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To celebrate African Heritage Month 2020, NS public libraries have created a selection of books from notable African Nova Scotians, available at your local branch! - http://publiclibraries.ns.ca #africanheritagemonth2020 #thetiesthatbind #readlocal #readatlantic #atlanticbooks

What are you reading this inaugural #IReadCanadian day? Here are some great #ReadAtlantic picks in our office today! @goose_lane @BreakwaterBooks @PottersPress #boulanderieislandpress #newworldpublishing #gaspereaupress

Feb 19 is the first ever I Read Canadian Day! In celebration, @NimbusPub is doing a BOOK GIVEAWAY! Visit their Facebook page to enter; http://ow.ly/JrtA50ypY76 #readlocal #readatlantic #atlanticpublishing #supportlocal #booknerd #ireadcanadian #contest #contestalert

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We are so excited! Tomorrow is the first annual #IReadCanadian Day! 🇨🇦 For just 15 minutes, families, schools and libraries across the country will be reading Canadian! http://bit.ly/3879SzL

Be sure to follow @ireadcanadian on Twitter and Instagram to stay connected! 📚

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To help celebrate African Heritage Month 2020, Nova Scotia public libraries have pulled together a selection of biographies and autobiographies from notable African Nova Scotians, available at your local branch! - publiclibraries.ns.ca

#africanheritagemonth2020 #thetiesthatbind #readlocal #readatlantic #atlanticbooks #atlanticpublishing #supportlocal #canlit ...

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RELEASE: Long list announced for 2019 BMO Winterset AwardFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 19, 2020 (St. John’s, NL) – ArtsNL is pleased to announce this year’s BMO Winterset Award long list. The award celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing. On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, the three finalists will be revealed, before announcing the award winner at Government House on Thursday, March 26, 2020.

The six-title long list includes:

Lindsay Bird, Boom Time (Gaspereau Press), Kentville, NS

Sonja Boon, What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home (Wilfrid Laurier University Press), Waterloo, ON

Megan Gail Coles, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club (House of Anansi Press Inc.), Toronto, ON

Michael Crummey, The Innocents (Doubleday Canada), Toronto, ON

Heather Nolan, This is Agatha Falling (Pedlar Press), St. John’s, NL

Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, Nitinikiau Innusi: I Keep the Land Alive (University of Manitoba Press), Winnipeg, MB

The winner will receive a prize of $12,500 and two finalists will each receive $3,000.

Books in any genre published in 2019 were eligible for the award. A total of 32 works by Newfoundland and Labrador authors (either native-born or resident) were submitted by publishers from across the country.

The Winterset Award honours the memory of Sandra Fraser Gwyn—St. John’s-born social historian, prize-winning author, and passionate promoter of Newfoundland and Labrador arts. Her husband, journalist and author Richard Gwyn, established the award in 2000, which is managed by ArtsNL. It is named after the historic house on Winter Avenue in St. John’s where Sandra grew up.

Finalists will read from their works and answer questions from the audience at a public reading and reception, to be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 7pm at The Rooms (in the Theatre), 9 Bonaventure Avenue in St. John’s.

Media enquiries:
Charlene Jackson
Public Relations Specialist, Arts NL
Phone: (709) 726-2212 ext. 203
Toll free: 1 (866) 726-2212 (NL only)
www.artsnl.ca
cjackson@nlac.ca

The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (now known as ArtsNL) is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of 13 appointed by government, reflecting regional representation of the province. This includes 10 professional artists who provide sectoral representation of the arts community; one community representative (with an interest in the arts); one business representative (with an interest in the arts); and one representative of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation (non-voting). ArtsNL receives an annual allocation of $2.9 million from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.

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Today (Feb 19) is #IREADCANADIANDAY, a national day of celebration of Canadian books for young people. I READ CANADIAN DAY encourages Canadians to read books by Canadian authors, and empowers schools, libraries and organizations to host local activities. What are you reading? #ReadAtlantic

For some great suggestions, check out Lisa Doucet's piece from our most recent issue of ABT: four new children’s releases that introduce the heart of home. atlanticbookstoday.ca/the-heart-of-home/

Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides Flanker Press Ltd.

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We aren't the only one giving away books!The 1st ever #ireadcanadian day is February 19th! 🇨🇦

In celebration, we are doing a BOOK GIVEAWAY!

One lucky person will win a recent release of their choice and a book hand-picked just for them.

How to enter:
1. Comment with a picture of your latest Canadian read
OR
2. Comment which book from our recent releases you are most interested in and why (nimbus.ca/product-category/top-picks/new-and-featured).

The winner will be chosen on February 20th by random draw.

For more information on I Read Canadian Day, check out their website: ireadcanadian.com/day/ and don't forget to use the hashtag #ireadcanadian 🇨🇦 ...

Atlantic Books Today

1 day ago

I READ CANADIAN DAY - February 19, 2020

A new nationwide initiative celebrating the richness, diversity, and breadth of Canadian literature will be taking place for the first time ever on February 19, empowering families, schools, libraries, bookstores, and organizations to host activities and events by reading Canadian books for just fifteen minutes.

Learn more by visiting:

bookcentre.ca/news/first-ever-i-read-canadian-day

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