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 Sunday, 20 October 2002
 < 4:07:33 AM>.
The Booker plot thickens
By SANDRA MARTIN
-- Prize season is upon us. On Monday the shortlist for the Governor-General's literary awards is announced, followed on Tuesday by the winner of the 50,000 (about $120,000) Man Booker Prize. Although Canadians have been on the Booker list several times in the past, and two homegrown writers, Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, have take home the trophy, this year marks the first time that Canadian writers have dominated the shortlist for the best work of fiction published in the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
< 3:55:56 AM>.
Countries need protection from U.S. culture, Quebec says
Warning that too much "Dallas and Dynasty" is dangerous,
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry says all nations should be able to exclude
culture from free trade negotiations.
F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]
Odd that this should be coming from Quebec. The French have always had the advantage of their language to help buffer against the glut of American 'culture'.Aha. Now that I've read the article I see that I'm in sync with what's being said at the fraoncophonie.
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