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New BookShorts Buzz Screens; Chapters Indigo
Joins Network
- Moving
Stories Episode Three Features The Fighter; One Bullet Away
- Canada's Largest Bookstore Chain Joins Network
- New
Films One Bullet Away; The Upside of Down
- BookShorts
Blog Covers Foodie Heaven; Giller Prize and more
- November Screening Events
- Now
Accepting Titles for Spring 2007 Productions
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FIGHTING MEN Broadcast Dates on Moving
Stories TV
Award-winning
host Paul
Quarrington presents two short films, exploring
the process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for
a multi-media universe.
Sunday,
Nov 26 at at 8:30am, 11am, 1pm EST on CLT
and
Thursday, Nov. 30 8pm EST on BookTelevision
In FIGHTING MEN,
the episode addresses depictions of violence both fictional and
real when Craig Davidson’s novel “The
Fighter” is made into a powerful drama, and Nathaniel
Fick’s “One Bullet Away”
documents the young authors’ visceral experience on the
front-lines of America’s war with Afghanistan and Iraq.
Chapters Indigo
Joins BookShorts Network
We are especially
pleased to welcome Canada's largest book retailer to the BookShorts
network of syndicated outlets for our roster of films, and just
in time for the holidays! Starting this month, ChaptersIndigo.ca
will be adding the entire BookShorts catalogue to the
online community, title by title on the "items" page
for each book, helping to introduce even more eyeballs, fans
and the committed reading public to the excellent books and
authors profiled on screen. Reciprocal links to the retailer
will be included on each of the BookShorts website pages as
an aid to viewers.
Watch the BookShort
Home Page for updates and new postings >>
here.
Publishers Post
Media Online
As the pub
dates of fall titles comes 'round, BookShorts publishing
partners are right on top of the program. NOW PLAYING --
Coming
in January - Douglas Coupland's JPod
It's
just not fair that rock gods and movie stars get all the
limelight. BookShorts does our part for heroes in the
publishing industry. The BookShorts Blog covers events
and items in the biz, and welcomes contributions and ideas
from any and all. Drop a comment, gossip or complaint
- anyone can be famous for 15 seconds!
GOLD
PR STARS - to Sanj and Bridget and the team at
Hougton Mifflin, for their fearlessness in posting One Bullet
Away everywhere; to Scott, Lisa, Deanna and the team at
Knopf Canada, for The Upside of Down, for their speedy and
efficient posting of the BookShort within mere hours of
its completion and delivery!
Archetypes Theatrical
Premiere; The Upside of Down TINARS
Archetypes: The Expectant Mother, based on
the humourous book of profiles written by Mireille
Silcoff and illustrated by Kagan McLeod
(McClelland & Stewart)
will screen at the 2006 One Minute Film &
Video Festival, November 22 at the
Bloor Cinema in Toronto. For ticket information,
check out the festival website >>
here.
Pages
Books & Music This Is Not A Reading Series
hosts Thomas Homer-Dixon in the Toronto
event of his North American tour ; Thursday,
November 24 at Innis Town Hall. The event
will open with the premiere event screening of the
BookShort The Upside of Down, introduced
by Michael McGarry, who adapted the non-fiction work
for the screen; Director Gary Thomas will also be
in attendance. For more, check out the TINARS event
website >>
here .
 BookShorts
Film Portfolio
... plus children's
music video storybooks from The Secret
Mountain catalogue and The Scotiabank
Giller Prize Profiles ... and of course our other wonderful
titles produced to date.
++Sneak peek behind the scenes >>>
now posted on our site ...
Submissions to BookShorts
BookShorts in
now accepting books and manuscripts with a street date
after in Spring 2007. Ideal advance
lead time is 4 to 6 months before pub date.
BookShorts delivers
strong editorial combined with catalog distribution on a variety
of platforms, one of which is the ongoing television series,
MOVING STORIES.
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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
Media Representative
Debby de Groot
ddg Publicity & Marketing
debby@BookShorts.com
BookShorts
Newsletters at http://www.bookshorts.com/newsletter.htm
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