BookShorts US Launch at BEA, BEC Canadian Screening

• Moving Stories TV series integrates new media, mobile movie-making
• 2006 films lead industry trend in screen-based media
• BookShorts Video Reports postings and open call
  

CHUM goes by the book

…A new Canadian-produced TV series tied in with upcoming book releases aims to capture the spirit of the written word in moving images.”
++ C21Media.net by Jenn Kuzmyk, June 9 >>> complete article
++ Moving Stories Press Release >>> read here

Tech Talk at BookExpo America

“Keenan’s story is emblematic of this year’s BEA convention …with Google continuing is industry outreach, Amazon launching its electronic service, and a plethora of seminars ... offering vague predictions of how technology will alter once-predicable practices, the focus was on new business models and book-related services” …
++Quill & Quire Magazine by Derek Weiler, July/Aug >>> complete article

Moving Stories is Sexy Media

“One of the main challenges in publishing is finding new audiences, especially when they’re always in front of a screen,” says Keenan. “You can lose readers to ‘sexier’ media, but if we can make reading sexier and inspire them to get their hands on a book, if that happens just once, we win.”
- Quill & Quire Omni by Briony Smith June 14>>> complete article

Connecting with Readers

“BookShorts are an excellent tool to help titles stand out … I see it as a way to connect quickly with a readers in the world environment, which, as it stands today, is full of very fast imagery and technology.”
- Brian Hades, EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy Publishing in National Post by Alison Broverman, June 10 >>> complete article

Perfect Couple

…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

BookShorts Video Reports

Starting this month, BookShorts launches missives, musings and rants in video format – feel free to submit clips and comments to vlog@bookshorts.com

May Video Blog from BookExpo America << view here >>

June Video Blog from BookExpo Canada <<view here>>
Music Courtesy of Martin Worthy; Produced by Strange Duck Media

BookShorts Film Portfolio

New releases for Fall 2006 - Archetypes, Confessions of a Pilgrim, The Fighter, i-ROBOT Poems, JPod, No-Limit Texas Hold'em, My Heart is Africa, plus children's music video / storybooks from The Secret Mountain catalogue, and our seminal productionsplus our seminal productions, visit http://www.bookshorts.com/watch.htm

BookShorts Newsletters available at http://www.bookshorts.com/newsletter

About BookShorts
BookShorts are short films adapted from books, including exclusive behind-the-scenes features. They have screened nationally on television specialty channels, in film and literary festivals from Vancouver to St. John's, New York and Washington. For current catalogue, visit www.bookshorts.com. BookShorts Literacy Program is supported by Canadian Heritage Book Publishing Industry Development Fund and our partners in the Canadian publishing community.

Judith Keenan
Executive Producer
BookShorts Literacy Program / BookShorts Inc.
Judith@BookShorts.com