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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] |
Farrar, Straus And Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, and Nobel Prizes. the publisher is a division of Macmillan, whose parent company is the German publishing conglomerate Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Founding Farrar, Straus, and Company was founded in 1945 by Roger W. Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. The first book was ''Yank: The G.I. Story of the War'', a compilation of articles that appeared in ''Yank, the Army Weekly'', then ''There Were Two Pirates'', a novel by James Branch Cabell. The first years of existence were rough until they published the diet book ''Look Younger, Live Longer'' by Gayelord Hauser in 1950. The book went on to sell 500,000 copies and Straus said that the book carried them along for a while. In the early years, Straus and his wife ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Naidu. In 1991, following the death of owner Ramnath Goenka, his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the ''Indian Express'' title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai, retained the ''Indian Express'' moniker, while the southern editions became ''The New Indian Express''. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on July 1st, 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on September 5, 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on accoun ... [...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] |
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] |
2020s Fantasy Novels
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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