Ray Zahab's RUNNING FOR MY LIFE will have you out of your seat

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http://www.bookshorts.com/ -- Winner of some of the worlds most difficult and challenging ultra-distance foot races, to say that Ray Zahab is motivated by challenge, distance and discovery is more than an understatement. In Running for My Life (Insomniac Press, Sep 2007) he documents in words the incredible journeys he has set himself upon, leaving behind a previous lifetime of unhealthy choices. His is an infectious and indefatigable energy that inspires anyone to take on our own life feats.

Ray will be touring across Canada (in the rather more conventional style!) -- check out http://www.rayzahab.com/ for details; visit Insomniac Press to but the book now!

BookShort Author Profile CoProduced with BookExpo Canada "Script to Screen" Program (c) BookShorts 2007; more at http://www.movingstories.tv/

Anne Stone's DELIBLE is a seductive and spooky tome

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bookshorts.com -- Reading the new novel DELIBLE by Anne Stone counts as one of the amazing perks of this job -- it was haunting, and mezmerizing, and immediately conjured all kinds of visual images that would make for a really fantastic short film adaptation. Anne herself is featured in our video profile here, and tells the equally poignant story of how she came to write about the fictional Lora Sprague, a fifteen year old whose sister Mel has gone missing, inspired by real life tragedy. In the book, through Lora's eyes, we come to witness one family's experience of sustained uncertainty and how our identities also exist in the traces we leave behind. "...a seductive meditation on the ways young women mythologize, cling to, enrapture, and lose one another." Heather O'Neill

Jessica Rhaye's song Crazy Jayne provides a rich subtext to the profile, and we are super-lucky to have the support of one of the most forward-thinking music publishers, Pangaea Music House. Thanks Tony! The track is from her most recent recording "Jessica Rhaye-Short Stories" more of which viewers can find at http://www.jessicarhaye.com/ .

The novel is now available from Insomniac Press; CoProduced with BookExpo Canada at Script to Screen (c) BookShorts 2007; Visit MovingStories.TV for more tales behind the stories!

IN AND DOWN by Brett Savory is more than a carnival

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BookShorts.com -- In Brett Alexander Savory's new novel, In and Down (Brindle & Glass, Sept 07), one could simplistically say a disturbed boy gets lost inside the frightening carnival of his own bizarre thoughts. But we agree with Quill and Quire bestowing a starred review, citing the book as a "masterful piece of work" and "transcending the conventions of the genre." Our filmic art-piece barely does justice, with a gesture to the wonderfully creepy dream-state that Brett evokes through the spiralling story. For those of you who love a psychically horrific tale (not the blood-splattering type, though you'll find the book in the horror section) and maximum fodder for cinematic nightmares, dive in and you will not be disappointed. This interview Sponsored by BookExpo Canada Script to Screen Program.

"If you gave me 10 words to describe Brett Savory's writing style, I'd only need 5: Like A House On Fire." -Craig Davidson, Author of The Fighter -- watch Craig's BookShort and many more on www.MovingStories.TV!

Book Expo Generates Over Thirty Hours of Prime Author Video

www.BookShorts.com -- From BEA in New York to BEC in Toronto we got a whole lotta footage (and I mean miles on foot too!) -- almost a week's worth of excellent interviews, news and event coverage at the two Book Expo's this year. A big shout out to our partners Reed Expo in the "Script to Screen" Video Production and Distribution Program. Here are just a few of the many writers, books and organizations that will be tagged - watch the BookShorts Blog for postings starting in mid-July.

Fiction Titles By ...
Barry Callaghan; Ray Robertson; Anne Stone; Stephen Henighan; Richard B. Wright; Zoe Whitall; Pete Hamill; J.T. Ellison; Michelle Gagnon; Brett Alexander Savory.

Non-Fiction Titles By ...
Madeleine Marentette; Ray Zahab; Chris Elliott; David Gilmour; Elizabeth Hay; Rona Maynard; Hal Niedzviecki; Lesley Choyce; Dr. Bob Hoffman; Dave Sheilds; Jan Newman; Jonthan Culp; Dan Boudreau; Lyndon Andrew; Rose Howshowski; Russ L. Bruce, Dr. Munawar Sabir.

Children's Titles By ...
Christopher Paul Curtis; Harry Bliss and Doreen Cronin; Libba Bray; Delia Ephron; Jack Gantos; Shannon Hale; Ellen Kushner; Carolyn Mackler; Peter McCarty; Charise Mericle Harper; Jim Murphy; Christopher Myers; Sara Pennypacker; Frank Portman; Jordon Sonnenblick; Sara Varon; Howard Whitehouse; Chris Lin; Ruth Ohi; Linda Granfield; Evan Solomon; Susan Juby; Deborah Ellis; Martha Brooks; Brian Doyle.

News & Events With ...
Yann Martel, Susan Swan, Deborah Windsor, The Writer's Union of Canada & LongPen; Devices & Desires; Market Research with Dan Aronchick; Understanding Reading Habits with Environics Research; Corporate Social Media Platforms and Using Social Networking to Build Author Brands; and Best Practices in Digital Marketing and on the floor show coverage.

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