Alissa York: News http://alissayork.posterous.com Most recent posts at Alissa York: News posterous.com Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:00 -0700 Northwords Film Trailer http://alissayork.posterous.com/northwords-film-trailer http://alissayork.posterous.com/northwords-film-trailer

You've heard the radio doc on "The Next Chapter," now check out the film trailer by filmCAN (the team that brought you the National Parks Project) and Shelagh Rogers:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Wed, 16 May 2012 09:38:00 -0700 "Pass the Book" Picks FAUNA http://alissayork.posterous.com/pass-the-book-picks-fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/pass-the-book-picks-fauna

Fauna is the 2012 Durham Region "Pass the Book" Community Reads title!

http://www.durhamregion.com/community/article/1355648--durham-libraries-come-...

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Wed, 16 May 2012 09:38:00 -0700 National Magazine Award Nomination http://alissayork.posterous.com/national-magazine-award-nomination http://alissayork.posterous.com/national-magazine-award-nomination

"Class Mammalia" nominated for a National Magazine Award in the travel writing category!

http://www.eighteenbridges.com/ProsePointRoot/story/class-mammalia

http://www.magazine-awards.com/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:50:00 -0800 Kathleen Edwards Reviews Fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/kathleen-edwards-reviews-fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/kathleen-edwards-reviews-fauna

Singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards gives Fauna a glowing review on CBC Radio's "The Next Chapter" with Shelagh Rogers:

http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/episode/2012/01/16/ami-mckay/

KathleenEdwardsAboutFAUNA-CBCsTheNextChapter.mp3 Listen on Posterous

If you don't already know and love Kathleen's music, catch her recent performance on Letterman:

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:32:00 -0800 "Northwords" Radio Doc with Shelagh Rogers http://alissayork.posterous.com/northwords-radio-doc-with-shelagh-rogers http://alissayork.posterous.com/northwords-radio-doc-with-shelagh-rogers
It's here! "Northwords" on The Next Chapter, radio doc extraordinaire about the life-changing trip Alissa and four other lucky writers took to Torngat Mountains National Park with Shelagh Rogers and the Northwards film crew.

http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/episode/2011/11/27/november-28-2011---northw...

Torngatsboat
(Photo Credit: Charlie Cheffins)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:23:00 -0800 Le Monde Interview and Review http://alissayork.posterous.com/lemonde-interview-and-review http://alissayork.posterous.com/lemonde-interview-and-review

French press!

http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2011/11/24/alissa-york-la-plume-animale_...

FaunaLeMonde.PDF Download this file

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:42:00 -0700 French Fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/french-fauna-20430 http://alissayork.posterous.com/french-fauna-20430

Now available in France:

http://www.joellelosfeld.fr/ouvrage-A78793-fauna.html

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:34:00 -0700 Dutch Fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/dutch-fauna-78222 http://alissayork.posterous.com/dutch-fauna-78222

Coming soon to the Netherlands (May 2013).

http://www.awbruna.nl/signatuur/article26203.ece/Fauna

Dutchfauna

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:53:00 -0700 Toronto Book Award Shortlist http://alissayork.posterous.com/toronto-book-award-shortlist http://alissayork.posterous.com/toronto-book-award-shortlist

Fauna makes the cut!

http://www.toronto.ca/book_awards/#finalists

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:29:00 -0700 Torngat Mountains National Park, Labrador http://alissayork.posterous.com/torngat-mountains-national-park-labrador http://alissayork.posterous.com/torngat-mountains-national-park-labrador

On a recent trip to Torngat Mountains National Park with Shelagh Rogers and her radio tech husband, Charlie Cheffins, fellow writers Sarah Leavitt, Rabindranath Maharaj, Joseph Boyden and Noah Richler, and the Northwords film crew, Alissa spoke with John Gaudi of CBC Radio's Labrador Morning about the experience:

http://www.cbc.ca/labradormorning/episodes/2011/08/12/more-on-torngats-writin...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:09:00 -0700 Fauna Paperback http://alissayork.posterous.com/fauna-paperback http://alissayork.posterous.com/fauna-paperback

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Due out from Vintage Canada on July 26!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Mon, 30 May 2011 06:39:00 -0700 Class Mammalia http://alissayork.posterous.com/class-mammalia http://alissayork.posterous.com/class-mammalia

A new essay about Steinbeck country by Alissa in the Spring 2011 issue of Eighteen Bridges:

http://eighteenbridges.com/ProsePointRoot/story/class-mammalia

(And while you're there, subscribe!)

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Alissa with husband, Clive Holden, in Pacific Grove, CA (Photo Credit: Ricardo Sternberg)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:15:00 -0800 Dutch Fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/dutch-fauna http://alissayork.posterous.com/dutch-fauna

Dutch translation rights for Fauna sold to Signatuur.

http://www.awbruna.nl/signatuur/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:45:00 -0800 Uptown Favourite http://alissayork.posterous.com/uptown-favourite http://alissayork.posterous.com/uptown-favourite

Quentin Mills-Fenn, book reviewer for the Winnipeg weekly, Uptown, highlights Fauna among his top novels of 2010:

http://www.uptownmag.com/arts/paper-trails/The-year-of-the-novel-112965694.ht...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:37:00 -0800 Review in The Malahat Review http://alissayork.posterous.com/review-in-the-malahat-review http://alissayork.posterous.com/review-in-the-malahat-review

Great review of Fauna by Mike Matthews in the winter 2010 issue, on stands now.

http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/issues/current.html

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:45:00 -0800 Effigy a Book Buzz Pick http://alissayork.posterous.com/effigy-a-book-buzz-pick http://alissayork.posterous.com/effigy-a-book-buzz-pick

Effigy is the January book for the Toronto Public Library's virtual book club:

http://bookbuzz.torontopubliclibrary.ca/Featured_Books/January_Book.html

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:45:00 -0800 2010 amazon.ca top 100 http://alissayork.posterous.com/2010-amazonca-top-100 http://alissayork.posterous.com/2010-amazonca-top-100

Fauna makes the list of Editors' Picks:

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_110630_17829290_pe_001/?docId=100...

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:24:00 -0800 2010 Globe 100 http://alissayork.posterous.com/2010-globe-100 http://alissayork.posterous.com/2010-globe-100

Fauna makes The Globe and Mail's list of the top 100 books of the year:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:53:00 -0700 The Next Chapter Interview http://alissayork.posterous.com/the-next-chapter-interview-0 http://alissayork.posterous.com/the-next-chapter-interview-0

Shelagh Rogers interviews Alissa on CBC Radio's "The Next Chapter":

TheNextChapterOct182010-D.mp3 Listen on Posterous

 

http://www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter/

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/663702/Fauna_cover.jpg http://posterous.com/users/5ebG9RzH5YWZ Alissa York alissayork Alissa York Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:04:00 -0700 Book Madam Chat http://alissayork.posterous.com/book-madam-chat http://alissayork.posterous.com/book-madam-chat

Book Madam Book Club Fauna chat:

http://bookmadam.posterous.com/live-to-chat-book-madam-book-club-talks-with

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