N. J. Lindquist will be the guest tonight on the first show of a series by Arts Connection on "The Economics of Art." (As in what exactly is creativity worth?)
Editor, columnist, author, and radio personality Robert White is the interviewer. 
If you live in the Kitchener/Waterloo area, you can check it out on Faith FM 94.3 at 10 p.m. (ET)
It will also be webcast at www.faithfm.org
Trinity Church, Huntsville, OntarioFrom 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Judith Lawrence will be signing copies of her books, Glorious Autumn Days: Meditations for the Wisdom Years, and Welsh Cakes: Book of Short Stories.
Find out about appearances by other Canadian authors.
Beginning this Thursday, Grace Fox will be teaching a 7-week study based on her book Moving From Fear to Freedom: A Woman’s Guide to Peace in Every Situation.
September 30 – November 11 at the house of James in Abbotsford, BC
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Visit www.gracefox.com for more information.
The Word Guild will have a booth at Word in the Street in Toronto and Word on the Street in Halifax.
Whether you're a reader or a writer, please stop by and talk to us about your interests and how we can work together to strengthen the voice of Canadian writers and editors from the Christian writing community.
We'll have copies of Hot Apple Cider to sell, too.
Tuesday, September 21: The Writing Life Panel, Redeemer University College, Ancaster Ontario7:00 – 9:00 PM Cost – $15 A panel of five award-winning writers talk about why they write, how they got published, what they've learned about writing, and tips that will help you find the path to your writing life or be more informed about what you read. Panelists include Angelina Fast-Vlaar, author of Seven Angels for Seven Days and The Valley of Cancer; Nikki Rosen, author of In the Eye of Deception (one of three books that received honorable mention for the 2010 Grace Irwin Award); journalist and author Mags Storey,whose novel, If Only You Knew, won the 2010 Grace Irwin Award; Eric E. Wright, editor of Fellowship Link and author of books including fiction, devotionals, and non-fiction. This panel will kick off an 8-week workshop – "Called to Write: ten essentials for writing success" that N. J. will be teaching at Redeemer University College during October and November, 2010. |
Press Release
Friday, September 3, 2010
Church Library Association of Ontario
Five Canadian novels have been nominated for the One Book / One Conference program of the Church Library Association of Ontario.
This program, initiated in 2009 at the 40th anniversary of the Church Library Association of Ontario (CLAO) fall conference, encourages reading and discussion of a Canadian novel written by a Christian author. This program not only advocates a community of reading throughout the CLAO membership but it also promotes numerous Christian Canadian novels with a variety of genres.
And the 2020 winner is….
Captives of Minara, A Josh Radley Suspense Novel by Eric E. Wright.
Word Alive Press, 2009. (ISBN 978-1-92667634-0).
One Book / One Conference organizer and Past-president of CLAO Alison McCullough expressed difficulty in making the final decision: “The five novels that were nominated by CLAO members were all outstanding. However, as I was travelling in my car, Cross Country Check-up was tuned in on CBC radio with a special edition on the floods in Pakistan and I knew then in my heart that there could only be one winner, and along with the endorsements of my colleagues on the CLAO executive, we chose Eric’s award winning novel. Congratulations to all our nominees.”
Captives of Minara also won the 2010 Canadian Christian Writing Award for Best Mystery/Suspense Novel.
The picture to the left shows Eric receiving that award from The Word Guild Managing Director, Denise Rumble, at the The Word Guild Awards Gala at World Vision headquarters in Mississauga on June 17..
A discussion of Captives or Minara will be held at the Church Library Association of Ontario’s annual fall conference in Brighton on Saturday, October 2. All church librarians and other interested people are invited to attend.
Eric has agreed to be a guest speaker at the conference .
In interview style with Denise Rumble, Managing Director of The Word Guild, Eric will talk about Pakistan, his Josh Radley character, his writing career and more
Eric will also be available for book signings
http://www.churchlibraries.ca/conferences.htm
More about Captives of Minara.
The book immerses the reader in Pakistani culture at a time when we all desperately need to understand that country. The action races from the site of an ancient city buried in the desert, along canals that crisscross the countryside, through the bazaars of a Pakistani town, onto a first class carriage on the fabled Khyber Mail express train to Lahore.
For information on how to obtain a copy of the book, please see Eric’s website.
For information on the other nominated books and their authors, visit
http://onebookoneconference.wordpress.com/novels-2010/
Talking to the Dead by Bonnie Grove
Dark Water by Linda Hall
His Banner Over Me by Jean Little
What Rough Beast by Shawn J. Pollett
Captives of Minara by Eric E. Wright
Last year's winning book was Hot Apple Cider, which contained work by 30 members of The Word Guild.
Saturday, August 21Vancouver Bible House700 Kingsway, Vancouver BC9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. – Workshop 1: The Art, Craft, Business, & Ministry of Writing with N. J. Lindquist 11:30 a.m. – Update on The Word Guild with Q & A 12:00 p.m. – Lunch and Networking 1:00 p.m. – Workshop 2: What Writers Needs to Know about Trends in Publishing with Les Lindquist 2:30 p. m. – Wrap-up Click here for more details |
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 (Grand Rapids, MI)–The Canadian Christian Writing Awards were recently
presented on June 16, at The World Guild 2010 Awards Gala, held at the Word Vision Canada's headquarters, Mississauga, Ontario. Among the winners was Mags Storey (pictured below) and her book If Only You Knew: A Novel (Kregel Publications, 978-0-8254-3895-0, $12.99).
Of the hundreds of entries received, If Only You Knew was selected as the winner in both the "Novel - Romance" and "Book – Young Adult" categories. As well as winning top honors in these categories, Mags Storey also received the prestigious new Grace Irwin Award, which according to The Word Guild is "Canada's largest literary prize for Christian writers."
The $5,000 award was named after Grace Lilian Irwin, a trailblazing Canadian Christian writer who published both fiction and nonfiction. It celebrates the best book published in 2009 by an author from the Canadian Christian community. The award is donated by retired book publisher John W. Irwin (nephew of the award's namesake) and his wife Eleanor (both pictured above with Mags Storey).
There were a total 245 nominations in 34 categories that included non-fiction, novels, articles, columns, blogs, poems, and song lyrics published in 2009. Mags Storey was one of 61 finalists announced in May, 2010.
Born in Canada, she spent her childhood living as a missionary in the Middle East before studying journalism at Ryerson in Toronto. She lives and works in Canada with her husband, Mike, and their two daughters.
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ABOUT THE NOVEL
A summer to live for… or a summer to die for?
Jo's summer vacation is off to a good start when she meets Kevin, an amazingly attractive guy, and Sam,
her soon-to-be best friend, on the same day. Now she only needs a job, future plans, and a few goals for her life. No big deal, right?
As if that's not enough, Jo would also like to know why no one talks about the horrible accident she witnessed last summer. But as much as she wants to know the truth, someone else wants to keep it a secret. Can she handle creepy stalkers, death threats, and her crazy love-life without losing control?
For Jo, unraveling the mystery and piecing her life together will mean discovering if God really listens–and if he cares enough to answer.
To arrange interviews, book signings, articles, or other media events with Mags Storey, or to request review copies of If Only You Knew: A Novel, please contact Leslie Paladino by phone (616-430-0423) or e-mail.
ABOUT KREGEL PUBLICATIONS
Kregel Publications is a division of Kregel, Inc., which also includes Editorial Portavoz, a Spanish publishing division; and two full-service Christian retail stores in the greater Grand Rapids, Mich., area.
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