Donner Prize Shortlist 2007/2008 The Book Profiles

www.movingstories.tv ... Allan Gotlieb, Chairman of the Donner Canadian Foundation states, This year will be remarkable for a number of reasons. We are celebrating the Donner Prizes 10th anniversary, and we have five exceptional shortlisted books that grapple with some of Canadas most pressing public policy challenges.

The Shortlist video delivers the expert opinions of this years jury at the heat of the moment during their their intense jury adjudications. Together with the evocative images, musical score, and flavoured by Colin Mochries narration, the Shortlist Book Profiles are moving tribute to the spirit of the Donner Prize.

More on the prize at www.donnerbookprize.com  

Night Work: A Sawchuk Poem - Directed by Justin Simms

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www.bookshorts.com/watch_nightwork.htm ...  "The book by Randall Maggs certainly illustrated for me the power Sawchuk carried in terms of his mythology.  Dealing with heroes, and our interpretations of them, is always a fascinating thing... and Sawchuk, with his great warrior spirit in the face of relentless adversity, is a striking example of the human condition.  I think it makes Sawchuk's story universal.  In its own way, his story is our story."  This from Director Justin Simms, about his short film adaptation inspired by Maggs' NIGHT WORK: THE SAWCHUK POEMS.  Randy has been receiving excellent reviews across the country, and is in great demand by festivals and audience across the country.  Catch him in April at Readings at Harbourfront in Toronto, and in a tour out west in the Fall of 2008.

 (c) BookShorts Literacy Program, with the assistance of Canadian Heritage and Brick Books.  www.brickbooks.ca

What would you do At a Loss for Words: Diane Schoemperlen

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http://www.movingstories.tv -- Read Diane Schoemperlen's novel, "At a Loss for Words." Then read Quarrington's "The Ravine" right after, immediately after. Or the other way around, doesn't matter. Very interesting that juxtaposition.

BookShorts Literacy Program; Special Thanks to Becky at International Readings at Harbourfront and Phyllis Bruce at HarperCollins for sending the novel-that-could-be-my-personal-journal.