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NEW BOOKS FOR SUMMER 2008
Acorn Press is proud to announce two new
books for summer 2008.
A Good Summer
is a gorgeous collection of photographs by Anna Karpinski, edited
by Ann Thurlow, with text contributions by 16 Island writers.
Growing Up With Julie
is a memoir by Gerry Steele about growing up in a Scottish household
with an Acadian mother.
PEI BOOK AWARD NOMINATIONS
The jury for the 2008 PEI Book Award has released the shortlist of titles for the prestigious award, and seven of the nine shortlisted books come from Acorn Press.
Acorn Finalists in Fiction:
• Shape of Things
to Come by Richard Lemm
• And My Name Is: Stories
from the Quilt by Margie Carmichael
• Bounce and Beans and
Burn by Shannon Murray
Acorn Finalist in Non-fiction:
• Sex After Baby:
Why There is None by Kathleen Hamilton
Acorn Finalists in Poetry:
• The Enchanted House
by Beth Janzen
• The Taste of Water
by Frank Ledwell
• Beautiful Veins
by Joseph Sherman
Winners in each of the three categories will be announced at the
Prince Edward Island Book Awards to be held on September 10, 2008,
Confederation Centre Public Library, 7 p.m. Copies of all of the
finalist volumes can be found in Island bookstores.
Special Website Feature
The Acorn Press Website features a special site
to let kids meet illustrator Dale
McNevin.
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