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CORRECTION: Please ignore the previous version of Groundwood Books News that was sent earlier this morning. It contains June 2010 author events that are no longer relevant. There are no Groundwood June author events for 2011. Our apologies for any confusion or inconvenience.
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NEWS
Hello, readers! Welcome to the June edition of Groundwood Books News. Get those fingers ready to click, because we have something exciting to share with you: our Fall 2011 catalogue! Featuring gorgeous new picture books from talented authors and illustrators including Marie-Louise Gay, Nicola I. Campbell and Kim LaFave, and Cybčle Young, a graphic novel reinterpretation of The Ramayana from Samhita Arni and Moyna Chitrakar, fiction from Deborah Ellis, and YA from Pamela Porter, Alan Cumyn, and Paul Yee. Download the PDF now!
Awards news:
Laurel Croza has won the 2011 Ezra Jack Keats and New York Public Library New Writer Award for I Know Here. Congratulations, Laurel! Read more about Laurel and the award on the Huffington Post.
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JUNE NEW RELEASES
HIGH RIDERS, SAINTS AND DEATH CARS
A LIFE SAVED BY ART
By Nicholas Herrera
Nicholas Herrera started life as a mischievous, dyslexic boy, born into one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico. Bad teachers and poor schooling helped him to lose himself in drugs, drinking, riding motorcycles and driving fast cars. A near-death experience, a wonderful mother and a fascination with making art saved him.
Today Nicholas Herrera is one of the most noted Santeros -- artists who create images of saints and other religious figures -- in the U.S. His work is displayed in folk-art galleries across the country and is collected by the Smithsonian. He is noted for the highly personal, political nature of his work and his innovative treatment of what can sometimes be a bland art form designed to sell to tourists.
The text, as told to Elisa Amado, tells Nicholas's story through his art and expounds the hard-earned wisdom that his experience has brought him. Herrera's life, his political views about drugs, his strong anti-war stance, and his support for oppressed people will speak directly to young people, especially those who might often feel that life has nothing to offer them due to their economic circumstances or their class or ethnic backgrounds.
>> Enter to win a copy of High Riders, Saints and Death Cars in our June contest!  Listen to an excerpt of an audio interview with Nicholas Herrera and Patsy Aldana, Publisher of Groundwood Books
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BOOKSTORE OF THE MONTH
A Q&A with Becky Toyne of Type Books
 Type Books
883 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
(416) 366-8973
427 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON
(416) 487-8973
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How long has the bookstore been in business?
We just celebrated our fifth birthday! (With readings by Anansi authors, and others.) Our Queen Street store opened in April 2006 and our Forest Hill store opened in November 2008.
Do you have a favorite book?
Too many to mention. Shawn Micallef's Stroll has been a Type bestseller for almost a year now though. We love Toronto titles.
Do you have a favorite Anansi or Groundwood book?
City Alphabet and City Numbers are both Groundwood favorites (we said we love Toronto titles), and we launched both of them at Type Queen West. For Anansi it's harder to pick just one. We love everything from Anansi: "Anansi publishes very good books." *wink*
>> Read more . . .
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Thanks for reading! Talk to you soon.
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