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Some advances have arrived, which means it’s mailing time!
Mystery Monday with Curtis Parkinson
McNally Robinson Booksellers invited Curtis Parkinson for their Mystery Monday event. Curtis read two passages from his newest young adult novel, The Castle on Deadman’s Island.
Don’t forget to read Curtis Parkinson’s interview about The Castle on Deadman’s Island in The Kingston Whig Standard. In the interview, Curtis explains how Boldt Castle inspired this mystery novel.
Curtis Parkinson will be participating at this year’s Eden Mills Writers Festival on Sunday, September 20, 2009. He will also be touring Saskatchewan for the TD Canadian Children’s Book Week during Saturday, November 14 to Saturday, November 21, 2009.
There was a great number of people who came to hear Curtis Parkinson read. The audience asked him lots of questions, had their books signed, and had their pictures taken. Short video clips of the reading are posted on our youtube channel.
ABC Our Country Contest Winner
As promised, the winner of the ABC Our Country giveaway will be announced today! We went to trusty Random.org to generate a random number.
Number 5 means that Rebecca from A little bit of Momsense has won!
A perfect Canada Day contest as this alphabet series pays homage to the nation’s vast landscape! These books will be available at your favourite bookstores on October 13, 2009! Congratulations to Rebecca who has won an advance set of our newly re-packaged alphabet series:
- A Big City Alphabet by Allan Moak
- A Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs, illustrated by Andrew Kiss
- A Northern Alphabet by Ted Harrison
- A Pioneer Alphabet by Mary Alice Downie, illustrated by Mary Jane Gerber
- A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, illustrated by Yvette Moore
- A Seaside Alphabet by Donna Grassby, illustrated by Susan Tooke
Thank you to everyone who entered, stay tuned for future giveaways!
Tundra Take 1
Tundra Take features a photo (or photos) from the week! Check on Fridays for a peak at Tundra Books!
Bouquets sent to Kathy Lowinger’s office after hearing about her retirement.
ABC Our Country Contest
There’s nothing like finding a bit of home between the pages of a good book. In ABC Our Country, travel from coast to coast – drive up the winding road of a mountainside, stroll through the prairie grassland, or sit by the seashore – and experience how people live very different lives across our nation. In each Tundra classic, you will find alliterative text coupled with dynamic illustrations.
To celebrate Canada Day, we are giving away one advance set of this re-packaged alphabet series:
- A Big City Alphabet by Allan Moak
- A Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs, illustrated by Andrew Kiss
- A Northern Alphabet by Ted Harrison
- A Pioneer Alphabet by Mary Alice Downie, illustrated by Mary Jane Gerber
- A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet, illustrated by Yvette Moore
- A Seaside Alphabet by Donna Grassby, illustrated by Susan Tooke
Leave a comment telling us your favourite Canadian destination or where you would love to visit in Canada with your name and email address before Sunday, July 5th, 2009. We will be randomly drawing a winner for the book set on Monday, July 6th, 2009. Good luck!