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BookShorts Continues High-Volume Fall Season
- Moving
Stories Episode Two Air Date
- Archetypes
Accepted into Film Festival
- i-ROBOT
Poetry, No-Limit Texas Hold'em, The Fighter Online
- BookShorts
Blog Covers IFOA, Giller, and more
- BookShorts
on E-Talk Daily This Week
- Now
Accepting for Spring 2007 Productions
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Broadcast Dates for New TV Series
Thursday,
Oct. 26 at 8pm EST on BookTelevision
and
Sunday,Nov. 12 at 8:30am, 11am, 1pm EST on
CLT
Award-winning
host Paul Quarrington presents two short films, exploring the
process of filmmaking and adapting the printed word for a multi-media
universe. In this episode, Kagan McLeod’s illustrations
for Mireille Silcoff’s “Archetypes”
(McClelland & Stewart) are made into a series of animated
shorts and Quarrington predicts his evolution into “telephone
writer” based on his collaboration with award-winning director
Bert Kish on “Angel Takes All: No Limit Texas Hold’Em”
(ECW Press) by Angel Largay. Includes a special segment with director
Irene Duma on moviemaking for wireless devices.
Archetypes "Expectant
Mother" Theatrical Premiere
Congratulations
to Irene Duma --
Archetypes: The Expectant Mother, based on the humourous
book of profiles written by Mireille Silcoff and
illustrated by Kagan McLeod (McClelland
& Stewart) has been accepted to screen at the 2006
One Minute Film & Video Festival. This year, the festival
programmed 60 excellent one-minute films, all under the commen
theme "Growth." The programme will screen November
22 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto. For ticket information,
check out the festival website >>
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 --
i-ROBOT
Poetry - EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
hosting media right on the catalogue page, doing a terrific
job of blogging fans, and a DVD in production for
buyers
The
Fighter - a microsite by Penguin Group Canada for
all things Davidson
Coming
in OCTOBER -- Archetypes
...and NOVEMBER Upside of Down
It's
just not fair that rock gods and movie stars get all the
limelight. BookShorts is trying to do 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!
You
want PR done right, you gotta call the ddg. If you're
lucky (and we consider ourselves quite lucky to have
her on board) she'll focus her laser beam on the media
and tell them what-for, in the nicest possible way.
Really, I've seen it in action. See it for yourself
...
E-TALK
DAILY - We like what Robin has in his genes (hey, he's
the hard-working son of the hardest working man in pictures!)
Kudos to the CTV producer who stuck with us to get more
authors on the tube. A short and pithy item on BookShorts
the day we shot Thomas Homer-Dixon. Coming up, Friday,
Oct 20 on CTV.
MARKETING
MAGAZINE - Book Buzz - Publishers turn to stunts
and short films to hype latest novels by Eve Lazarus ...
check out the entire article!
GOLD
PR STAR - to Brian and Janice at EDGE Science Fiction
and Fantasy Publishing
for i-ROBOT Poetry -- an email blast out
to 2000 science fiction and media contacts hyping the first
episode of MOVING STORIES, and Peter Darbyshire, books editor
for the Vancouver Province, wrote to Brian "Just wanted
to say thanks for sending a review copy of i-ROBOT. Loved
it. I gave
it a write-up on our blog ..."!
Thomas
Homer-Dixon's
much-anticipated new work, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe,
Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization is now in
post-production for release in early November. Produced by BookShorts
collaborator Crush (also responsible for the beauitful titles
and graphics on MOVING STORIES) the piece was written by Michael
McGarry and will feature music composed by Martin Worthy. Shout
out to Scott Sellers at Random House for his terrific guidance.
 BookShorts
Film Portfolio
... plus children's
music video storybooks from The Secret
Mountain catalogue and The Scotiabank
Giller Prize Profiles ... and of course our five 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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