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Dundurn to Sponsor 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award

Dundurn is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the 2012 Unhanged Arthur award presented by the Crime Writers of Canada (CWC). Along with the title of the best unpublished first crime novel of at least 60,000 words, the award offers a monetary prize of $1,000.

The 2012 Unhanged Arthur award shortlist includes:
Gunning for Bear by Madeleine Harris-Callway
Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
Snake in the Snow by William Bonnell
The Rhymester by Valerie A. Drego
Too Far to Fall by Shane Sawyer.

At the Desk: Bill Slavin

For each book that sits on our shelves or rests in our hands, a writer (and often an illustrator) has spent countless hours researching, organizing, writing and rewriting. In Open Book’s At The Desk series, creators tell us about their creative processes and the workspaces that inspire them.

Author and illustrator Bill Slavin has worked on more than 50 (you read that right!) books for young readers. His newest project is Big City Otto (Kids Can Press), which follows the adventures of Otto the elephant while he searches for his childhood friend, Georgia the chimpanzee.

On Writing, with Mark Goldstein

Mark Goldstein's first collection of poetry was After Rilke, published in 2008. This spring, he returns with Form of Forms (BookThug), which explores the bureaucracy around adoption.

Mark talks with Open Book about writing Form of Forms, his second life as a musician and the "destructive force of the poem".

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