In an almost unprecedented move, a conclave of The Super Evil convened last year at a secret lair in North America to create a guide book for aspiring ne’er-do-wells. The result? A collection of papers known generally as A Method to the Madness: a Guide to the Super Evil, a collection destined to become the handbook globally of every evil genius. It was agreed such an undertaking required hiring of minion editors, as such a…
Alicia Hendley’s forthcoming YA SF novel, Type, is destined, it would seem, for great things. This past summer Hendley wrote a screenplay based on Type, subsequently entered it in the Canada International Film Festival (CIFF), and was notified yesterday by CIFF officials she’s made the cut: “Your…screenplay has been chosen as an Official Selection of the 2013 Canada International Film Festival.” According to CIFF information, Hendley’s screenplay is only one of 23 films and screenplays chosen…
John Poulsen, the video crew at the University of Lethbridge, and students from a local middle school, had a blast making this video, in which Poulsen demonstrates and discusses the dynamics of his book, Shakespeare for Reader’s Theatre: Book 1, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream.
John Poulsen On February 1, 2013, we released John Poulsen’s excellent book, Shakespeare for Reader’s Theatre: Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is the first of a series of readers theatre books Poulsen will publish with Five Rivers, all of which focus on the plays of Shakespeare. And what would such a book about the dramatic arts be without a launch and book signing? The good folks at the University of Lethbridge…
After my diatribe on awards last week, it would seem our own Aaron Kite has won a Watty for his YA novel, A Touch of Poison, which will be released later this year by Five Rivers in both print and eBook. You can read more about his success on his blog. And more about the Watty here.