BookShorts NEWS: February 2007

BookShorts News February 2007
1. Moving Stories: Casanova, Confessions
2. BookShort Films on Chapters Indigo Live
3. JPod Theatrical World Premiere at SXSW
4. Movieola BookShort Broadcasts
5. Blog Features Neil Smith BANG CRUNCH
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1. ARMCHAIR JOURNEYS are in focus on Moving Stories TV
CLT Sunday, February 11, 8:30am, 11am, 1pm
BookTelevision Thursday, February 22, 8pm

This show focuses on the impact of location, with directors of the dramatic short What Casanova Told Me by Susan Swan revealing the magic of re-creating 18th century Venice in downtown Toronto, and in the doc Confessions of a Pilgrim Sue Kenney is transformed by her trek on the Camino, which she shot entirely on location in Spain.
Moving Stories Website“ http://www.bookshorts.com/movingstories.htm
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2. Chapters Indigo Goes Live with BookShort Films
Fans and new readers alike can now find close to thirty BookShort video interviews and films -- click Author Videos and Podcasts in the Special Features, right on the Chapters Indigo home page. The webbies at Chapters have collected all the best clips, of which we are proud to say a whole bunch are from BookShorts talented screen peeps!
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3. JPod theatrical premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival
We've cracked the US film circuit with the JPod BookShort based on Douglas Coupland's novel, happily riding along with EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN, the Radke Films feature whose screenplay was penned by our favourite multi-talented geek artist. Watch the BookShorts website for more news on the SXSW JPod screening date. http://www.bookshorts.com/watch_jpod.htm
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4. Movieola-The Short Film Channel Hosts Broadcast Slate
Making their first appearance on the television schedule:
February 15 @ 9:00pm Archetypes
February 19 @ 10:00pm Angel Takes All: No-Limit Texas Hold'em
February 21 @10:00pm The Fighter
February 22 @ 9:00pm i-ROBOT Poetry
March 12 @ 10:00pm The Upside of Down

AND, for extra special added bonus, you can now use the interactive program guide to check for your local channel AND airdates! One Bullet Away, JPod, This Hour Has Seven Decades, ICE, What Casanova Told Me -- they're all on the sked -- Check out http://www.movieola.ca/
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5. Neil Smith's First Live Reading from Bang Crunch
Watch New Face of Fiction newbie Neil Smith perform (and we mean get into character!) at his first-ever public reading to an audience ... other than his cat ... at International Readings At Harbourfront.
Now up on http://bookshorts.blip.tv/ and http://www.bookshorts.com/blog
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About BookShorts
BookShorts are short films adapted from books, including exclusive behind-the-scenes features. They have screened nationally on television specialty channels, in film and literary festivals from Vancouver to St. John's, New York and Washington. BookShorts Literacy Program is supported by Canadian Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners in the Canadian publishing community. For current catalogue, visit http://www.bookshorts.com/.

Judith Keenan
BookShorts Literacy Program / BookShorts Inc.
Judith@BookShorts.com

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