You can still watch me on the TV program" It's a New Day" that was aired on Tuesday, December 15th.

I talked about Hot Apple Cider and tried to light a fire under listeners to get them all actively involved in supporting Canadian authors. We need a fan club!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch online here.

Canadian publishing · it's a new day · N. J. Lindquist

I discovered yesterday that two of my books have been nominated for the Church Library Association of Ontario's "One Book/ One Conference" discussion, which will be held at their Fall Conference on October 3rd at Tyndale University and Seminary in Toronto. The conference will celebrate CLAO's 40th anniversary. Dr. James Beverly, author and professor, will be the keynote speaker.

There will also be workshops, including a panel with at least 4 Canadian authors.

And there will be a discussion time focused on one book, by a Canadian author, that all participants are to have read prior to the conference.

Books nominated for this honour include: 

The Shack (William P. Young)

Christianus Sum (Shawn J. Pollett)

Hot Apple Cider (edited by N. J. Lindquist and Wendy Elaine Nelles)

Broken Angel (Sigmund Brouwer)

Love Comes Softly (Janette Oke)

One Smooth Stone (Marcia Lee Laycock)

Cibou (Susan Young de Biagi)

Shaded Light (N. J. Lindquist)

Mohamed’s Moon (Keith Clemons)

Vengeance (Donna Dawson)

The Book of Negroes (Lawrence Hill)
 
The Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)
 

More details about the books and the conference.

No matter which book wins, I think this is a super idea, and I commend the CLAO committee for their efforts to support Canadian authors.

Broken Angel · Canadian authors · Christianus Sum · Cibou · CLAO · Donna Dawson · Fall conference · Hot Apple Cider · Janette Oke · Keith Clemmons · Keith Clemons · Lawrence Hill · Love Comes Softly · Marcia Lee Laycock · Mohamed’s Moon · N. J. Lindquist · One Smooth Stone · Shaded Light · Shawn J. Pollett · Sigmund Brouwer · Steven Galloway · Susan Young de Biagi · The Book of Negroes · The Cellist of Sarajevo · The Shack · Vengeance · Wendy Elaine Nelles · William P. Young

Unfortunately, the way it works is that when there are urgent things needing doing for The Word Guild, my own writing gets sadly neglected – including this site. I’ve actually been working like mad on Write! Canada and on starting a new site for The Word Guild Awards.

But I was reminded last night that I ought to mention that I have been shortlisted for three awards. well, two stories. Both of them from Hot Apple Cider. "The Diamond Ring" is shortlisted for the General Readership article, along with three others. And both it and "My Letter to the Editor" are shortlisted for Inspirational/Devotional article:

Article—General Readership
Cynthia d’Entremont of Lakeview, N.S. for “An Unexpected Gift” (A Maritime Christmas: New Stories and Memories of the Season Anthology)
Angelina Fast-Vlaar of St. Catharines, Ont. for “It Was Then That I Carried You” (Hot Apple Cider Anthology)
N. J. Lindquist of Markham, Ont. for “The Diamond Ring” (Hot Apple Cider Anthology)
Colleen Taylor of Duval, Sask. for “Arlington Beach Camp and Conference Centre: a very special place” (Last Mountain Times)
Colleen Taylor of Duval, Sask. for “Newschool Arts: so much more than pottery” (Last Mountain Times)

Article—Inspirational/Devotional
N. J. Lindquist of Markham, Ont. for “My Letter to the Editor” (Hot Apple Cider Anthology)
N. J. Lindquist of Markham, Ont. for “The Diamond Ring” (Hot Apple Cider Anthology)
Rose McCormick Brandon of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. for “Discouraged” (Today’s Pentecostal Evangel)

Of course, I edited Angie’s story in Hot Apple Cider, so that’s cool. I think a couple of other pieces from Hot Apple Cider are also up for awards.

And Colleen Taylor’s article on Arlington Beach Camp and Conference Centre brings back memories. I was born in Regina and lived there for a number of years after I was married. (My husband is from Swift Current). We lived at Arlington Beach Camp the first summer after we were married, looking after the camp store and the grounds. Les also served as life guard. And the following summer we directed a camp for junior highs.A long time ago…

Check out the complete list of finalists for these awards, as well as the Best New Canadian Author Award finalists and the press release for the 2009 Leslie K. Tarr Award winner, Ray Wiseman.

The Word Guild Awards Gala on June 17th will be held at World Vision headquarters in Mississauga. It’s open to the public. With Herbie Kuhn (the Air Canada voice of the Toronto Raptors) as emcee, it’s guaranteed to be a great evening.

June 17, 2009: World Vision headquarters, 1 World Drive, Mississauga. For tickets call Jeanette Duncan at 519-886-4196.

Canadian Christian Writing Awards · Herbie Kuhn · Hot Apple Cider · N. J. Lindquist · The Word Guild Awards