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Mr. Christie's Book Awards
The Mr. Christie's Book Awards (french: Prix du livre M. Christie) was a Canadian literary prize awarded by William Mellis Christie, Christie, Brown & Company, a division of Nabisco. The awards were discontinued in 2004. The awards were generally considered to be the "Scotiabank Giller Prize, Giller Prize for children's authors". History The awards were established to promote excellence in Canadian children's literature. The recipients were required to be Canadian citizens or permanent residents. The prize was first awarded in 1990. Initially, awards were given for text and illustrations in English and French language books, a total of four categories. In 1993, the categories for text were divided based on age: one for ages 8 or less and one for ages 9 to 14. In 1994, it was decided that text and illustrations would no longer be judged separately and the number of age categories was increased to three: age 7 and under, ages 8 to 11 and ages 12 to 16. Winners English-language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mellis Christie
William Mellis Christie (5 January 1829 – 14 June 1900) is the namesake for the Canadian Mr. Christie brand of cookies and biscuits, owned by Nabisco. Christie was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the only child of John Christie and Jane Grant. He apprenticed as a baker before arriving in Canada in 1848. The Christie Bakery With Alexander Brown, Christie co-founded a city bakery in Toronto, which became Christie, Brown and Company in 1853. By the 1880s, Christie's was considered to be the largest manufacturer of biscuits in Canada. The firm's primary plant in Toronto covered . The business opened a $1 million biscuit factory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a region where spring wheat (the type of wheat in bakery flour) is a major crop, in February 1932. The product had a market base in all parts of the country but does not appear to have penetrated export markets to any degree before Christie's death. The product line, of which there were more than 400 varieties of cakes and bis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Lightburn
Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe Alasky * Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.'' Language * Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria * Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron) People Mononym *Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer Given name * Ron (given name) Surname *Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor *Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist *Emri Ron (born 1936), Israeli politician *Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player *Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician *José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor *Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor * *Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician *Michael Ron (born 1932), Israeli fencer *Michael Røn (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2000. Events *February – El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore takes over the ''Teatro Gran Splendid'' in Buenos Aires, converting it for use as retail space. *February 13 – The final original ''Peanuts'' comic strip is published. *March 14 – Stephen King's novella ''Riding the Bullet'' is published in e-book format only, as the world's first mass-market electronic book. *September 26 – English politician and writer Jeffrey Archer is charged with perjury, and on the same day opens in the title role of his own courtroom drama, ''The Accused''. *December 15 – In a landmark censorship case, '' Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)'', the Supreme Court of Canada rules that Canada Customs has no authority to make judgments on the permissibility of material being shipped to retailers, only to confiscate material specifically ruled by the courts to constitute an offence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nose From Jupiter
Richard Scrimger (born 1957) is a Canadian writer who has published fourteen books since 1996. He is best known for his children's literature, but has also written three books for adults: ''Crosstown'', ''Still Life With Children'' and ''Mystical Rose''. A winner of the Mr. Christie Award (for ''The Nose From Jupiter'') and recipient of dozens of award nominations, Scrimger is a favourite with many children and adults. All of his novels except ''The Boy From Earth'' and ''Still Life With Children'' have been short-listed for readers' choice awards. Several of his books have been named to Best-of, or Top-ten, or Notable lists by various libraries and publications, including Young Adult Library Services Association, Chicago Public Library, American Library Association, Time Out New York Kids, The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire. His books have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Thai, Korean, Portuguese, Slovenian, Italian, and Polish. Life and work Scrimger was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mombourquette
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer * Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church * Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire * Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general * Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist * Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer * Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1999. Events *May 1 – Andrew Motion is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for ten years. *June 19 – Stephen King is hit by a van while taking a walk. He is hospitalized for three weeks and only resumes writing his next book, '' On Writing'', in July. *September 7 – Black Diamond, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, is inaugurated as an extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. *''unknown date'' – Persephone Books is founded in Bloomsbury, London, by Nicola Beauman, to reprint mid-20th century fiction and non-fiction, mainly by women. New books Fiction *Isabel Allende – ''Daughter of Fortune (Hija de la fortuna)'' *Aaron Allston **''Solo Command'' **''Starfighters of Adumar'' *Laurie Halse Anderson – '' Speak'' *Max Barry – ''Syrup'' *Greg Bear – ''Darwin's Radio'' * Raymond Benson **''High Time to Kill'' **''The World Is Not Enough'' *Maeve Binchy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverwing (novel)
