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We are very pleased to announce our fourth release: Key in Lock, a collection of short stories by Rona Altrows, will be released Saturday, October 23, 2010.

Photo by Jenny Tzanakos

Rona Altrows writes fiction, essays and plays. Key In Lock is her second collection of short fiction. Her earlier book, A Run On Hose, won the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction. Her work has been published in Other Voices, Prairie Fire, The Malahat Review and many other Canadian magazines. Altrows will serve as the Calgary Writer In Residence, Canadian Authors Association, Alberta Branch from fall 2010 to spring 2011. She is a past Writer in Residence for the Calgary Public Library and for the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society. A firm believer in supporting her fellow writers, she, along with Lori Hahnel, co-created and co-organizes an annual celebration of the writing process called Writing In The Works. Altrows teaches creative writing workshops and edits works of fiction and non-fiction. She and Naomi K. Lewis are currently compiling an anthology on shyness.

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We are very pleased to announce our third release: A Glass Shard and Memory, a collection of short stories by J. J. Steinfeld, is expected to be published this fall.
J. J. Steinfeld is

a fiction writer, poet, and playwright who lives on Prince Edward Island. He has published two novels, Our Hero in the Cradle of [...]

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Click here for the updated Notes for Monday. You can now purchase the novella as an e-book (epub or pdf) for $8.00 (+gst). We have also added three clips of Barb Howard reading from her work.

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When Mercedes Ballem informed me that Murder on the Bow, Recliner Books’ second release, topped Calgary’s best-seller list, I was very excited.
When I saw that Notes for Monday, Recliner Books’ first release, was number ten on Calgary’s best-seller list, I was elated.

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From Naomi Lewis:
Writing In The Works 3
Back for a third great year!
Five Calgary writers read from
• books in progress
• books coming out soon
• books on the prowl for publishers
Readings by
Faye Reineberg Holt
Elaine Morin
Jane Cawthorne
Donna Sales
Judith Galbraith
Emcee – Rona Altrows
Thursday, May 20th
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Memorial Park Library
1221- 2nd Street S.W.
Calgary
Free event
RSVP on the Facebook page: [...]

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A big thank-you to everyone who submitted to the contest. Unfortunately we did not receive enough submissions to make the contest viable. To those of you who did submit to the contest; your manuscript will now be considered for publication.

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A few days ago I posted this on the Facebook fan page:
Why are people willing to spend a fortune on a device (ipod, kindle, etc.) but refuse to spend anything on content (music, ebooks, etc.)?
There are many potential answers.

Gadgets are marketed more effectively.
Intellectual property can be shared more easily. You could copy a song for [...]

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On Saturday I spoke as part of a panel alongside David Scollard from Frontenac House, Sarah Ivany with Freehand Books, and Lyn Cadence of Your Book is Your Business.
Here is a transcript of my speech:
How many manuscripts get accepted each year? I wasn’t able to find a definitive answer from an irreproachable source, but a [...]

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I had hoped to announce the next release by Recliner Books earlier this year but the receipt of some tragic news has delayed it.
John Ballem and Recliner Books entered into a publishing agreement for Mr. Ballem’s thirteenth novel in mid-December last year. We at Recliner Books were very sad to learn of his passing on [...]

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“The handsome man wearing an expensive suit sits on a comfortable couch.”

In my opinion, this kind of writing is fine for first and second drafts, it is a scenic placeholder left there with the intention of describing the character and setting in greater detail.

However, if this kind of writing remains through all of the drafts [...]

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