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Report - The Northern Lit Awards

"I thought if I could drive far enough, maybe I would wake up one day and feel better, as if someone had put the  protective covering of the sky back over my head. The ground would be back under my feet, holding me firm. I would be okay.

The problem was, it hadn’t happened yet. The problem was, I didn’t know when it would. I hoped it would."

— The Line Painter, p. 2-3

I went to Sudbury to receive the Northern Lit Award from the Ontario Library Service - North. It was a great night, full of good food, friendly people and belly dancing librarians. Thank you to all who are so welcoming and kind.

I learned two things of note while in Sudbury. 1) At this point in life, my Sleep Number^® is 65 and, 2) Sudbury has fantastic classifieds.

Click on the image below for a few highlights.

Interview - CBC Points North

I will be talking about The Line Painter with Dan Lessard on CBC radio one, Points North at  4:50 pm today.

If you are not in or around Sudbury, you can tune in online here.

The Line Painter nominated for Arthur Ellis Award

The Crime Writers of Canada announced the shortlists for its 25th annual Arthur Ellis Awards for excellence in books and short stories published in 2007 yesterday.

I am very pleased to say The Line Painter is nominated for Best First Novel. The CBC website has more about the awards.

Nominees for best first novel are:

• Claire Cameron, The Line Painter (HarperCollins).
• Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood (Willian Morrow/HarperCollins).
• Liam Durcan, Garcia's Heart (McClelland & Stewart).
• Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams (Penguin Australia).
• Sharon Rowse, The Silk Train Murder (Carroll & Graf).
• Marc Strange, Sucker Punch (Castle Street Mysteries/Dundurn).

Nominees for best juvenile novel are:

• Anita Daher, Racing for Diamonds (Orca).
• Anita Daher, Spider's Song (Puffin Canada/Penguin Canada).
• Vicki Grant, I.D. (Orca).
• Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow (Tundra).
• Drew Hayden Taylor, The Night Wanderer (Annick Press).

Nominees for best short story are:

• Vicki Cameron, Eight Lords a Leaping in Locked Up (Deadlock Press).
• Maureen Jennings, Wreckwood in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• D.J. McIntosh, The Hounds of Winter in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• Rick Mofina, As Long as We Both Shall Live in Blood on the Holly (Baskerville Books).
• Leslie Watts, Turner in the Kingston Whig-Standard.

Nominees for best non-fiction are:

• Roderigo Bascuman & Christian Pearce, Enter the Babylon System (Random House Canada).
• Robert J. Hoshowsky, The Last to Die: Ronald Turpin, Arthur Lucas and the End of Capital Punishment in Canada (Hounslow/Dundurn).
• Julian Sher, One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators (Random House Canada).
• Brian Vallée, The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman and Criminal Violence in Canadian Homes (Key Porter).
• Paul Watson, Where War Lives (McClelland & Stewart).

Nominees for best crime writing in French are:

• Mario Bolduc, Tsiganes (Libre Expression).
• Johanne Seymour, Le Cercle des Pénitents (Libre Expression).
• Pierre H. Richard, GHB: Grossier, Horrible et Bête (Editions Pratiko).
• Diane Vincent, Epidermes (Triptyque).
• Norbert Spehner, Scènes de Crimes: Enquêtes sur le Roman Policier Contemporain (Alire).

And nominees for best unpublished first crime novel, the second year for this category, are:

• Patricia Flewwelling, Mummer's the Word.
• D.J. McIntosh, The Witch of Babylon.
• Amy Tector, The Paris Letters.
• Kevin Thornton, Condemned.

The winners will be announced on June 5 at the Downtown Eaton Centre Marriott Hotel in Toronto. Congratulations to all.

 

The lady no. 12

Where the lady roams (updated)

Click on the map to make it bigger. Scroll down to see the photos of the lady.

The lady no. 11

The lady no. 10

The lady no. 9

Thank you again, August.

The lady no. 8

The lady no. 7

The lady no. 6

Thank you to August for finding this version of the lady.

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The lady no. 2

The lady no. 1

Parts of an ice axe

Photo source: ABC of Mountaineering

The Line Painter wins the Northern Lit Award

I am very pleased to say the Ontario Library Service has selected The Line Painter as the winner of the third annual Northern Lit Award.

I pick up the award in Sudbury in May. I will visit my favourite Husky Truck Stop while I'm there. 

Previous winners are Joseph Boyden for Three Day Road and Terrence Rundle West for Run of the Town.

Review - Tell Everything by Sally Cooper

My review of Tell Everything by Sally Cooper is in the books section of the Globe & Mail today.

Swishlist

My friend Lynne runs a website called swishlist, a guide to shopping online in Canada. She recently gave birth to twins (congratulations).

I am guest blogging for Lynne, while the twins focus on turning her life upside down. She said I could blog about 'whatever I want', so today I took the opportunity to lie through my teeth - read it here.