''Silverwing'' is a best-selling children's novel, written by Kenneth Oppel, first published in 1997 by HarperCollins. It tells the story of a colony of silverwing bats. The tone and artistic ambition of this series of bestsellers has been compared to the classic animal novel ''Watership Down''. ''Silverwing'' is the first installment of the Silverwing series, though it is chronologically the second novel in the sequence after '' Darkwing''. Plot Part I Shade is a young Silverwing bat whose father disappeared before he was born. He lives with his mother, Ariel, and is bullied by other newborns, especially Chinook and his friends, for being the runt of his colony. Shade challenges Chinook to look at the sun, an act forbidden by the owls. When Chinook backs down from the challenge, Shade looks at the sun, attracting the attention of an owl. Four elders, Bathsheba, Aurora, Lucretia and Frieda, try to discipline Shade at Tree Haven, the Silverwings' roost. Instead, Frieda takes Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Pratt
Ned Pratt (born 1964) is a Canadian photographer based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Pratt grew up in the community of St. Catherine's in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland. In 1986 he graduated with a BA in Art History from Acadia University then moved on to the University of British Columbia to study architecture. He returned to eastern Canada and earned a BFA in Photography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Upon graduation, Pratt worked as a freelance photo editor for the ''Sunday Express'', a newspaper published in Newfoundland from 1989 to 1991. In subsequent years his work appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''Newsweek'', ''Maclean's'', ''The Globe and Mail'', ''Canadian Geographic'' and the ''Financial Post''. Pratt's photographs are in various private, public and corporate collections including the Ford Motor Company of Canada's Photographic Collection at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa, the Art Gallery o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda George
Imelda is a feminine Spanish/Italian given name derived from the German form of Irmhild. Notable people with the name include: * Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Filipina politician * Imelda Chiappa, Italian road racing cyclist * Imelda Concepcion, Filipina actress * Imelda Crawford, birth name of Anne Crawford, British actress * Imelda Fransisca, Indonesian beauty queen * Imelda Gruber, Italian luger * Imelda Henry, Irish politician * Imelda Hobbins, Irish camogie player * Imelda Kennedy, Irish camogie player * Imelda Lambertini, 14th-century Italy Dominican child saint * Imelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos and 10th First Lady of the Philippines * Imelda Martínez, Mexican swimmer * Imelda May, Irish singer * Imelda Molokomme, feminist activist from Botswana * Imelda Papin, Filipina singer * Imelda Mary Read, known as Mel Read, British politician * Imelda Roche, Australian businessperson * Imelda Staunton, British actress * Imelda Therinne, Indonesian actress * Imelda Wig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Béha
Philippe Béha (born 1950) is a French Canadian children's book writer and illustrator living in Quebec. He was born in Casablanca to french parents, studied at the and came to Quebec in 1976. He worked as a freelance visual designer for Radio-Canada The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ... before becoming a full-time illustrator. Béha has illustrated more than 180 children's books. In 1982, he was awarded the Prix Communication-Jeunesse for best illustration in the professional illustrator category. He was a finalist for the Prix du livre jeunesse des Bibliothèques de Montréal in 2009, 2010 and 2012. Selected works * ''Seul au monde'' (1982) text by , received the Prix d’excellence from Graphisme Québec * ''Le Voyage à la recherche du temps'' (1982) text by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1998. Events *March 5 – Tennessee Williams' 1938 play ''Not About Nightingales'' receives its stage première in London, in a collaboration between the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and Corin and Vanessa Redgrave's Moving Theatre. *October **The death of the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom Ted Hughes leaves a gap of several months before a successor, Andrew Motion, is designated the following spring. **Kinoko Nasu (奈須きのこ) launches the ''Kara no Kyōkai'' series, with five chapters released online. *November 18 – Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award with her novel ''Charming Billy''. *December – ''The Strand Magazine'' title is revived in the United States. New books Fiction *Turki al-Hamad – ''Adama'' (first volume in ''Atyaf al-Aziqah al-Mahjurah'' (Phantoms of the Deserted Alley) trilogy) *Tariq Ali – ''The Book of Saladin'' *Aaron Allston **'' Iron Fist'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie McGaw
Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)", a 1965 tragic ballad by Dickey Lee People and fictional characters * Laurie (surname) * Laurie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Other uses * Laurie baronets, three titles, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * ''Tillandsia'' 'Laurie', a hybrid cultivar * "Laurie" (short story), a 2018 short story by Stephen King See also * Lawrie * Lauri (other) Lauri may refer to: * Lauri (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lauri (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lauri, Põlva County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Rapla County, a village in Estonia * Lauri, Võru ... * Lauria (other) * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
