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The
Galley, Media Club of Ottawa
Page 2 March
2008
Books
- Books - Books
Baico
Publishing publishes 10 to 15 books a
year by
Canadian authors
exclusively. and
many Ottawa writers are represented.
All
books are displayed showing
the
full cover. Be sure
to visit Baico in the west end of Ottawa - just off the Richmond Road
on McEwan Street.
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Ottawa
Photo publishes customized wall
calendars. Prepare now for the
2009 Calendar.
Contact Iris ten Holder
for more information.
 Arbour
House Studios in Britannia Village near
Mud Lake offers space for seminars and workshops in beautiful Britannia Village Contact Iris
 Katherine Allen has
designed another portrait for Dawn
Munroe's Famous Canadian Women notecards. The series now
comprises eight notecards. Dawn maintains a website on Famous Canadian Women
(Note: Photos for this page currently unavailable.)
"How to Promote Your Book
or Your Business"
Saturday, April 19, beginning at
1pm at the National Library & Archives, presented by Barbara Florio Graham
and Randy Ray.
Cost: $60 ($50 to OIW members) includes a copy of Five
Fast Steps to Low-Cost Publicity, and a comprehensive local media list. More on page 4
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About Frances Itani
Born in Ontario, Frances Itani was 4 years old when she moved with her family to Quebec.
She studied in Alberta and has a BA in Psychology & English from
the University of Alberta, and an MA in English Literature from the
University of New Brunswick. She studied with W.O. Mitchell and Rudy
Wiebe.
Before choosing writing as a career she studied nursing at the Montreal
General Hospital, with graduate courses at Duke University & a year
of graduate studies at McGill. She then taught & practiced nursing
for 8 years.
Frances has written 11 books, and many of her books have won awards.
Her World War 1 novel, Deafening, which has been sold & translated
in 17 countries, won four awards including the 2004 Commonwealth
Writers Award for Best Book & the Drummer General’s Award for
Fiction. In 2006 it was chosen also for CBC’s Canada Reads in
English and French, as well as being short-listed for four other
awards. Deafening has also been optioned for film by the producer of
Shaw shank Redemption.
Her book Poached Egg on Toast won the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for
fiction and the 2005 CAA Jubilee Award for Best Book of Short Stories.
Man Without Face won the 1995 Ottawa-Carleton Fiction Award. Her most
current book, Remembering the Bones has just been short listed for the
Commonwealth Writer’s Award.
Some of her other books are: Truth or Lies, Man Without Face and Pack
Ice. She has also written 3 books of poetry & a children’s
book, Linger By the Sea.
A Member of the Order of Canada, Frances Itani received the annual
Contributor’s Prize for Best Short Story in Canadian Fiction
Magazine. She was also a three-time winner of the CBC Literary Award,
and was short listed for the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of
the Year Award for 2004.
Not just content to write books, Frances has held many teaching &
writer-in-residence positions and is also a frequent keynote
speaker. She participates in numerous fundraisers for charity
& in support of literacy programs and has been an active volunteer
in areas that reflect her broad interests including working with CHEO,
Big Sisters, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Overbrook-Forbes
Community Centre, Ottawa Immigrant Services, Habitat for Humanity,
& the Deaf Centre. She has a foster child in Ecuador.
In 1999 she set up the Itani Family Award for Flute, an annual prize
awarded to a young musician studying with the Ottawa Youth Orchestra
Academy.
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