1970), Bosnian actor and TV personality See also * Milan Pavlovič (born 1980), Slovak football {{hndis, Pavlovic, Milan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carles Arbat
Carles () is a common Catalan given name of Germanic origin, which also appears as a surname. The English language equivalent is Charles. The name Carles can refer to: People *Carles (name) Places *Carles, Iloilo, a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines, named after the Spanish Governor of Iloilo. See also *Alfara de Carles * Sant Carles (other) *Calès (other) *Cares (other) * Carle (other) * Carlee *Carless (other) *Carley (other) *Carlos (other) *Caples (other) *Cartes (other) Cartes is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain. Cartes or ''variant'', may also refer to: People * Horacio Cartes (born 1956), a Paraguayan businessman and president of Paraguay * Luis Cartés (born 1998), a U ... * Charles (other) {{disambig Catalan masculine given names Catalan-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dena Seiferling
Dena (in Luri and fa, ) is the name for a sub-range within the Zagros Mountains, Iran. Mount Dena, with length and average width, is situated on the boundary of the Isfahan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Provinces of Iran. Mount Dena has more than 40 peaks higher than . With an elevation of 4,409 metres above sea level, Qash-Mastan is the highest peak in the Dena Range and in the Zagros Mountains in general. Another known peak in this range is Hose-Daal close to the city of Sisakht, to the north of Yasuj. Annual precipitation in Mount Dena ranges from and various rivers including a branch of the Karun rise in this range. Geologically, Mount Dena is located in the Sanandaj-Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran and is mainly made of Cretaceous limestone. On 18 February 2018, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashed into Mount Dena, killing all 65 people on board. Gallery Dena2.jpg, Dena3.jpg, Denaltgh6.jpg, Denaltgh4.jpg, Den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kady MacDonald Denton
Kady MacDonald Denton (born 22 July 1941) is a Canadian creator of children's books, primarily an illustrator of picture books. She observed in 2011 that "I'm in that quickly-shrinking group of illustrators who doesn’t use a computer at any stage in the illustration process." Life Denton was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She studied at the University of Toronto, the Banff School of Fine Arts, and the Chelsea School of Art. She and her husband live in Peterborough, Ontario. Career Early in the 1990s Denton illustrated three Kingfisher collections of retellings by Ann Pilling, which have been reissued. For another Kingfisher collection several years later, ''A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes'', she won the 1998 Governor General's Award for English language children's illustration, and also the 1999 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award and Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Awards. (1986–2008). IBBY Canada (ibby-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Côté
Geneviève Côté (born 1964) is a Canadian illustrator living in Montreal, mainly known for her work on children's books. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, and received a bachelor's degree in graphic design from Concordia University in 1987. Côté has contributed illustrations to various publications including ''The New York Times'', ''The Boston Globe'', ''Utne Reader'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''; her work has been featured in magazines such as ''Communication Arts'', '' Print'' and '' American Illustration''. She has also worked for advertising agencies in Toronto, Montreal and Melbourne. From 1993 to 1995, Côté was president of the Association des illustrateurs et illustratrices du Québec. Selected works * ''La grande aventure d’un petit mouton noir'', text by Marie-Danielle Croteau (1999), appeared on the short list for a Governor General's Literary Award * ''Le premier printemps du monde'', Innu legend, text by Rémy Savard and Catherine Germain (2003), appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Melanson
Luc or LUC may refer to: Places * Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune * Luc, Lozère, France, a commune * Le Luc, France, a commune * Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement People and fictional characters * Luc (given name) * Luc (surname) Academia * Leiden University College The Hague, a liberal arts & sciences honours college in the Netherlands * Limburgs Universitair Centrum, now University of Hasselt, Belgium * Loyola University Chicago Other uses * Land-use change * LUC, cryptosystem based on Lucas sequences See also * Château de Luc, a French castle-ruin in the town of Luc in the Lozère ''département'' * Luc-en-Diois, France, a commune * Luc-la-Primaube, France, a commune * Luc-sur-Mer Luc-sur-Mer (, literally ''Luc on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Sights * The "Maison de la Baleine" created by Jean Chabriac. On January 15, 1885 a 40-ton and 19 me ..., France, a commune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groundwood Books
House of Anansi Press is a Canadian publishing company, founded in 1967 by writers Dennis Lee and Dave Godfrey. The company specializes in finding and developing new Canadian writers of literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. History Anansi started as a small press with only one full-time employee, writer George Fetherling. It quickly gained attention for publishing significant authors such as Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Michael Ondaatje, Marian Engel, Erín Moure, Paulette Jiles, George Grant and Northrop Frye. The company also published many translations of French language works by authors such as Roch Carrier, Anne Hébert, Lise Bissonnette and Marie-Claire Blais. Anansi publishes the transcripts for many of the Massey Lectures. House of Anansi Press was purchased in 1989 by General Publishing, parent of Stoddart Publishing. In June 2002 it was acquired by Scott Griffin, founder of the Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Debon
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
