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Alcuin Society’s 2011 Award Winning Books

For the past 30 years the Alcuin Society of Vancouver, British Columbia recognizes the best of the best in printed books with its annual Book Design Awards. The Annapolis Valley is proud to be the home of a frequently honoured publisher: Gaspereau Press. Gaspereau Press has taken the first place prize in Poetry and also have two honourable mentions for poetry and prose non-fiction in the 2011 competition. For more information please read the Alcuin Society press release.

The Alcuin Society’s award winning books for 2011 will be on display in the Vaughan Memorial Library from May 15 until May 25, 2012.

Authors @ Acadia Present:  AMY JONES and REBECCA ROSENBLUM

Wednesday  March 28, 2012 at 7 pm
Vaughan Library Quiet Reading Room

Originally from Halifax, Amy Jones is a graduate of the Optional Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at UBC. Her short fiction has appeared or in several Canadian publications, including The New Quarterly, Grain, Prairie Fire, Event, The Antigonish Review, maisonneuve and 08: Best Canadian Stories. In 2006, she was the winner of the CBC Literary Award for Short Story in English. Her first short fiction collection, What Boys Like, is the winner of the 2008-2009 Metcalf-Rooke Award and is published by Biblioasis. Amy currently lives in Toronto. Check out her fiction at http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/atikokan-is-for-lovers
and an interview at  http://www.openbooktoronto.com/amy_jones/main

Rebecca Rosenblum is a writer and editor living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She grew up in a small town near Hamilton, Ontario. She holds an Honours English degree from McGill, a publishing certificate from Ryerson, and a masters of English and creative writing from University of Toronto. She works in publishing during the day, writes short stories evenings and weekends, and…that’s pretty much it. She spends her remaining time on the bus or asleep or both. Her first collection of stories, Once, won the Metcalf-Rooke Award and was one of Quill and Quire’s 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. The Maclean’s blog called Rebecca  “Canlit Rookie of the Year” in 2008. Her second collection, *The Big Dream*, is forthcoming from Biblioasis in September 2011. Check out her fiction at http://www.joylandmagazine.com/stories/toronto/waiting_women and http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/09/17/fall-fiction-how-to-keep-your-day-job-by-rebecca-rosenblum/  
and some interviews at  http://www.rebeccarosenblum.com/biography/

The Department of English and Theatre gratefully acknowledges
financial assistance from the Acadia Faculty of Arts Visiting Lectureship Fund.