Canada Council's 50th a cause for celebration all year

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www.bookshorts.com -- It only happens once, a 50 year anniversary, and this year is the one for our supporters at the Canada Council. As these VIPs at the just-past Book Expo Canada so eloquently state -- Patrick Crean (Thomas Allen), Anne Green (WordFest), and Anna Porter (Author) -- where would we be as a nation without the far-ranging and consistent advocacy the Council has maintained throughout its existence. You might take issue with the process on occaision, you might even have been passed over in a grant application a time or two, but taken from the perspective of cultural nation-building and making real an international presence, you really can't take issue with the cumulative beneficial impact the Canada Council has had for us all.

With a gracious word from the Canada Council Head of Writing & Publishing, Melanie Rutledge.

Shot on location at MTCC during BookExpo (c) 2007 BookShorts.com