BookShorts generates news stories
through its active marketing programs for authors and publishers.
We provide comprehensive press kits on all of our original productions.
Click on PRESS KITS below.
We are grateful to the working journalists that frequently
call upon our team of creative, strategic and business executives
in their coverage of the latest news and trends. Click on
NEWSLETTER below.
We stay pro-actively monitor industry trends and publish
white papers, case studies, and industry trade articles to
help our clients and partners stay current. Click on BOOKSHORTS
BLOG below.
BookShorts
Press Clips
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Andrew Davidson flashes live into cyberspace
as his book is released simultaneously in three countries
... here >>
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Sarah Polley, Nino Ricci join
Film Advisors for Moving Stories Film Festival ... here
>>
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Moving Stories Film Fest announced
in The Book US industry trade magazine .JPG clip here
>>
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Sue Kenney Announces Book-to-Feature
Film Deal at BEC BookShorts Lounge, June 11, 2007 ...
more at Sue Kenney's site here
>>>
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BookShorts Video for Trillium Book Awards
premieres as winners announced June 4, 2007.... here
>>
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Broken Pencil Hosts "Script to
Screen" Video Shoot-Out for Indie Writers May 15,
2007 .... here>>
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Globe & Mail "Critic's Choice"
for Moving Stories TV series on Rogers Television April
27, 2007 .... here
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InsideToronto profile "BookShorts
turn books into movies" May 9, 2007 ... here
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Rogers Television Broadcast Dates for
Moving Stories announced; 32 weeks starts May 1 here
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Wired Blog likes us, they really like
us! Check out the lovely props here
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Report from SXSW: New Media, New Tricks
- where we find out how successful producers are making
some kinda gold in them thar hills. >> download
.PDF here
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Jaded Expressions were not in fact
jaded at all; a Feature of the Month on BookShorts courtesy
of our fantastic collaborator Bruce Pirrie; by Melanie
Chung >>
here
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BlogTO event reviewer might have got
it wrong >>
here
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Showcase.ca Features JPod in special
promotion - sign up to their newsletter for contest and
member specials >> here
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CBC.ca Words at Large features syndicated
video vignette from Moving Stories, launching Dec. 13,
on Pretty's "Canadian Artisanal Cheese" ....
watch
the clip here
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CTVE-Talk Daily ...
Producer Robin Sandler champions the cause of books on
screen -- he produced this spot on BookShorts while we
were on set with Thomas Homer-Dixon 10/25/2006 >>
watch the clip
here
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Book Trailerpark Blog on The Book Standard
website is fantastic for keeping up with all kinds of
on-screen media for books and authors - see lots of squibs
on the site >> here
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Marketing Magazine covers the latest
in book marketing trends, including BookShorts - Sep 2006
>> read
it here
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CBC's WORDS AT LARGE ... ...September
is the month of film festivals across Canada. This week,
Words at Large takes a look at film adaptations of literature.
9/13/2006>> link
to site here
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National Post feature "Watch Your
Favourite Read" by Alison Broverman. June 10, 2006
>>
.PDF clip here
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Quill & Quire Broadcast news, part
1: BookShorts debuts new TV series at BookExpo ... June
14, 2006 >>
.PDF clip here
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C21 Media Headlines"CHUM goes
by the book" by Jen Kuzmyk, June 9, 2006 >>>
.PDF clip here
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Quill & Quire Tech Talk dominates
BEA .. report on BookShorts in Washington DC >>
.JPG clip here
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"…BookShorts
is the logical next step in our on-going celebration of
quality literature. It's the filmmaker marrying the writer.
A perfect couple..."
- Joe Cummings, Host/Sr Producer, as heard on The Arts
Report, CBC Radio, June 8
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Quill & Quire reports
on BookShorts"hoping to make a big
splash south of the border" by Melanie
Mah, January 20, 2006 ... read
article or visit
Q&Q
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The Hollywood Reporter profiles
BookShorts as "new digital fusion of the
visual and the written word" byEtan Vlessing,
July 18, 2005 .... read
article
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Wired News profiles VidLit
and BookShorts as a viable means by which to support authors
byDaniel Terdiman, April 4, 2005 ... read
article
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The Toronto Star Feature
"New chapter for book festival" byMark
Zwolinkski, Sept. 27, 2004 ... read
article
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The Globe and Mail Feature
"Word On The Street: Susan Swan" bySandra
Martin, Sept. 24, 2004 ...read
article
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The Globe and Mail Feature "Try
BookShorts on for size" byRebecca Caldwell,
Sept. 8, 2004 .... read
article
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Canadian Bookseller Feature "Coming
Soon To A Theatre Bookstore Near You"
by Liam O'Donnell, July/August 2004 ...
read article
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Publisher's Weekly Article
"Here Come "BookShorts" byNathalie
Atkinson, May 17, 2004 ... read
article
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Quill And Quire Online,
May 11, 2004
Judith Keenan knows what a film adaptation can do for
a novel... read
article
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Quill And Quire, May
2004
Author Susan Swan on the set of Casanova with actor
Jim Garrard ... view
photo (or right click to download jpeg.)
"…BookShorts
is the logical next step in our on-going celebration of
quality literature. It's the filmmaker marrying the writer.
A perfect couple..."
