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Books make great gifts. From history to fantasy and everything in between, here are some suggestions for your mom on Mother s Day.
If your mother likes mother/daughter stories, try
My Mother s Daughter is a memoir by Canadian Olympian Perdita Felicien.(Martin Brown, Doubleday Canada)
Perdita Felicien s mom Catherine was a poor young woman in St. Lucia when she was given a seemingly random, but ultimately life-changing, opportunity: to come to Canada with a wealthy white family and become their nanny. But when she gets to Canada, life is tougher than she expected, as she endures poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness. However, she still encouraged and supported her youngest daughter s athletic dreams. Felicien would go on to be a world-class hurdler and one of Canada s greatest track athletes.
Former Spur CEO Pierre Van Tonder in critical conditionSpur Corporation s recently retired CEO, Pierre Van Tonder, is in critical condition in a Cape Town hospital after an apparent suicide attempt on Sunday.
BREAKING: Duke Group launches DuchessIn a first for female empowerment and for South African business, the Duke Group has launched Duchess - a 100% Black female-owned, Level 1 BBBEE-compliant, full-service production facilitator.
MLA announces launch of Cape Town officeMoonyeenn Lee & Associates (MLA), now the largest talent agency on the African continent, has announced that it is opening a new office in Cape Town. The launch of a representative office in the heart of one of South Africa s premier film destinations follows fast on the heels of a recent announcement that the agency would be representing screenwriters and directors alongside the leading talent already in the stable. Issued by Moonyeenn Lee & Associates (MLA)
TextbookHub Announces Distribution Agreement with HarperCollins Publishers
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TEMPE, Ariz., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - TextbookHub is pleased to announce a distribution agreement with HarperCollins Publishers to allow TextbookHub to sell and distribute all HarperCollins digital materials to the US K-12 marketplace. Our schools expect quality materials and a deep reading experience for their students. With thousands of HarperCollins titles now available on our platform, it s easier for teachers to select great classic and contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and more for their students to read on the same advanced platform that delivers their textbooks, said Simon Collinson, Publisher Business Development Manager at TextbookHub.
Her competition in the category includes Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler for Ghost Lake (Kegedonce Press), Jenn Ashton for People Like Frank (Tidewater Press), Michael Hutchinson for The Case of the Missing Auntie (Second Story Press) and Katłįà for Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a (Fernwood Publishing).
In its fourth year, the literary contest is recognizing Indigenous talent across nine categories spanning languages, genres and media.
The Indigenous Voices Awards were established in 2017 with the support of a fundraising campaign launched in response to the online furor over an editorial in Write magazine proposing a Canadian literary prize for cultural appropriation.
This year, a total of $39,000 will be split among the winners on National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.